Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad

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Who is Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad?

Ibrahim al-Afghani also known as Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad was a prominent member of Somalia's Al-Shabaab, an insurgent group fighting Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. He hails from the Sacad Muse sub-clan of Isaaq. Some reports said he succeeded Moktar Ali Zubeyr as Emir or top leader, on December 25, 2010, after a power struggle between Godane and other prominent al-Shabaab leaders like Mukhtar Robow and Fuad Shangole. But Godane continued to function as Al-Shabaab's leader. Like Godane, Al-Afghani hails from Somalia's North-Western separatist region of Somaliland and belongs to Somaliland's Northern Isaaq clan.

Afghani formerly held positions as the first deputy leader of Al-Shabaab and in charge of finance, and headed of al-Shabaab's Kisimayo administration.

He was rumored to have been killed in Predator drone attack on an al-Shabaab training camp south of Kismayo, Somalia on 25 June 2011 But he survived and was reported to have resigned from Al-Shabaab in December 2011. In April 2013, a letter was circulated on extremist websites reportedly penned by Afghani to Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, criticising Godane's leadership. On 29 June 2013, al-Shabab announced that they had killed Afghani during a gun battle on 20 June 2013 when he resisted arrest, but family members, including Afghani's sister, said that he had been arrested and then executed.

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on July 23, 2013

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