Somali Islamist (read al Qaeda) killed in airstrike

al-Shabab leader goes al-kaboom. We tried to get him earlier but missed. Not this time. This is great news.

Trained in pre 9/11 Afghanistan with al Qaeda, murderer of foreign aid workers and the prince of a guy who promised to behead Ethiopian children, well, it looks like Aden Hashi Ayro won't be down for breakfast.

An airstrike in central Somalia has killed the military commander of an Islamist militant group with ties to al-Qaida. A spokesman for the Islamist group al-Shabab told reporters the pre-dawn strike in the town of Dusamareb killed Aden Hashi Ayro and another senior leader. Witnesses said U.S. planes carried out the strike and that at least eight other people were killed.

The U.S. military said it launched an attack against an al-Qaida target in Somalia but did not give any details. The U.S. has carried out several airstrikes against suspected terrorists in Somalia over the past year.

In March, the U.S. State Department designated Somalia's al-Shabab as a terrorist organization.
The group is considered the military wing of the Islamic Courts Union that briefly controlled much of southern Somalia in 2006.