Abdikadir Yusuf Aar aka Sheikh Qalbi was a senior Al-Shabaab officer from the Juba region.

He had been a member of Al-Itihaad Al-Islamiya

Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya

Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya or AIAI is a defunct Islamist militant group in Somalia that was added to the U.S. list of terrorist organizations on September 24, 2001...

 (AIAI) in Luq from 1995 - 2002. In Al-Shabab

Al-Shabab

Al-Shabab is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Riyadh. It was founded in 1947, and was named at first Shabab AlRiyadh, but later in 1967 was named Al Shabab. Al Shabab is well known in Saudi Arabia as one of the best in football...

 he served as leader in both Juba and Gedo regions.

During the "anti-insurgency offensive" launched by TFG and AMISOM to drive Al-Shabab

Al-Shabab

Al-Shabab is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Riyadh. It was founded in 1947, and was named at first Shabab AlRiyadh, but later in 1967 was named Al Shabab. Al Shabab is well known in Saudi Arabia as one of the best in football...

 out of Mogadishu

Mogadishu

Mogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries....

 he was killed in action (KIA

Killed in action

Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...

) near to the former Defense Ministry in Mogadishu

Mogadishu

Mogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries....

on March 16, 2011.