American special forces launched a commando-style helicopter raid in southern Somalia on Monday and killed a key suspect linked to the 2002 bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel on Kenya's coast, reports said.At least two helicop
ters strafed the car said to be carrying Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan and then landed to collect his body and that of another man in the car who died.There were reports that two wounded men were also picked up by the helicopter teams.All were linked to the hardline al-Shabaab movement, which is said to have links to al-Qaeda and which now controls most of southern Somalia.Forces from the Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Command were involved in Monday's raid in Barawe district, 150 miles south of Mogadishu, two US military sources anonymously told The Associated Press.One source told Reuters that Nabhan's body had been taken into police cust
ody, but US officials in Washington refused to comment on "any alleged operation in Somalia".But if it is confirmed that US troops were in the helicopters, it would be the first time American boots have been on Somali soil since the infamous "Black Hawk Down" debacle of 1993.Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, 28, has featured on the FBI's most wanted list since he was linked to a truck bombing of an Israeli hotel on Kenya's coast in 2002. Ten Kenyans and three Israelis died.Nabhan is also believed to have been involved in the failed attempt to use a rocket-propelled grenade to down a holiday jet as it took off from Kenya's Mombasa airport carrying mostly Israeli tourists later the same day...more..http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/6191074/US-helicopter-attack-kills-Somali-Islamist-suspected-of-Kenya-bombing.htmlU.S. Kills Top Qaeda Leader in Southern Somalia
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