U.S. Kills Top Qaeda Leader -Jeffrey Bettleman & Eric Schmitt
American commandos killed one of the most wanted Islamic militants in Africa in a daylight raid in Somalia, an indication of the Obama administration’s willingness to use combat troops strategically against Al Qaeda's growing influence in the region.
Western intelligence agents have described the militant, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan [pictured above], as the ringleader of a Qaeda cell in Kenya responsible for the bombing of an Israeli hotel on the Kenyan coast in 2002. Mr. Nabhan may have also played a role in the attacks on two American embassies in East Africa in 1998.
American military forces have been hunting him for years, and on Monday, around 1 p.m., villagers near the town of Baraawe said four military helicopters suddenly materialized over the horizon and shot at two trucks rumbling through the desert.
American officials confirmed that Special Operations forces, operating from a nearby American warship, participated in the helicopter raid.
[New York Times]
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American commandos killed one of the most wanted Islamic militants in Africa in a daylight raid in Somalia, an indication of the Obama administration’s willingness to use combat troops strategically against Al Qaeda's growing influence in the region.
Western intelligence agents have described the militant, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan [pictured above], as the ringleader of a Qaeda cell in Kenya responsible for the bombing of an Israeli hotel on the Kenyan coast in 2002. Mr. Nabhan may have also played a role in the attacks on two American embassies in East Africa in 1998.
American military forces have been hunting him for years, and on Monday, around 1 p.m., villagers near the town of Baraawe said four military helicopters suddenly materialized over the horizon and shot at two trucks rumbling through the desert.
American officials confirmed that Special Operations forces, operating from a nearby American warship, participated in the helicopter raid.
[New York Times]
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