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2007-01-09 Africa Horn

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Posted by tu3031 2007-01-09 11:03|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fish in a bbl.

Posted by Chaiter Jeger9787 2007-01-09 12:12|| 2007-01-09 12:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Obviously the jihadis are useless in a stand-up fight. But we still need to learn how to handle a bug-hunt. First suggestion: Get rid of the cameras.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-01-09 13:25|| 2007-01-09 13:25|| Front Page Top

#3 "Choppers? Wonder where they're operating out of?"
When I was still USN, ACDU, it was not unusual for Army helos to practice on the CVs as we transited to/from beautiful downtown Bremerton. And if they were USMC units, isn't there still one of the Gator-freighter SAGs still in the Gulf??

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-01-09 13:52|| 2007-01-09 13:52|| Front Page Top

#4 What's our relations like with Madagascar and Ethiopia and don't we have a base of operations in Djibouti or somewheres close by?

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-01-09 14:45|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-01-09 14:45|| Front Page Top

#5 ...IIRC, Army gunships have operated off George Washington and Kitty Hawk if this is indeed the case here and they're working from Eisenhower , somebody seems to have grown a brain and some initiative somewhere. Here's to 'em.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-01-09 15:58|| 2007-01-09 15:58|| Front Page Top

#6 The main target was Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, who allegedly planned the 1998 attacks on the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that killed 225 people.

From the WAPO --
In an interview early Tuesday, Abdirizak Hassan, chief of staff for Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi, confirmed the strike. Hassan said he heard from American officials that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed had been killed, although U.S. officials said he had not been in their immediate sights. "Among the targets was Fazul," he said, "and we understand that Fazul is no more."

Posted by Sherry 2007-01-09 17:19|| 2007-01-09 17:19|| Front Page Top

#7 And this morning, on some Fox show, some Sen said "Yes, I think this is true" then attempted to back out with it not being confirmed, with an opps, "I shouldn't have said that" look.

Posted by Sherry 2007-01-09 17:21|| 2007-01-09 17:21|| Front Page Top

#8 By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2007 A U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship attack in Somalia on Jan. 7 targeted senior terrorist leaders, a senior Pentagon official confirmed today.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters the attack targeted "what we believe to be principal al Qaeda leadership" operating in the southern part of Somalia.

Whitman declined to discuss damage assessments or the effectiveness of the strike, or future operations in the area.

The U.S. 5th Fleet moved the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower into the waters off Somalia in an effort to capture al Qaeda terrorists attempting to flee the country, a 5th Fleet spokesman said.

Whitman said the attacks were aimed at terrorists who may have struck the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. "We are going to continue to work in close cooperation with our allies in the region, who all understand the importance of pursuing terrorist activities and denying them safe havens," he said.

More U.S. ships are moving in to the waters off Somalia to reinforce the maritime interdiction effort there, said U.S. 5th Fleet officials. Due to rapidly developing events in Somalia, U.S. Central Command has tasked USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to join USS Bunker Hill, USS Anzio and USS Ashland to support ongoing maritime security operations off the coast of Somalia, said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, a spokesman for 5th Fleet in Bahrain.

The ships will stop vessels and search them for al Qaeda terrorists attempting to escape from Somalia, officials said.

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Posted by SwissTex 2007-01-09 19:12|| 2007-01-09 19:12|| Front Page Top

#9 What's our relations like with Madagascar and Ethiopia and don't we have a base of operations in Djibouti or somewheres close by?

That appesrs to be the case, FOTSGreg.

Seems they are operating out of Djibouti

Posted by tipper 2007-01-09 23:49|| 2007-01-09 23:49|| Front Page Top

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