The French military killed a senior al Qaeda terrorist in an operation in northern Mali Wednesday, according to France's Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly.

"On June 3, the French armed forces, with the support of their partners, neutralized the emir Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI), Abdelmalek Droukdal and several of his close collaborators, during an operation in northern Mali," Parly wrote on Twitter.

AQIM is one of the oldest al Qaeda franchises and has a long history of operation in North Africa. Droukdal led the terror group for more than 15 years.

The US military assisted the French operation by providing intelligence that helped locate the target. US Africa Command confirmed that Droukdal was killed. The US assessment has concluded and was independent of the French reporting, according to the command.

"US Africa Command was able to assist with intelligence and (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) support to fix the target," Col. Chris Karns, a spokesman for the command told CNN.

"This was a great example of cooperation and partnership to get after a common threat," he added.

A US military official described Droukdal as being involved in all aspects of the AQIM organization including financing, planning and the facilitation and execution of terrorist attacks, saying Droukdal "was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians."

Droukdal became leader of AQIM in 2004 and led the organization when it pledged formal allegiance to al Qaeda and its founder Osama bin Laden.

"The death of AQIM's founder and leader Abdelmalek Droukdal is a very significant breakthrough in countering terrorism in the northern and western regions of Africa, especially given the deep and in recent years growing concern among counterterrorism officials about the al Qaeda threat to the Sahel region," according to CNN Terrorism Analyst Paul Cruickshank.

"By fusing veterans of the brutal Algerian jihadi movement with bin Laden's global jihad and seeking common cause with an alphabet soup of jihadi militants from Mali to Libya to Burkina Faso, Droukdal was one of the principal architects of a generation of terrorist carnage across a large swath of the African continent," he added.

US officials believe he was actively seeking to expand the terror group's territory in ungoverned areas of Mali.

The French military has some 5,000 troops battling AQIM and other terrorist groups in North West Africa an area known as the Sahel.

The Pentagon is actively weighing reducing its military support to French forces in northwest Africa which includes intelligence, surveillance and aerial refueling of French military aircraft.

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/05/politics/france-al-qaeda-terrorist-killed/index.html

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Good thing they announced it before trump could take credit.Thank You to the French military for making the world a better place.

StubbornGENIUS:
Good thing they announced it before trump could take credit.Thank You to the French military for making the world a better place.

'with US help'

To be an Al-Qaeda leader is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world right now.
The moment you receive your appointment letter, you're marked for destruction.

Is it untill i knock donald j. Trumph before be knows 9ja army are useless?

Macsjebs:

'with US help'

Of course I read that.Anyways the world can to do with one less barbarian.May his soul rest in PIECES!

Time to also knock out that Boko Haram man.

When will they help us kill that tribalist dictator at aso rock?

By now His Eyes would be Clear to know that he has fooled himself all these years..

These terrorists has something in common, this their banner and signature on it.
I hope the guy is enjoying his 72 virgins now.

Cut the head, two will rise in it place
We need a permanent solution to this

Our leaders chased them away when they were here to help us annihilate shecow and his urchins.

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Eife:
Cut the head, two will rise in it place
We need a permanent solution to this

There can NEVER be a permanent solution. As long as the other religion still exists in this world, it will always have adherents who want to fulfill the tenets laid down in their religious book.

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StubbornGENIUS:
Good thing they announced it before trump could take credit.Thank You to the French military for making the world a better place.

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All these anti USA saddists

Leave Trump alone and face your buhari

Shameful being

When are they going to to kill sheku..
I mean the second time

FlordFlorez:
Our leaders chased them away when they were here to help us annihilate shecow and his urchins.

some Oliver branch should be rejected...
Nigeria may have her problems but she will never allow foreign troops in her territory

You don't fight terrorism by killing top henchmen.

They will only just promote the next SOB in line and business continues as usual.

To fight terrorism, you have to go to the root cause and cut off their recruitment line.


No new converts, no terrorism.

He is not cooperating with the plan they laid out for him, definitely!

RIP
Repentance Is Past

Nice one!

But can the world ever be free from terrorists and terrorism.

op i dnt see any reason y u mentioned the US millitary here, tryan to squeeze them in on the glory,
y gv dem d honour dey dnt deserve. "french millitary killed the Al Qaeda leader" shikina

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