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See previous: U. S. attacks al Qaeda in Somalia -- Again

Official: Bomb Suspect in Somalia Killed
Somali Official: Top al-Qaida Suspect Killed in U.S. Airstrike

MOGADISHU, Somalia Jan 10, 2007 (AP)— The suspected al-Qaida militant who planned the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in east Africa was killed in an American airstrike in Somalia, an official said Wednesday.

"I have received a report from the American side chronicling the targets and list of damage," Abdirizak Hassan, the Somali president's chief of staff, told The Associated Press. "One of the items they were claiming was that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed is dead."

Mohammed allegedly planned the attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 225 people.

He is also suspected of planning the car bombing of a beach resort in Kenya and the near simultaneous attempt to shoot down an Israeli airliner in 2002. Ten Kenyans and three Israelis were killed in the blast at the hotel, 12 miles north of Mombasa. The missiles missed the airliner.  ...

Rest in pieces, asshole. Warm enough for you?

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Allahpundit has more here.

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Captain Ed comments here.

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Didn't get him. Damn!

Posted by Bill Faith on January 10, 2007 at 04:18 AM in Africa, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: Bob

One can only hope that his 72 virgins will look like Cindy Sheehan and Rosie O'.

Posted by: Bob | Jan 10, 2007 8:00:59 AM


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