Monday, September 14, 2009

President Obama Orders The Assassination Of A Top Al Qaeda Leader In Somalia

Picture released by the Kenyan police in 2002 shows Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan.
Photo AFP


Senior al Qaeda Leader Killed In Somalia -- Long War Journal

A senior al Qaeda operative behind the 1998 attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania is believed to have been killed during a raid by covert forces in southern Somalia.

Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan and another person are thought to have been killed in the southern town of Barawe during a raid by what was originally reported to be French commandos; the raid is now said to have been carried out by US Special Forces.

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More News On Today's US Somali Strike

Al-Qaeda target killed in US Somali strike: official -- Yahoo News/AFP
U.S. Airstrike on Somalia -- Foreign Policy
U.S. Kills Top Qaeda Leader in Southern Somalia -- New York Times
Al-Qaeda Somalia suspect 'killed' -- BBC
'US helicopter attack' kills Somali Islamist suspected of Kenya bombing -- The Telegraph
Top militant Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan 'killed' in helicopter raid on Somali village -- Times Online
US troops raid Somali town controlled by fighters -- Yahoo News/AP
FACTBOX: Hunted al Qaeda militants in Africa -- Reuters

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