Somalia Airstrike Targeted Alleged Embassy Bomber

WASHINGTON — An American missile strike in Somalia on Monday targeted a Kenyan suspected in the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in Africa, officials said yesterday.

The Navy was going after Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan when it launched at least two Tomahawk missiles from a submarine off the coast of the East African nation, a Pentagon and FBI official said.

"Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan is on the FBI's 'seeking information list' and is wanted by the FBI for questioning in connection with the 2002 attacks at the Paradise Hotel and the unsuccessful surface to air missile attack against an Israeli airliner in Kenya," an FBI spokesman, Richard Kolko, said.

The list consists of subjects the FBI would like to talk to, while the Most Wanted Terrorist list is suspects who have been indicted.

"He is also thought to be an associate of Al Qaeda member Harun Fazul, who was indicted for the 1998 embassy bombings," Mr. Kolko said. He referred to the 1998 bombings of the embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, in which more than 200 people were killed.