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Al-Qaeda target killed in US Somali strike: official
AFP on Yahoo ^
| 9/14/09
| AFP
Posted on 09/14/2009 1:13:53 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A top Al-Qaeda operative who figures high on an FBI list of wanted terror suspects was killed in a US military raid in southern Somalia Monday, a US official told AFP.
The official, who asked to remain anonymous, named the dead man as Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a Kenyan wanted for questioning for 2002 attacks in Mombasa on a hotel and an Israeli airliner.
ABC news and Fox News, quoting US officials, said Nabhan was killed when at least one US helicopter fired on a convoy carrying suspected Al-Qaeda targets in southern Somalia earlier Monday.
An American official told ABC that a US Navy ship had been nearby to monitor the situation and provide assistance if needed.
Somali elders and witnesses said foreign military forces onboard four helicopters had staged the raid, opening fire on a vehicle and killing people inside.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: africa; alqaeda; alqaedaafrica; killed; nabhan; somali; somalia; target; wot
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To: NormsRevenge
Betcha a drone or two were used as well.
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posted on
09/14/2009 1:17:49 PM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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posted on
09/14/2009 1:18:19 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: Westlander
I’m thinking a few Delta operators or SEALs, kinda like the opening scene in the movie Black Hawk Down.
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posted on
09/14/2009 1:19:57 PM PDT
by
VA_Gentleman
(Everyone says they have a plan... until they get punched in the face. -Mike Tyson)
To: NormsRevenge
"...a Kenyan..."
Hhmmmmmmmmm.
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posted on
09/14/2009 1:20:22 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: NormsRevenge
Has O'bama apologized yet?
Has Cindy Sheehan started a hunger strike yet?
Has Teddy Kennedy denounced this "excessive use of force" yet?
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posted on
09/14/2009 1:21:14 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: NormsRevenge
"Sources told ABC that his body was now in US custody."
Send it to 'gitmo for waterboarding.
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posted on
09/14/2009 1:22:16 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: NormsRevenge
“...Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a Kenyan...” Obama is not going to be happy!
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posted on
09/14/2009 1:26:37 PM PDT
by
WellyP
To: NormsRevenge
Got to be Delta. Probably launched out of Mombasa. Heard CNN reporting it was an helicopter raid. They landed and took the body for positive ID.
“Men sleep peacefully in their beds at night because rough men stand ready
to do violence on their behalf.”
God bless our special operators.
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posted on
09/14/2009 1:31:36 PM PDT
by
Karma Police
(Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
On the snooze at the top of the hour, they said Obama authorized the strike.
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posted on
09/14/2009 1:34:38 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: NormsRevenge
These people think they can go driving around, in a convoy no less!
To: b4its2late
Could this upset the Kenyan government enough to cause them to release Obama’s long form birth certificate?
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posted on
09/14/2009 1:43:44 PM PDT
by
WellyP
To: NormsRevenge
Did they read them their Miranda rights before the bomb detained them?
To: b4its2late
This was to big a thing for him not to have approved it.
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posted on
09/14/2009 2:29:41 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: NormsRevenge
The official, who asked to remain anonymous, named the dead man as Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a Kenyan wanted for questioningThey wanted him for questioning, but it looks like they wanted him dead just a little bit more. Heh heh.
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posted on
09/14/2009 2:30:56 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: b4its2late
He is ‘The Man’ , if you will.
Nothing like a HeLLFiRe greeting card with missile attached to say HELLooooo
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posted on
09/14/2009 2:54:25 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: AdmSmith; Cap Huff; Coop; Dog; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ganeshpuri89; Boot Hill; Snapple; ...
Mombasa bomber killed.
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posted on
09/14/2009 3:08:47 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: NormsRevenge
FoxNews is saying USN SEALS, but I do not give them enough credit to know the difference.
In any regards, it is the feel good story of the day.
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posted on
09/14/2009 3:13:00 PM PDT
by
wxgesr
(I want to be the first person to surf on another planet!)
To: NormsRevenge
FBI most wanted list, how pathetic. One can only just shake ones head.
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posted on
09/14/2009 3:42:19 PM PDT
by
JLS
To: NormsRevenge
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