Al-Qaida chief killed in US air strike in Somalia

An Islamic militant group said today the man believed to be the head of al-Qaida in Somalia had been killed in a US air strike along with eight other people.

Al-Qaida chief killed in US air strike in Somalia
Thu, 01 May, 2008 - 09:22

An Islamic militant group said today the man believed to be the head of al-Qaida in Somalia had been killed in a US air strike along with eight other people.

The spokesman for the Islamic Al-Shabab militia said the overnight strike killed Aden Hashi Ayro at his house in the central Somali town of Dusamareeb.

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