Bilal al-Berjawi al-Lubnani (aka Abu Hafsa) was a terror suspect killed by a U.S.

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. He was born in

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in September 1984. His parents took him to London where he grew up in St. John's Wood. In 2006 he attended an al-Qaida training camp in

Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Oc ...

. In February 2009 he traveled with his Egyptian friend Mohammed Sakr to

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; both were detained and questioned separately. As early as October that same year they returned to East Africa, Somalia this time; in November, Ugandan authorities searched for them. According to his "martyr biography," al-Berjawi attended another training camp in Baidoa. His UK citizenship was revoked in 2010 by

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. In 2011 he was probably injured in a drone strike near

Kismayo Kismayo ( so, Kismaayo, Maay: ''Kismanyy'', ar, كيسمايو, ; it, Chisimaio) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia. It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region. The city is situa ...

. On January 21, 2012, al-Berjawi was killed by a drone strike outside Mogadishu.

External links

*https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/the-life-and-death-of-objective-peckham/ *https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2013/03/15/parents-of-british-man-killed-by-us-drone-blame-uk-government/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Berjawi, Bilal Targeted killing 2012 deaths Deaths in Somalia