US forces conducted three strikes in Somalia during 2007 killing a minimum of 21 people including two civilians A U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship operating under JSOC targeted a suspected al-Qaeda convoy . The strike killed various potential fighters including Fazul Abdullah Mohammed , and Sudanese explosive expert Abu Talha al Sudani known as Tariq Abdullah . The convoy had been tracked at night by a MQ-1 Predator drone . An estimated 5 – 10 militants were killed and 4-5 injured . A joint U.S. – Ethiopian team landed at the strike location shortly after and confirmed at least 8 killed . According to the U.S. Department of Defense , the militants killed in this strike were connected to the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
1998 United States embassy bombings
American military intervention in Somalia (2007–present)