The al-Shabaab network of Somalia suffered a devastating blow when their leader Ahmed Abdi Godane was incinerated by a United States hellfire missile. Godane was on the United States most wanted list being responsible for the Narobi Kenya mall attack that left 67 people dead.

The hit was reminiscent of the Israeli smoking of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Although wheelchair bound, Yassin posed an immediate threat to Israel. Cremated by an Israeli missile eliminated that threat. Yassin, the co-founder of Hamas was responsible for many suicide bombing.  

Target killings put the leaders the world terrorist organizations on notice that they are always in the sights of their enemies.