Operation Gothic Serpent had the mission of capturing a faction leader born in what year?
Operation Gothic Serpent Operation Gothic Serpent was a military operation conducted by United States special operations forces with the primary mission of capturing faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The operation occurred in Somalia from August to October 1993 and was supervised by the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).
Abu Ayyub al-Masri Abu Ayyub al-Masri ( ; أبو أيّوب المصري , "ʾAbū ʾAyyūb al-Maṣrī " ; translation: "Father of Ayyub the Egyptian") (ca. 1968 – 18 April 2010), also known as (   ) Abu Hamza al-Muhajir (أبو حمزة المهاجر "ʾAbū Ḥamzah al-Muhāǧir "; translation: "Father of Hamza the immigrant") and other aliases (see name) was the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq during the Iraqi insurgency, following the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June 2006. He was prime minister of the Islamic State of Iraq from 2009-2010.