Dobley airstrike

Dobley airstrike
Part of the Somalia War (2006–2009)
Type	Missile attack
Location	Dobley, Somalia
Target	Al-Qaeda militants
Date	3 March 2008 (2008-03-03)
Executed by	United States Navy
Casualties	4–6 killed

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At 3:25 a.m. on 3 March 2008, two BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles launched by a United States Navy warship hit the village of Dobley in Somalia.^[1] According to US military officials the target of the attack was an al-Qaeda leader. Dobley district commissioner Ali Hussein Nuir stated that Sheikh Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki, a local militant cleric was meeting with leaders of a Mogadishu-based militant group nearby.^[2]^[1] Varying reports of casualties surfaced with villagers reporting that between four and six people were dead. It is unclear whether these casualties were targets or civilians. Villagers also reported that an aircraft had attacked them, but US military officials denied these reports merely stating that an attack had indeed occurred and that they were looking into the results. At least two previous attacks of a similar nature occurred in 2007 where American forces targeted suspected al-Qaeda operatives in Ras Kamboni as well as in Bargal.

Jane's Defence Weekly, writing in its 12 March 2008 issue, said the attack was reportedly carried out by a US Navy submarine, firing Tomahawks.^[3] Jane's said several news reports said the target of the attack was Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, sought by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in connection with the 2002 Mombasa attacks in Kenya against a hotel and a civilian airliner.

References

^ ^a ^b Daskal, Jennifer; Lefkow, Leslie (28 March 2008). "Off-target". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
^ "USA launches missile strike in Somalia". France 24. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
^ Hodge, Nathan (12 March 2008). "US strikes Al-Qaeda target located in southern Somalia". Jane's Defence Weekly. Vol. 45, no. 11. p. 18.

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v t e War in Somalia (2006–2009)
Part of the Somali Civil War Ethiopian–Somali conflict War on terror
Timeline	2006 2007 2008 2009
Background	History of Somalia (1991–2006) Greater Somalia Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa Somali Civil War Factions Diplomatic and humanitarian efforts Propaganda Disarmament 2006 Islamic Courts Union offensive 2006 Battle of Mogadishu Ethiopian–Somali conflict Insurgency in Ogaden Somali Reconciliation Conferences 1993 2002 2007
Battles	Battle of Baidoa Battle of Bandiradley Battle of Beledweyne (2006) Battle of Jowhar Fall of Mogadishu Battle of Jilib Fall of Kismayo Battle of Ras Kamboni Battle of Mogadishu (March–April 2007) Battle of Bargal (2007) Battle of Mogadishu (November 2007) Battle of Mogadishu (2008) Battle of Beledweyne (2008) Siege of Baidoa Battle of Kismayo (2008)
OEF–HOA	Battle of Ras Kamboni Battle of Bargal (2007) Dobley airstrike Dhusamareb airstrike
Other events	2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash February 2008 Bosaso bombings Al-Hidaya Mosque massacre 2008 Mogadishu bombing 2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings
Key players	Ethiopia Meles Zenawi Gabre Heard Islamic Courts Union Hassan Dahir Aweys Sharif Sheikh Ahmed al-Itihaad al-Islamiya Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki Hizbul Shabaab Mukhtar Robow Aden Hashi Farah Aero ARPCT Abdi Hasan Awale Mohamed Omar Habeb Transitional Federal Parliament Ali Mohammed Ghedi Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Puntland Mohamud Muse Hersi Galmudug Mohamed Warsame Ali United States Jendayi Frazer AMISOM Yoweri Museveni
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