At least 15 people were reported dead in US planes' air strike in Dusamareeb town, central Somalia, that killed the commander of Alshabab Islamic fighters, Aden Hashi Eyrow, on Wednesday night, residents said.
"I saw human pieces in the hit missile homes and nearby houses," resident Fatima Said told Shabelle English service by phone.
Three US AC-130 type aircraft slowly flying were reported to have bombarded the house of Adan Eyrow and near enough abodes.
Some residents told that the hydroplanes headed to the north of the town after the bombardment.
Some residents have started to unearth the missiles at the houses where pieces were slowly unearthed.
It's the first time that US warplanes have raided in Galgadud region.
The spokesman for the Islamic al-Shabab militia, Sheik Muqtar Robow, said the strike killed Aden Hashi Ayro, his brother and seven others at his house in the central Somali town of Dusamareeb, about 300 miles north of Mogadishu. Six more people were wounded.
"Our brother martyr Aden Hashi, has received what he was looking for — death for the sake of Allah — at the hands of the United States," Robow told Shabelle Radio by phone.
"This would not deter us from continuing our holy war against Allah's enemy; we will be on the right way, that is why we are targeted. I call for our holy fighters to remain strong in their position and keep up the jihad," he added.
Over the past year, the U.S. military has attacked several suspected Islamists in Somalia, most recently in March when the U.S. Navy fired at least one missile into a southern Somali town.
Somali government officials have said Ayro trained in Afghanistan before the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and is the head of al-Qaida's cell in Somalia.
He was a key figure in the al-Shabab movement, which aims to impose Islamic law and launches daily attacks on the shaky Somali government and their Ethiopian allies.
Ayro also recently called for attacks on African peacekeepers in Somalia in a recording on an Islamic Web site.
"We heard a huge explosion and when we ran out of our house we saw a ball of smoke and flames coming out of the house where one of the leaders of al-Shabab Aden Hashi Ayro was staying," he said.
Al-Shabab is the armed wing of the Council of Islamic Courts movement. The State Department considers al-Shabab as terrorist organization.
The Council of Islamic Courts seized control of much of southern Somalia, including the capital, Mogadishu, in 2006. But troops loyal to the U.N.-backed interim Somali government and the allied Ethiopian army drove the group from power that December.
Ethiopia's archenemy, Eritrea, has offered assistance to the group, and it is re-emerging. In recent months it has briefly taken several towns, freeing prisoners and seizing weapons from government forces. The insurgents usually withdraw after a few hours but continue to target Ethiopian and Somali forces in an Iraq-style insurgency.
The United States has repeatedly accused the Islamic group of harboring international terrorists linked to al-Qaida, which is allegedly responsible for the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
America is concerned Somalia is a breeding ground for terrorist groups, particularly after the Islamic militants briefly gained control of the south and Osama bin Laden declared his support for them.
Fighting between government troops and the insurgents claimed thousands of lives last year and drove hundreds of thousands from their homes.
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Islamic extremist are dragging our culture down. I think the US was bitten by the snake and is fighting back best it can. The US gives more of its money and aid to foreign countries in need and we bite the hand that would help us out of poverty. Eyrow was not a martyr, he was a terrorist killer of innocent women and children. I feel no sorrow for him.
