AL-QAIDA MILITANT DEAD
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AL-QAIDA MILITANT DEAD
From Xinhua News Agency: STORY: AL-QAIDA MILITANT DEAD DATELINE: June 12, 2011 LENGTH: 0:01:28 LOCATION: Mogadishu INTRO The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the death of top African al-Qaida militant has dealt a significant blow to the terrorist network. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was the most wanted man in Africa by the United States, with a five million bounty on his head. He was killed earlier this week in a shootout in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. PKG The Somali government on Saturday confirmed that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed and another militant were shot dead by Somali forces on Tuesday, after they refused to stop at a roadblock. The Somali troops initially failed to discover Mohammed's identity as he was carrying a South African passport bearing a different name. The bodies were buried, but officials later exhumed them after checking Mohammed's documents. Mohammed is believed to be the mastermind behind the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed 224 Powered by www.newslook.com
The Video News Portal | June 12, 2011
