The US Air Force bombed yesterday “terror camps” in Somalia, killing at least two dozens including a four-year-old Al-Qaeda suspect.
The Somali president, who entered Mogadishu for the first time since his election, came out in support of the bombing, saying the US has the right to strike against Al-Qaeda anywhere.
The Bush administration will provide $86.4 million to strengthen security forces loyal to Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, as part of a plan to expand US involvement in Abbas’s power struggle with Hamas.
The death of a Texan soldier in Baghdad brings the total number of US troops killed in Iraq to 3,000, independent groups tracking casualties have said.
