Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Operation Celestial Balance misali ne na irin wannan manufa: makasudin shine memba na al-Qaeda na gabashin Afirka wanda ke da alhakin kashe-kashen da aka yi a cikin yankin.
Hare-haren bam na ofishin jakadancin Amurka na 1998 kuma yana da hannu a harin bam na otal din Kenya, shi ne mai ba da damar tsakanin al-Qaeda da al-Shabaab. Bayan tattara bayanai game da manufa da wurin da yake, CIA da JSOC masu tsarawa sun gabatar da Shugaba Obama tare da zaɓuɓɓuka 4: wani harin Tomahawk mai tafiya da makami mai linzami, wani harin iska, wani hari da Little Bird helicopters ko ƙoƙarin kama manufa tare da rundunar SEALs. Obama ya zaɓi zaɓi na iska, duk da haka a ranar da aka fara aiki wani jirgin saman USMC Boeing AV-8B Harrier II + ya kusanci wurin da aka saki ya ba da rahoton rashin aiki a cikin tsarin sa ido; don haka aka aika da jirage masu saukar ungulu 8 (4 AH-6M Little Birds da 4 MH-60L Blackhawks), waɗanda membobin SOAR na 160 suka tuka "Nightstalkers" suna ɗaukar ƙungiyar SEAL Operators daga DEVGRU. AH-6s sun harbe motocin motoci guda biyu, sun kashe makasudin da 'yan ta'adda 3 na Al'Shabaab, MH-60s sun bar masu aikin DEVGRU wadanda suka share motocin kuma suka dawo da gawar.