Tuesday, September 15, 2009

U.S. forces kill al-Qaida leader in Somalia By Evan Kohlmann

American special operations forces killed an al-Qaida terrorist during a helicopter commando assault in Somalia on Monday, NBC News has reported. U.S. officials told NBC that Saleh Ali Nabhan, suspected in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, was killed when at least one U.S. special operations helicopter opened fire on a suspected al-Qaida convoy south of Mogadishu. Ali Nabhan is also suspected of operating al-Qaida training camps inside Somalia.

Last year, Shabaab al-Mujahideen released a video recording of Nabhan, including footage of Nabhan at one of those terrorist training camps. A transcript and still images from the video can be viewed on the NEFA Foundation website.

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