US strikes al Qaeda in Somalia.

DuH2 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-03-2008, 02:51 PM

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U.S. forces struck an Al Qaeda training camp in southern Somalia Monday, and officials say the target was a notorious Al Qaeda operative whom FOX News has exclusively determined to be Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan.

Nabhan is wanted for questioning in connection with a hotel resort homicide bombing in Mombasa, Kenya, five years ago, and for a shoulder-fired missile attack on an Israeli passenger liner.

Monday's attack on Nabhan was executed with two missiles fired from a U.S. Navy vessel at sea, off the coast of Somalia, FOX News has learned.

Planes fired at least one precision-guided missile at the Somali town of Dobley, a senior U.S. defense official told FOX News.

"On March 2 the U.S. conducted an attack against a known Al Qaeda terrorist in southern Somalia," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said in a statement. "As we have repeatedly said, we will continue to pursue terrorists' activities and their operations wherever we may find them."

There was no immediate word on casualties, but the residents and police told The Associated Press that a home was destroyed and eight people, including four children, were injured.

U.S. officials at Central Command said the overnight strike targeted fewer than 20 Al Qaeda terrorists.

They were assessing the damage done by the attack and digging through the rubble on Monday, and said they'd know more about its success later in the day.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,334531,00.html

Hope they killed him.

f0ca1 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-04-2008, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DuH2

Hope they killed him.

Let's hope it goes better than last year's missile lob.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2...-somalia_x.htm

DuH2 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-04-2008, 03:50 PM

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None of three top suspected terrorists in Somalia was killed in a U.S. airstrike this week, but Somalis with close ties to al-Qaeda were killed, a senior U.S. official in the region said Thursday.

Went well.
Didn't get the 3 main guys we wanted to be killed some of the others.

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In Washington, officials had said U.S. special operations forces were in Somalia. U.S. and Somali officials said Wednesday a small American team has been providing military advice to Ethiopian and Somali forces on the ground. The officials provided little detail and spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.

The U.S. forces entered Somalia with Ethiopian forces late last month when Ethiopians launched their attack against a Somali Islamic movement said to be sheltering al-Qaeda figures, one of the officials said.

Our Ethiopian Allies in Somalia /salute

f0ca1 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-04-2008, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DuH2

U.S. official: No al-Qaeda suspects killed in Somalia airstrikes

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Blade · #5 (**permalink**) 03-04-2008, 04:00 PM

Ah, they just did that to help Haliburton.

DuH2 · #6 (**permalink**) 03-04-2008, 04:00 PM

but Somalis with close ties to al-Qaeda were killed

..either read your own links or just shut up.

Also just to make sure people know his link has nothing to do with the original story.

f0ca1 · #7 (**permalink**) 03-04-2008, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DuH2

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..either read your own links or just shut up.

"close ties" huh? Wow. I'm convinced. Very smart, then.

I'll wait for the details of this attack to emerge before I judge it.

DuH2 · #8 (**permalink**) 03-04-2008, 04:13 PM

Yes close links means allied with al Qaeda..meaning they are enemies of this nation..meaning the strike while it did not kill the top 3 targets in Somalia it did kill al Qaeda allies.

It was a worthwhile strike and did good.
You proved it trying to belittle it.

You'll dismiss the result of this current strike in some manner..thats a given.

f0ca1 · #9 (**permalink**) 03-04-2008, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DuH2

Yes close links means allied with al Qaeda.

Then why didn't they say "allied with al qaeda."

They could have killed a suspect's paperboy and called it "close links."

Your assumption of victory and success are really just a symptom of a lack of critical thinking and vigilance.

DuH2 · #10 (**permalink**) 03-04-2008, 04:22 PM

Next time read your own link dumby.

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