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Drone Strike in Somalia Signals Strategy Shift
Last week, US drone aircraft fired on two leaders of al-Shabab. That's an Islamist group in Somalia affiliated with al Qaeda. The attack reflects President Obama's evolving counterterrorism strategy, focused on threats to the US homeland. That's according to Karen DeYoung, senior diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Post .
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readLast week, US drone aircraft fired on two leaders of al-Shabab. That's an Islamist group in Somalia affiliated with al Qaeda. The attack reflects President Obama's evolving counterterrorism strategy, focused on threats to the US homeland. That's according to Karen DeYoung, senior diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Post.
