'East Africa embassy bomber Fazul Abdullah killed'

BBC ^ | June 11 2011 | BBC

[Berlin_Freeper]

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, suspected of having played a key role in the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa, has been killed in Somalia, officials say.

Unconfirmed reports say Abdullah and another man were shot dead by Somali government troops early on Wednesday at a roadblock in the capital, Mogadishu.

DNA tests are believed to be under way to confirm the dead men's identities.

Abdullah became the most wanted man in Africa after more than 220 were killed and 5,000 hurt in the 1998 attacks.

The US FBI put a $5m bounty on his head.

[AmericanInTokyo]

A double whammy on this one, which is good:

Another bites the dust

AND

Emperor Obama does'nt get credit for it and an 8 point PR bounce.

[NordP]

Napolitano: "Concentrating Terrorists Screening Efforts on Muslim Men Under 35 is Not Good Logic"

riiiiiiight

[shadeaud]

Only problem was that their bodies were washed and rolled up in gauze, after which they were dumped in the ocean with weights on their torsos so nobody could find them.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Elsewhere in Somalia:

Somali minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan killed by niece

[null and void]

PIT-y

[Red Badger]

He will take credt for it. Just watch.....

[Smokin' Joe]

For those who don't recall, these were especially diabolical bombings. A small charge went off outside the buildings, and after enough of a delay to permit the curious to assemble at the windows, the main blast. Many of the victims were shredded by glass fragments.

It is good that this man has gone to meet a higher judge. Nothing on Earth would be adequate, imho.

[wideminded]

Unconfirmed reports say Abdullah and another man were shot dead by Somali government troops early on Wednesday at a roadblock in the capital, Mogadishu.

"Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory. The internationally recognized Transitional Federal Government controls only a small part of the country." - Wikipedia

[kabar]

The Kenya bombing alone killed or wounded 5,000 people.

The attack on the Tanzanian embassy resulted in 11 deaths and 86 injuries, though none of the victims were Americans. The embassy bombing in Kenya resulted in the deaths of 213 people with over 5,000 injuries. In the Kenyan bombing 12 of the people killed were Americans.

[Smokin' Joe]

I recall because I was digging into similarities in the type of attack, from the Khobar Towers, Beiruit, and Okalhoma City as well.

The 'teaser' explosion is what made these particularly vicious, relying on human curiosity to bring more victims into range in particularly vulnerable positions.

It is a perfectly normal reaction--to look through the glass to see what is happening outside.(NEVER stand in front of a closed window to see what is going on!)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Berlin_Freeper.

additional:

Al Qaeda’s East Africa chief Fazul Mohammed killed in Somalia [pics here]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2733367/posts

Head of al Qaeda in east Africa reported dead
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2733409/posts