Posted on 10/28/2013 12:39:38 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
An air strike in southern Somalia has killed two senior commanders of the militant Islamist group, al-Shabab, residents have told the BBC.
The strike destroyed the vehicle the militants were travelling in between the towns of Jilib and Barawe, seen as a major base of al-Shabab, they said.
The US launched a failed raid in Barawe earlier this month to capture an al-Shabab commander.
Al-Shabab is the main al-Qaeda-linked group in East Africa.
A Kenyan military source told the BBC their troops had raided Jilib, and that there might have been some casualties.
However, correspondents say it is unlikely that they carried out the air strike.
Residents of Jilib, some 120km (75 miles) north of the port of Kismayo, told the BBC that it was probably a drone attack that killed the al-Shabab commanders.
One of those killed was al-Shabab's top explosives expert, also known as Anta, a member of the group told the Associated Press.
"This afternoon, I heard a big crash and saw a drone disappearing far into the sky, at least two militants died," local resident Hassan Nur was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.
"I witnessed a Suzuki car burning, many al-Shabab men came to the scene. I could see them carry the remains of two corpses," he said.
"It was a heavy missile that the drone dropped. Many cars were driving ahead of me but the drone targeted this Suzuki."
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Suzuki? Did they run out of Toyotas?.............
Workplace 'accident'?...................
The Raid round TWO...
The article mentions that after the strike, many Al-Shabab members showed up to carry away their dead rats er comrades. My question is: why wasn’t there another drone ready to drop a load on the garbage that swarmed the first hit?
He’d cut his mother’s throat if it would give him a few points in the polls.
If he was up for reelection, I would get that.
How many Shish-Kabobs can you get in a Toyota?
anything to cover-up the Benghazi ‘affair’.
Toyota recalled their ‘attack’ pick-ups. ;-]
Heck, he’d do it for grins. Or if Valerie Jarrett told him to.
Faulty GPS?...............
Now, now, it's only a coincidence that his grandma who raised him as her own, died a few days before the election.
Seems to me this should have been done at least a couple of years ago, but better late than never.
I often wonder if a pillow was “involved”.
I don’t think she’s dead. She, according to the story, was expected to croak at any moment. Yet she had a hip replacement right before she “died”.
I doubt any responsible surgeon would do major surgery on anyone in such frail condition.
I wonder what country they moved her to? Indonesia? Kenya? Pok-ee-stan?
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