AP never mentions Islam in Kenya-al-Shabab story, Reuters notes Islam in headline, 1st and 3rd sentences. BBC, not until 2nd sentence

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Reuters article in Listin Diario (Dominican) puts Islam in headline, opening sentence,('radical Islamist,)' and third sentence, 'Islamic radicals.' (google translation from Spanish, original Spanish also). AP story follows in Yahoo News, Islam is never mentioned in headline or story. BBC version, Islam not mentioned in headline or all important first sentence. In second sentence it references 'Islamist fighters' defecting in recent weeks. On 'latest headlines' provided on Firefox (no link), BBC uses the sympathetic term, 'al-Shabab rebels.'

1/7/12, "At least 60 Islamic militants killed in an airstrike in Somalia, Kenya," Reuters, Listin Diario, DR

"At least sixty members of the radical Islamist al-Shabab militia were killed Friday in an air strike in southern Kenya, Somalia, yesterday said Army Col. Cyrus Kenyan Ogun.

The bombings took place in the area Garbahare (Gedo region), Ogun said in remarks to journalists in Nairobi, which said that al-Shabab "lost 60 or more fighters and more than 50 were injured."

"We will continue hitting them (Islamic radicals)," the colonel was quoted by the Kenyan newspaper's website "Daily Star"."...

Original Spanish: "Al menos 60 radicales islámicos mueren en un ataque aéreo de Kenia en Somalia," Reuters

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Islam never mentioned in AP story on Yahoo.

1/7/12, "Kenya military airstrike kills 60 Somali militants," AP, Yahoo News

"A Kenyan military spokesman says at least 60 militants were killed in airstrikes on a base of an al-Qaida-linked group Kenyan troops are pursuing in Somalia.

Col. Cyrus Oguna said Saturday the airstrikes on Garbaharey town on Friday were prompted by a tip that al-Shabab militants had gathered in the area to refuel their vehicles.

Oguna says the death toll from the airstrikes could rise.

Kenya sent hundreds of troops into neighboring Somalia in October to pursue al-Shabab militants who it blames for a string of kidnappings on Kenyan soil, including those of four Europeans. The kidnappings threatened Kenya's tourism industry, a key source of revenue for the country. Al-Shabab is waging an insurgency against Somalia's weak, U.N.-backed government."

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No mention of Islam in all important headline or opening sentence.

1/7/12, "Kenyan troops 'kill 60 al-Shabab fighters' in Somalia," BBC

"The Kenyan army says it has killed 60 Somali al-Shabab militia fighters in air strikes and is determined to "break their spine completely".

A further 20 of the Islamist fighters defected in recent weeks, army spokesman Col Cyrus Oguna told reporters in the Kenyan capital.

But al-Shabab responded by promising to defeat the Kenyans."...