US Somali air strikes

[Scottish Guy]

The US has carried out at least two air strikes in southern Somalia targeting Islamist fighters, who the US believes include members of an al-Qaeda cell.

The militias were reported to have been tracked by aerial reconnaissance and then attacked by a US gunship launched from a US military base in Djibouti.

The US says Somali Islamists sheltered al-Qaeda operatives linked to the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa.

The Somali transitional government says many people were killed in the raid.

The air strikes are taking place just a few days after the Union of Islamic Courts, which had taken control of much of central and southern Somalia during the past six months, was routed by soldiers from Ethiopia and Somalia's transitional government.

read the rest of the story here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6243459.stm

Not sure if any one else has posted this yet so if I ain't the first fuck it

[directfiesta]

US loves war ....

have to use those toys .

[starpimps]

down with the terrorists, fuck em

[reynold]

US has to make sure that the weapons are working well.

[loxapinedreams]

horn of africa will be in a better place once those fucks are removed.
having been to sammie land.. its a shit hole that the devil himself doesnt venture there out of fear.

if it brings order to the place and the people get fed. who cares.

[DaddyHalbucks]

Originally Posted by directfiesta

US loves war ....

have to use those toys .

The US doesn't "love war." In fact, we go to great lengths to avoid it. But it is often necessary to deal with terrorists and violent extremists.

[directfiesta]

Originally Posted by loxapinedreams

horn of africa will be in a better place once those fucks are removed.
having been to sammie land.. its a shit hole that the devil himself doesnt venture there out of fear.

if it brings order to the place and the people get fed. who cares.

sounds real good ... freedom is maching ...

The Islamists of the Somali Council of Islamic Courts (SCIC), who took control of most of south and central Somalia during the latter half of 2006, bringing in law and order for the first time in 15 years, were routed from their urban strongholds, including Mogadishu, by Ethiopian troops at the end of December. Many fighters fled into the bush in the far south of the country.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/internatio...986350,00.html

Washington accuses the Islamist leaders of both harbouring and being influenced by al-Qaida members - a view many analysts believed is exaggerated.

influenced ... new crime deserving no judgement, just execution ...

In 2005, secret service agents paid the hated warlords several hundred thousand dollars as an incentive to apprehend the suspects who, according to Washington, were being sheltered by the Islamic courts that had been set up to dispense justice in the absence of a central authority.

But as news of the US operation leaked to the streets, residents took the side of the Islamists, and helped drive the warlords from the capital.

Same warlods that shot down your BlackHawk .....

You guys never learn ....

"If no foreigners died, this will just be the latest element in a comedy of errors by the US and a step towards the new Iraq of Africa," said Mr Bryden.

Heck of a job

[directfiesta]

Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks

The US doesn't "love war." In fact, we go to great lengths to avoid it. But it is often necessary to deal with terrorists and violent extremists.

Sure did go to " great lenght " in Iraq ... you didn't rush into it ....

Terrorist - extremists - insurgents: muslims ...

[DaddyHalbucks]

The US tried to head off war in Iraq for 11 years using diplomacy!!

How many UN resolutions were there? 20?

Saddam played games with the UN inspectors for years...