Somalia's government welcomes US drone strike against Shebab The spokesman for Somalia's prime minister, Ridwan Haji Abdiwel, said on Tuesday that the country's government "welcomes the raid that took place in Middle Juba region, killing Ibrahim Ali Abdi". The top suicide bomb-maker for Somalia's Shebab rebels has been killed in a drone strike, after the latest attack by US forces against the Al-Qaeda-linked group. Images and soundbites.