US officials scrambling to confirm reports of American terror leader's death in Somalia
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"............A U.S. intelligence official told Fox News that, if true, Hammami's death could be a turning point in the recruitment of Americans and western Europeans by al-Shabaab -- as Hammami was thought to play a prominent role in that western outreach.
"Our folks have been looking for anything on this," the intelligence official told Fox News, adding: "We have not been able to confirm this report."
Significantly, web postings on jihadist forums have surfaced that speak of the American's death. .................."
Hmmm, might hurt recruiting from the western countries.