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Serially Speaking (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Sudan - Who is JEM? Terrorists or rebels, secular or Islamist, JEM has demonstrated that Khartoum is not invulnerable Sudan - Abyei devastated Heavy fighting between the army and the SPLA points to more conflict ahead Somalia - A targeted killing The USA's killing of Aden Hashi Ayro weakens Al Shabaab and its mentor, Sheik Aweys Kenya - Grand coalition More than just political careers are at stake...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Aden Hashi Ayro was one of the most feared and notorious figures in Somalia whose powerful influence in the country showed most starkly the depths of anarchy and brutality to which it has sunk.
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Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
Aden Hashi Ayro was a commander of militant group al-Shabab At least 1,000 residents of the central Somali town of Dusamareb have held a protest against a deadly US attack. The missile strike on Thursday killed the leader of a group which the US links to al-Qaeda. At least 10 others died when a house [...]
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House of Eratosthenes (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
And Misha’s pretty pleased about it. Aden Hashi Ayro was killed when the airstrike struck his house in the central Somali town of Dusamareeb, about 300 miles north of Mogadishu, said Sheik Muqtar Robow, a spokesman for the Islamic al-Shabab militia. : Another commander and seven others were also killed, Robow said. Six more people were wounded, two [...]
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IndyBlogs (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
By Steve Bloomfield The death of Aden Hashi Ayro, the leader of Al Shabaab and the man believed by many Somalia analysts and regional diplomats to be the head of al-Qa'ida operations in East Africa is great news, or so...
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QandO (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
T he Washington Post talks about an over-the-horizon strike conducted by the US Navy against an al-Qaeda leader in Somalia. The attack was made with a Tomahawk missile. Aden Hashi Ayro, the man who was killed, deserved the label of "evildoer." As chief of the extremist al-Shabab militia, he supervised and probably participated in the murder of foreign aid workers, teachers, an Italian nun and a British...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
One recurring feature of the "War on Terror" has been Americans bombing various places around the world and saying they had been targeting a "top al-Qa'ida operative". Often those on the receiving end have been foot-soldiers in a local conflict or hapless civilians unfortunate enough to be at a place targeted by faulty "intelligence".
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Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Source: [b]AP via Seattle Times[/b] Islamist fighters in Somalia threatened Friday to avenge the death of a reputed al-Qaida commander killed in a U.S. airstrike and warned Americans to stay out of the Horn of Africa nation. U.S. missiles destroyed the house of Aden Hashi Ayro in the central Somal...
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ComingAnarchy.com (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Yesterday's air strike against terrorist Aden Hashi Ayro has met with mixed feelings. While some extoll it as a step forward for Somalia and a tactical victory for the United States, others claim it is another mistake leading to the further destabilization of the country. Yet, even if it amounts to a whack-a-mole tactic, the [...]
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OTB News (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Aden Hashi Ayro, the leader of a brutal Islamic militia, dies along with others in a Navy missile strike. To the U.S. officials who had tracked him for years before killing [...]
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
MOGADISHU, Somalia A leading militant accused of having ties with al-Qaida was killed early Thursday in a U.S. military airstrike on a small central town, potentially slowing an Islamist insurgency that's been raging for more than a year in Somalia. Associated Press Aden Hashi Ayro is shown in a video image supplied by IntelCenter, a Web site that monitors terrorism activity.
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Aden Hashi Ayro, the leader of a brutal Islamic militia, dies along with others in a Navy missile strike. To the U.S. officials who had tracked him for years before killing him Thursday, Aden Hashi Ayro was the public face of one of Al Qaeda's most dangerous allies -- a brutal militia in Somalia that has been increasing its attacks in the war-torn nation.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
To the U.S. officials who had tracked him for years before killing him Thursday, Aden Hashi Ayro was the public face of one of al-Qaida's...
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News & Information (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
While U.S. officials claimed success in the apparent death of Aden Hashi Ayro, they also acknowledged an uphill battle to score lasting blows against Al Qaeda….Read more
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American Congress for Truth (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
comment by Jerry Gordon Remember the name of that Somali terrorist website, Shabab, hosted by Dotster out in Vancouver, Washington, that we posted a story on, yesterday. Well, darn if the US didn't take out the leader of the Somali al Qaeda group al Shabaab, Aden Hashi Ayro. He was in hiding since a US air [...]
