On 14 September 2009 , U.S. Special Forces killed two men and wounded and captured two others near the Somali village of Baarawe . Witnesses claim that helicopters used for the operation launched from French-flagged warships , but that could not be confirmed . A Somali-based al-Qaida affiliated group , the Al-Shabaab , has verified the death of " sheik commander " Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan along with an unspecified number of militants . Nabhan , a Kenyan , was wanted in connection with the 2002 Mombasa attacks
2002 Mombasa attacks
2002 Mombasa attacks
War on Terror