Al Qaeda Leader’s Death a Blow to Somali Group
September 16th, 2009
From Fox News:
WASHINGTON(AP) — The death of a major Al Qaeda leader in a daring helicopter assault in Somalia caps more than a decade-long hunt by U.S. authorities and strikes a blow to the terror group’s operation there that also could trigger a new spate of attacks on Western targets.
Senior U.S. officials and other experts said the commando raid Monday afternoon left six dead, including Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, one of the most wanted Al Qaeda operatives in the region. Saleh’s body and those of at least three other foreign fighters were taken away by U.S. special operations forces for forensic testing, after the raid in a southern village near Barawe, the officials said.