The African continent is the last land masses open to colonization by the Eurocentric nations and it is not just the US who are engaged in this process. The tactical means employed by US to gain control of the Continent are without a doubt working and go far beyond just the visible military actions of its own forces as it allows the French, British, Netherlands, Israeli, German and even the new emerging Euro countries such as Romania, and the Czech Republic to economicly gain by its action. There is not one African nation that is not under domination of Eurocentric economic entities, the vast majority of countries have a small leadership of Elite collaborationist who are immensly wealthy while their populaces are becoming poorer than ever due to that collaboration. Lets not forget that the US and Brits military advisors are welcomed by Angola, Congos,Madagascar,South Africa, Kenya and many others and the last real holdout Libya has finally joined in with those Euro powers for its own fiancial gains. Somalia was a vaccumn, Ethiopia had no choice or fear their own regime becomeing a target of US subversive actions so of course they took the money and arms, and the US got a legitiamte excuse for the unnecessary bloodshed being done. US will eventually get itself at the very least 7 new permanent Military bases to protect the Eurocentrics needs for African resources and no amount of pretending different will change that. What we see in the UN is just US/Euro pandering to, their is no African unity at all in reality, just individual leades attempting to see who can profit the most by giving the most support to them. People, as a mass are not worth concidering except in the bottom line of account ledgers, and just enough aid to the poor to keep some economic stability so as not to disturb the extraction and marketing of Eurocentirc goods to country, and that is only reason . the death of an african is no more worthy of concideration than the death of an Iraqui or any numbers of other people who stand in way of the needs of the Euroentircs.
Few countries in modern times could claim the title "warrior nation". The United States and Great Britain definitely can, and Israel certainly qualifies for this distinction too. Today is the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding and a reminder of the heroism of the Israeli people. This tiny nation of just 7 million has fought seven wars and survived in the face of insurmountable odds, international hostility and massive intimidation, a tribute to the strength of the human spirit and the willingness of Israelis to fight to defend their freedom. Six decades on from its establishment, Israel continues to fight for its very existence, and remains the most persecuted nation in the history of the United Nations. The UN has left no stone unturned in its hounding of Israel, a relentless display of hatred and prejudice that shames the world body. Despite being the freest, most democratic country in the Middle East, Israel is the whipping boy for the UN's Human Rights Council, a discredited basket case of an organization that boasts some of the world's worst human rights offenders as members, including China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Russia and Egypt. Roughly three quarters of the HRC's resolutions in its first year were aimed at Israel, while brutal dictatorships such as Zimbabwe, North Korea, Burma and Sudan barely merited a mention.
I live in the U.S., and would like to offer this perspective. To those who would say we are swine, we are murderous dogs, I understand why you would say that. I feel that way about our government leaders many times, never as much as I do now with George Bush Jr in office. I can't speak for every american, but I can speak for myself, and I'm not the only one who would say it, George Bush Jr. does NOT practice the american way of life I believe in.
I see us as a very rich country, one with great power, and because of that, an enormous responsibility. I see our President expect other countries to abstain from nuclear weapons yet they maintain and even build new ones! I see our President tell other countries about human rights yet we lock up muslims in secret camps all over the world, like Guantanamo Bay! The statements that the Bush administration made regarding the Geneva Convention and torture are disgusting! I can't believe people who lead me are going to nitpick about what exactly is torture! That makes me furious. Torture is pain or discomfort to anyone, period.
The United States has very good people and very bad people. I am sad for all sufferring whether experienced by an African, an Iraqi, or an American, or any other nationality. For that matter, mother nature and her trees, animals, fish, and so on. Because of this belief, I cannot give support to any terrorist organization. I do not care who you are or what you have been through, there is no excuse for killing innocent civilians. I do not understand the point of bombing a house with Ayro in it. So what, we killed some terrorist named Ayro. I want the murdering to stop. We cannot kill all the murderers to make murdering stop. That is ludicrous. We need to make everyone's life better, respect cultures unlike our own. We need to learn customs and beliefs and offer to help, no strings attached, not because we want political gain, but because we want a better life for the world.
I said all this so anyone reading this knows - the United States does things her people do not support. There is never an excuse. I can apologize on her behalf, but it will never bring a loved one back. That pain is between the sufferring and their God. I only hope it stops. I only hope that the hate and anger people feel can find a calm.
It is very difficult to change the world. But when we make the choice to help a cat that is hungry or stuck, or about to be hurt, we changed that cat's world. This goes for any living creature, plants and mountains included.
Eric
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