Posted on 04/30/2008 11:55:28 PM PDT by mdittmar
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The man believed to be the head of al-Qaida in Somalia was killed in an overnight airstrike along with eight other people, an Islamic insurgent group said Thursday.
The spokesman for the Islamic al-Shabab militia, Sheik Muqtar Robow, said the strike killed Aden Hashi Ayro, his brother and seven others at his house in the central Somali town of Dusamareeb, about 300 miles north of Mogadishu. Six more people were wounded.
"Our brother martyr Aden Hashi, has received what he was looking for — death for the sake of Allah — at the hands of the United States," Robow told The Associated Press by phone.
"This would not deter us from continuing our holy war against Allah's enemy; we will be on the right way, that is why we are targeted. I call for our holy fighters to remain strong in their position and keep up the jihad," he added.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the airstrike.
Over the past year, the U.S. military has attacked several suspected extremists in Somalia, most recently in March when the U.S. Navy fired at least one missile into a southern Somali town.
Somali government officials have said Ayro trained in Afghanistan before the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and is the head of al-Qaida's cell in Somalia.
He was a key figure in the al-Shabab movement, which aims to impose Islamic law and launches daily attacks on the shaky Somali government and their Ethiopian allies. Ayro also recently called for attacks on African peacekeepers in Somalia in a recording on an Islamic Web site.
Local resident Nur Geele said the attack occurred around 3 a.m.
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Candygram for Aden Hashi...
So Sad....Why did not Richardson or Carter or someone not reason with them first?
More on the Somali strike.
I hope it was a lingering, agonizing death.
Confirmed dead by the jihadists....
This must be the fazool who avoided getting greased early last year...
I’ll say one thing for al-Qaida, there’s certainly lots of possibility for advancement.
“Oh look, Achmed - a falling star. Make a w...”
Well and good, but these pinprick airstrikes will not help us win the GWOT.
Two less of them. Of course that helps.
Excellent ! Allah fubar, mofo!
.”Our brother martyr Aden Hashi, has received what he was looking for — death for the sake of Allah — at the hands of the United States,”
Pleasure to oblige you, Aden.
IDIOT!!
Thanks, AdmSmith and Tennessean4Bush. :’) Another “[terrorist sez] ‘What’s that humming noi-’ (boom!)” ping. :’D
US troops kill 28 Mahdi fighters in Sadr City
[Or, What’s a Mahdi fighter life expectancy?]
The Long War Journal | 5/1/2008 | Bill Roggio
Posted on 05/01/2008 11:45:56 AM PDT by Tennessean4Bush
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009842/posts
LOL!
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