Thursday, May 1, 2008

U.S. Missile Attack Kills Al Qaeda Leader In Somalia


We got him. The head of al Qaeda in Somalia is nothing more that a bunch of skin fragments and that folks, is welcome news. Now, it's true we've tried before to get Aden Hashi Ayro before but you know what they say, practice makes perfect. Haha. It really is good to see this puke dead and gone. And even better, ten of his al Qaeda buddies get to join him in the search for virgins in the afterlife (unfortunately, I'm sure they will find that Satan's version of a "virgin" is significantly different than theirs). Here's some from the Breitbart article here:


U.S. missiles destroyed the house of the man identified by the U.S. military as the top al-Qaida commander in Somalia, killing him and 10 others Thursday in a pre-dawn attack that analysts warned could torpedo peace talks.
The killing of Aden Hashi Ayro comes amid escalating fighting and a spiraling humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa nation.
Another U.S. defense official, who sought anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record, confirmed the strike targeted Ayro.
The U.S. missiles left a smoldering hole where Ayro's home had stood in Dusamareeb.
"The bodies were beyond recognition, some of them cut into pieces, and those wounded have been severely burned," resident Nur Farah told The Associated Press.

Of course, the Associated Press writer of this slop has to take the chance to put out all of the objections that this will sideline peace talks in Somalia. Well, to that I say bullshit. How long has the violence and war been going on now in Somalia? They aren't any closer to peace there than al Qaeda and the U.S. are anywhere in the world. There will never be peace in Somalia as long as al Qaeda is in the area. Hopefully, this missile strike will signal the beginning of more set backs for al Qaeda in the entire region.


US missile strike kills reputed al-Qaida leader in Somalia

Somali government officials have said Ayro, who was believed to be in his 30s, trained in Afghanistan before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and headed al-Qaida's cell in Somalia.
Few Somalis had heard of him before 2005, when Ayro desecrated a colonial Italian cemetery in Mogadishu, throwing hundreds of exhumed corpses into the sea. He then built a mosque on the site and began training fighters there—many of whom would be eager to take his place.
An International Crisis Group report linked Ayro to the murders of four foreign aid workers, a British journalist and Somali peace activist Abdulqadir Yahya.
The U.N.-backed talks, which are slated to be more inclusive than previous rounds, offered a slim hope of bringing together the disparate groups in the armed opposition, including some Islamists.
Thursday's attack has damaged the negotiations, said Rashid Abdi, an analyst at the International Crisis Group.
"However much the Americans claim the war on terror is one thing and the peace process is another thing, it's not that clear-cut," Abdi said. "This will definitely have political repercussions."
Capt. Jamie Graybeal, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, confirmed there was a U.S. airstrike early Thursday in the vicinity of the central Somali town of Dusamareeb. Another U.S. military spokesman, Bob Prucha, said the attack was against a "known al-Qaida target and militia leader in Somalia." Both declined to provide further details.

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