MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Suspected foreign commandos in helicopters attacked a car in southern Somalia on Monday and killed one of the region's most wanted militants, witnesses and a Somali government source said.Kenya-born Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, 28, was wanted over a hotel bombing and simultaneous, but botched, missile attack on an Israeli airliner leaving Kenya's Mombasa airport in 2002.A senior Somali government source in Mogadishu told Reuters the fugitive had been riding in a car with other Islamist insurgents when they were attacked near Roobow village in Barawe District, some 250 km (155 miles) south of the capital."Nabhan and four other top foreign commanders of militant groups were killed in the raid," the source said."These young fighters do not have the same skills as their colleagues in Afghanistan or elsewhere when it comes to foreign airstrikes," the government source added."They are in confusion now. I hope the world takes action."Local man Bashir Abdi said the foreign commandos who carried out the raid were wearing French flags on the shoulders of their uniforms. But a spokesman for the French Defense Ministry, Christophe Prazuck, denied any French soldiers were involved...more..http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58D4ZY20090914Raid said to kill top al Qaeda militant in Somalia http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSLE021000._CH_.2400
U. S. forces kill man wanted in 2002 hotel bombing
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