U.S. airstrikes target al Qaeda in Somalia

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U.S. intelligence believes Abu Talha al-Sudani, named in grand jury testimony against Osama bin Laden as a Sudanese explosives expert, is al Qaeda’s east African boss and is hiding among Islamist troops fleeing Ethiopian and Somali forces.

Somalia’s defense and information ministers told Reuters other airstrikes took place south of Hayo, near Ras Kamboni and [...]