Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 14 ga Satumba, 2009, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, babban shugaban al-Qaeda a Gabashin Afirka da kuma babban shugaban Shabaab, mai maye gurbin al-Qaeda a Somaliya, an kashe shi da abubuwan da ke cikin Ayyukan Musamman na Amurka. A cewar wani mai shaida, akalla jirage masu saukar ungulu biyu masu saukar ungulu na AH-6 Little Bird sun harbe wani ayarin motoci biyu. Sojojin Navy SEALs sun kwace gawar Nabhan kuma sun dauki wasu mayakan biyu da suka ji rauni. JSOC da CIA sun dade suna kokarin kashe Nabhan har ma da baya a watan Janairun 2007, lokacin da aka kira wani AC-130 Gunship a wani yunƙuri. Wata majiyar leken asirin Amurka ta bayyana cewa kungiyoyin 'yan bindiga na CIA suna aiki kai tsaye tare da sojojin Habasha a Somalia, suna ba da damar leken asirin dabaru don kaddamar da wadannan ayyukan. Ana neman Nabhan saboda sa hannu a hare-haren bam da aka kai a ofishin jakadancin Amurka a shekarar 1998
, da kuma jagorantar tantanin da ke bayan hare-haren Mombasa na 2002. An binne gawar Nabhan a teku bayan aikin. A ranar 11 ga Satumba, 2020, Admiral William McRaven ya bayyana a cikin wata hira da Cibiyar Michael Hayden cewa shawarar yin amfani da binnewa a teku don zubar da jikin Osama Bin Laden bayan Operation Neptune Spear sakamakon kai tsaye ne na abubuwan da ya samu a cikin kisan Nabhan, yana mai ambaton imanin cewa damar samun nasarar aiki sun fi girma idan aka yanke shawara da hanyoyin "a matsayin al'ada kamar yadda zai yiwu".