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US in Fractured Somalia on the Hunt for al Qaeda

Eight years after al Qaeda's bombing attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Somali officials say the ringleader may have been killed by recent air strikes.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Eight years after al Qaeda's bombing attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Somali officials say the ringleader may have been killed by recent air strikes. So far, US officials have not confirmed neither that nor US involvement in the attacks, though it does appear that Somalia has become a new front in the war on terror, as we hear from John Donnelly of the Boston Globe.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Dan Konecky

    Producer, To the Point

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    Katie Cooper

    Producer, 'One year Later'

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    Karen Radziner

    Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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    John M. Donnelly

    Boston Globe

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