(CNN) -- Kenyan intelligence knows him simply as Ikrima. But his full name is Mohamed Abdikadir Mohamed, and he is regarded as one of the most dangerous commanders in the Somali terror group Al-Shabaab. U.S. officials say Ikrima was the target of a raid Saturday by U.S. Navy SEALs on an Al-Shabaab compound near the town of Baraawe in Somalia. It's believed that he escaped after the U.S. troops came under heavy fire. Ikrima, thought to be in his late 20s, is wanted by both the Kenyan government and its Western allies and was a close associate of one of al Qaeda's most important operatives in East Africa. A recent Kenyan intelligence report that was leaked just after the Westgate mall attack in Nairobi outlined several plots in which he was allegedly involved. All of them involved targets in Kenya, and all the attacks would have involved Kenyan citizens trained by Al-Shabaab.
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Mohamed Abdikadir Mohamed was target of raid Saturday by U.S. Navy SEALs, officials say
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The Al-Shabaab commander, also called Ikrima, is thought to have escaped
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He's wanted by Kenya and its Western allies, accused of involvement in terror plots
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He's suspected of leading efforts to recruit and train foreigners for Al-Shabaab
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