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September 23, 2005
Al-Qaeda operative nabbed in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland
Topics: War on TerrorAs further evidence that radical Islam's attempts to create terror extends not only in the West, but throughout the rest of the world as well, authorities in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland said on Friday they had arrested a senior al-Qaeda operative allegedly in the region to organise attacks on local leaders and foreigners.
Somaliland's Interior Minister Ishmael Aden told AFP that police had arrested "an internationally known" Afghan-trained leader of Osama bin Laden's network along with a second a-Qaeda member after a shootout in an overnight raid in the capital Hargeisa.You'll find some interesting perspectives on the War on Terror in the general region of Somalia in "Counter-Terrorism in Somalia: Losing Hearts and Minds?" and "Somalia." Also here.
Related: Murdered Britons target of al-Qaeda, claims Somaliland.
Posted for Harry Owens
Posted by Richard at September 23, 2005 10:27 PM
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