Africa: How Leader of Al-Qaeda in East Africa Was Killed

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Mogadishu — Under pressure from NATO forces in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda elements had taken advantage of the chaos in Somalia to set up havens and form new alliances. The situational analysis of their presence in the Horn of Africa was alarming. It was understood that the wastelands of Somalia's lawless and ungoverned frontier regions had become a hotbed for extremist activity.

Known high value al-Qaeda targets were believed to be hiding in Somalia where they had inserted themselves into the ongoing clan wars.

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