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Somali insurgents vow revenge against US for Al Qaeda raidDate : 15/09/2009 Publication
: German Press Agency dpa Category
: General news
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Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab Tuesday vowed to retaliate against the US as it confirmed that one of its “top leaders” died in a US raid.
Kenyan-born Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, wanted in connection with several terrorist attacks in neighbouring Kenya, was reportedly killed by US forces in a strike on Somali soil Monday.
“It is a clear that one of our top leaders died in yesterday’s aggressive American attack,” Sheikh Mohamed Ali Abu Ayuub, one of al-Shabaab’s senior commanders in the capital Mogadishu, told the German Press Agency dpa.
“I can’t tell you who they are, but some of us died ... it will not deter our operations and we will retaliate against those involved in the attack, especially the Americans,” he added.
The US has been tracking Nabhan since the 2002 bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenyan coastal town of Mombasa, which claimed 15 lives.
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