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U.S. and France kill Kenyan behind 2002 attacks on Israelis

The militant behind a 2002 terrorist attack against Israelis in Kenya has been killed in a joint American-French operation in Somalia, officials in the east African country said Monday.
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September 14, 2009

The militant behind a 2002 terrorist attack against Israelis in Kenya has been killed in a joint American-French operation in Somalia, officials in the east African country said Monday.

Kenyan-born Islamist Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan was believed to have been behind an attack in the coastal city of Mombasa seven years ago that killed three Israelis and eight Kenyans, as well as a failed missile attempt the same day on an Israeli airplane leaving the city’s airport.

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