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U.S. kills Kenyan behind 2002 attacks on Israelis
Ha'aretz ^ | 02:08 15/09/2009 | By Yossi Melman and Noah Kosharek, Haaretz Correspondents, and news Agencies

Posted on 09/14/2009 8:22:08 PM PDT by Cinnamon Girl

Commando troops in Somalia on Sunday killed a Kenyan believed to be involved in a 2002 hotel bombing in Mombasa that claimed the lives of 15 people, including three Israelis, according to multiple accounts from Somalia.

Nabhan is believed to have owned the truck used in the bombing.

Nabhan, who was also wanted over a botched missile attack on an Israeli airliner taking off from Kenya's Mombasa airport, was killed after a missile struck his car in Somalia's Barawe District, 250 kilometers south of the capital Mogadishu. Witnesses said the missile was launched from a helicopter.

ABC News reported the attackers were U.S. troops, and that Nabhan is believed to have taken part in the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. An American official said a U.S. Navy ship was nearby to monitor the situation and provide assistance if needed, the station reported.

Nabhan's death has not yet been officially confirmed, but sources told ABC News that his body is now in U.S. custody. One of the helicopters landed so that "white" troops could take the two injured men away, reported one eyewitness.

An internal U.S. government report describes Ali Nabhan's work in Somalia as a top Al-Qaida official in East Africa, ABC News reported. He was rumored to have fled Kenya for Somalia as early as 2002.

No government has assumed responsibility for the attack. According to some accounts, some commandos who carried out the raid had French flags on their uniforms.

But a spokesman for the French Defense Ministry, Christophe Prazuck, denied any French soldiers were involved. Al Qaida-inspired extremists known as the Shebab control the area, and are believed to be holding a French agent kidnapped in July.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Israel
KEYWORDS: bombing; kenya; mombasa; nabhan; terrorist
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1 posted on 09/14/2009 8:22:09 PM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
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To: Cinnamon Girl

Obama deeply saddened.


2 posted on 09/14/2009 8:23:36 PM PDT by ecomcon
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To: Cinnamon Girl

When will Holder start the investigation of this murder?


3 posted on 09/14/2009 8:24:21 PM PDT by nufsed (Release the birth certificate, passport, and school records.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

Yeah I reading on UK Times tonight another one bite the dust


4 posted on 09/14/2009 8:25:17 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Cinnamon Girl

Should have taken the Secret Service protection when it was offered.


5 posted on 09/14/2009 8:26:19 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

Good shooting!

G-d bless our troops.


6 posted on 09/14/2009 8:31:05 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Crazy is the new sane.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

One of BO’s relatives?


7 posted on 09/14/2009 8:47:48 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

One of BO’s relatives?


8 posted on 09/14/2009 8:47:55 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

Its good when a plan comes together.


9 posted on 09/14/2009 9:08:53 PM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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To: Cinnamon Girl; SevenofNine
ABC News reported the attackers were U.S. troops, and ....

Yeah I reading on UK Times tonight another one bite the dust

Australian Broadcasting Company, not American Broadcasting Company, I presume?

Seems like all the real news has to come from foreign sources any more.

Glad they got him in pieces; I couldn't stand the thought of Holder "trying" him. He'd probably end up giving him a Green Card, and releasing him into the custody of the Pennsylvania Black Panthers.

10 posted on 09/14/2009 9:13:00 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The Great Obamanation of Desolation, sitting in the Oval Office, where he ought not...)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

Time for Holder to prosecute the terrorist’s killers.


11 posted on 09/14/2009 9:20:46 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler ("People are idiots." -Thomas A. Caswell)
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13 posted on 09/15/2009 5:40:27 AM PDT by SJackson (In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom, In water there is bacteria.)
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To: ApplegateRanch

I first saw the story be honest on UK Times then Israel National news later on this evening yeah all good stories on foreign news sources

Why is that????


14 posted on 09/15/2009 9:31:33 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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