Al-Qaida in Somalia leader killed in U.S. airstrike, group says -
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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US war planes killed an Islamist rebel said to be al Qaeda's leader in Somalia and at least a dozen other people on Thursday in Washington's biggest blow against an insurgency raging since 2007. (article 5)
The rebels said Aden Hashi Ayro who led al Shabaab militants blamed for attacks on government troops and their Ethiopian allies died in the first major success for a string of U.S. air-strikes on Somali insurgents in the last year. (article 5)
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA The U.S. military killed a man believed to be the head of al-Qaida in Somalia and 10 others in an airstrike overnight, an Islamic insurgent group said today. (article 4)
Aden Hashi Ayro was killed when the airstrike struck his house in the central Somali town of Dusamareeb, about 300 miles north of Mogadishu, said Sheik Muqtar Robow (article 4)
The killing of Aden Hashi Ayro comes amid escalating fighting and a spiraling humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa nation. (article 2)
Islamist fighters have staged a series of attacks on towns in the months leading up to the U.N.-sponsored talks, scheduled to start May 10. (article 2)
In the past few weeks insurgents have taken over a series of towns, killing government soldiers, stealing weapons, and then withdrawing. (article 1)
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Somalia, Al, Shabab, Ayro, Somali |
Source articles
- Meeting Somalia's Islamist insurgents (BBC News, 04/28/2008, 1043 words)
- Al-Qaida in Somalia leader killed in U.S. airstrike, group says - (baltimoresun.com, 05/01/2008, 1112 words)
- Al-Qaeda commander in Somalia reported dead in air strike (cbc.ca, 05/01/2008, 713 words)
- US military: Al-Qaida in Somalia head targeted in US strike (L.A. Times, 05/01/2008, 744 words)
- Air strike kills insurgent leader in Somalia (ft.com, 05/01/2008, 651 words)
- From the Los Angeles Times (L.A. Times, 05/01/2008, 14 words)
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