From Europe News:
An alleged al-Qaida member from London is reported to have been killed in a missile attack from a US drone while fighting alongside Islamist insurgents in Somalia. Bilal el-Berjawi is said to have died when three missiles fired from the unmanned aircraft hit his car on the outskirts of Mogadishu.
The 27-year-old's wife is understood to have given birth to a child in a London hospital a few hours before the missile strike, prompting suspicions among relatives that his location had been pinpointed as a result of a telephone conversation between the couple.
About 12 months ago, Berjawi was stripped of the British citizenship he had held since his family moved to the UK from Lebanon when he was an infant.
He is the third Muslim from London to be killed in drone attacks in recent weeks. In November, it was confirmed that Ibrahim Adam, 24, and 38-year-old Mohammed Azmer Khan, both from Ilford, had been killed in a drone attack in the South Waziristan region of Pakistan. Khan's brother, Abdul Jabbar, was killed in a drone attack in the same region a year before. (...)
British 'al-Qaida member' killed in US drone attack in Somalia
The Guardian 23 January 2012
By Ian Cobain
By Ian Cobain
The 27-year-old's wife is understood to have given birth to a child in a London hospital a few hours before the missile strike, prompting suspicions among relatives that his location had been pinpointed as a result of a telephone conversation between the couple.
About 12 months ago, Berjawi was stripped of the British citizenship he had held since his family moved to the UK from Lebanon when he was an infant.
He is the third Muslim from London to be killed in drone attacks in recent weeks. In November, it was confirmed that Ibrahim Adam, 24, and 38-year-old Mohammed Azmer Khan, both from Ilford, had been killed in a drone attack in the South Waziristan region of Pakistan. Khan's brother, Abdul Jabbar, was killed in a drone attack in the same region a year before. (...)
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