The Dhusamareb airstrike took place on May 1, 2008, at around 3:00 am local time when an American plane dropped three large bombs on a house in the
Dhuusamarreeb region in central
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
. The attack was targeted against the Muslim militant group
al-Shabaab.
The attack killed up to 30 people including civilians and two Islamist leaders, identified by al-Shabaab as
Adan Ayrow and Sheikh Mohamed Muhyadin Omar.
Four others were injured.
Reactions
Bob Prucha, a US military spokesman, confirmed there was a US attack on a "known
al-Qaeda
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target" and militia leader.
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Mukhtar Robow "Abu Mansur", a leader of al-Shabaab, said: "It is true that infidel planes bombed Dhusamareb. This was an unprovoked attack, Aden Hashi Eyrow and Sheikh Mohamed Muhyadin Omar are the most important Shabaab members who were victims of this foreign aggression... The death of Eyrow and Omar will not stop the struggle for the supremacy of Allah and the liberation of the holy land of Somalia. We will continue the struggle until the Somali people are free."Paul Salopek
Paul Salopek (born February 9, 1962 in Barstow, California) is a journalist and writer from the United States. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and was raised in central Mexico.
Salopek has reported globally for the Chicago Tribune, Foreign ...
reported in the ''Chicago Tribune
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'' that jihadists had vowed to kill every foreigner in Somalia in response.[
]
See also
*Manhunt (military) Manhunting is a term sometimes used for military operations by special operations forces and intelligence organizations to search for, and capture or kill important enemy combatants, known as high-value targets. It has been used particularly in t ...
References
External links
U.S. Airstrike Kills Somali Accused of Links to Al-Qaeda
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