2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2017 The Dhusamareb airstrike took place on May 1, 2008, at around 3:00 am local time when an American plane dropped three large bombs on a house in the Dhuusamarreeb region in central Somalia.

[1][2] The attack killed up to 30 people including civilians and two Islamist leaders, identified by al-Shabaab as Adan Ayrow and Sheikh Mohamed Muhyadin Omar.

[6] Mukhtar Robow "Abu Mansur", a leader of al-Shabaab, said: "It is true that infidel planes bombed Dhusamareb.

This was an unprovoked attack, Aden Hashi Eyrow and Sheikh Mohamed Muhyadin Omar are the most important Shabaab members who were victims of this foreign aggression...

"[6] Paul Salopek reported in the Chicago Tribune that jihadists had vowed to kill every foreigner in Somalia in response.