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Report: Paradise Hotel Bomber Among Dead in Somalia
Israel National News ^ | 9/14/09 | Maayana Miskin

Posted on 09/14/2009 10:29:55 AM PDT by Nachum

(IsraelNN.com) Wanted Al-Qaeda terrorist Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan was killed Monday in an airstrike in southern Somalia, local civilians have reported. Nabhan is wanted for multiple terrorist attacks, including a 2002 hotel bombing and attempted attack on an airplane that targeted Israeli citizens.

Nabhan was wanted by the United States FBI for both the 2002 attacks and possible involvement in 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in which hundreds of people were killed.

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bomber; hotel; paradise; report
He blowed up real good.
1 posted on 09/14/2009 10:29:55 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Good. I read the article but I can’t find out who did the bombing that got the scumbag.


2 posted on 09/14/2009 10:32:24 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Nachum

An airstrike by whom? Does Somalia even have an air force?


3 posted on 09/14/2009 10:33:08 AM PDT by exit82 (Sarah Palin is President No. 45. Get behind her, GOP, or get out of the way.)
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To: exit82

“In early 2008 the U.S. bombed an Al-Qaeda training camp in southern Somalia; analysts suggested that Nabhan was the primary target of the strike.”

Maybe we took a mulligan?


4 posted on 09/14/2009 10:36:19 AM PDT by HospiceNurse
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To: exit82

The BBC said it was French commandos:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8254957.stm


5 posted on 09/14/2009 10:36:50 AM PDT by Parmenio
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To: exit82

Here’s a BBC article too.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6243459.stm


6 posted on 09/14/2009 10:37:26 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: Nachum
Nabhan was wanted by the United States FBI for both the 2002 attacks and possible involvement in 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in which hundreds of people were killed.

Bet he doesn't have the guts to try that again.
7 posted on 09/14/2009 10:39:06 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Welcome to the Revolution.)
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To: Nachum

8 posted on 09/14/2009 10:42:39 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: exit82
Does Somalia even have an air force?
9 posted on 09/14/2009 10:45:30 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Nachum

Bummer that what goes around comes around.


10 posted on 09/14/2009 10:45:49 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: tflabo
"News" from the BBC:

"The heavily-armed AC-130 gunship can fly at night"

LOL

11 posted on 09/14/2009 10:48:59 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: Nachum

Towel-headed-Islamo-nutjob-down-the-toilet-permanently BUMP.


12 posted on 09/14/2009 10:52:31 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: Nachum

My first thought was “Well, ain’t that too d*** bad,” but, my next thought is more Biblical. Those who live by the sword will die by the sword.


13 posted on 09/14/2009 11:25:57 AM PDT by Cloverfarm (Where are we going, and why are we in a hand-basket?)
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