Earlier today, near Mogadishu, three missiles were fired from an unmanned, U.S. aerial drone. The target was an insurgent group fighting alongside al-Qaida in the region. A British al-Qaida commander, Bilal Berjawi, was killed during the attack. Berjawi is both Lebanese and British, but spent much of his life growing up in West London. He had also been fighting alongside al-Qaida in Afghanistan in 2006. He is the fourth al-qaida linked commander killed within the past few years. Somalia has not had a stable government for twenty-one years, allowing al-Shabab and the current U.N. backed government to continue the fighting. Many other African Nations, including offical measures taken by the African Union, have joined the fight fearing that the violence and crime will spread across the borders.
By: Tyler Lundquist
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46089790/ns/world_news-africa/t/officials-us-drone-strike-killed-british-al-qaida-commander-somalia/
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