Slain al-Qaida suspect's mother demands to see body of jehadist Son killed in US raid in Somalia

MOMBASA, Kenya - The mother of a top al-Qaida fugitive who was killed in a U.S. raid in Somalia demanded Wednesday to see her jehadist son's body while a Somalia-based group claimed him as their leader and confirmed his death.
Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a 30-year-old Kenyan, was wanted for the 2002 car bombing of a beach resort in Kenya and a failed attempt to shoot down an Israeli airliner. Three senior U.S. officials familiar with Monday's commando raid confirmed he was killed.
Aisha Abdallah told The Associated Press she wants "to see the body of my son before it is buried."
"My son has never been a terrorist,"??? said Abdallah, dressed in an orange and black headscarf in her modest, four-room apartment in this steamy coastal city.
A statement posted on an Islamic Web site Wednesday from the al-Shabab Mujahideen Movement confirmed Nabhan's death and the death of an unspecified number of other militants. U.S. officials said six people were killed in the strike by elite U.S. forces...more..http://www.startribune.com/world/59454067.html