{{US officials offered a $3 million reward Friday for help in capturing three notorious Somali terror suspects, including one linked to Al-Qaeda extremists involved in the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa.}}<\/p>\n
“The department has authorized rewards of up to $3 million each for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, Jafar and Yasin Kilwe,” the State Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Abdulkadir, a Kenyan of Somali origin who is a foreign fighter with Al-Shabaab extremists and goes by the alias Ikrima, was the target of a failed US Navy SEALs assault in Somalia in October.<\/p>\n
Al-Shabaab insurgents are believed to have killed thousands of civilians, peacekeepers and aid workers in Africa since 2006, with the group claiming responsibility for September’s shock attack on a Nairobi shopping mall that left 67 people dead.<\/p>\n
“Al-Shabaab’s terrorist activities pose a threat to the stability of East Africa and to the national security interests of the United States,” said the State Department, which designated the group a foreign terrorist organization in 2008.<\/p>\n
Ikrima is missing three fingers on his left hand, while Jafar is reportedly missing one eye, according to the reward offer.<\/p>\n
US officials have linked Ikrima to two now deceased Al-Qaeda operatives who played roles in the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.<\/p>\n
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