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2006-12-31 Africa Horn

"If we capture them alive we will hand them over to the United States"

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Posted by Seafarious 2006-12-31 11:59|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ...as thousands of residents streamed from the area ahead of the feared battle with Ethiopian-backed government troops.

Guess they figured out that unlike the Americans, the Ethiopians' ROE doesn't exclude shooting civilians used as human shields?

Posted by Procopius2k 2006-12-31 12:21|| 2006-12-31 12:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Better to just CLOSE the border. I hope the TFG/Ethios have sent a column in the hinterlands to set-up at the border as the ANVIL, so that when the muzzies get HAMMERed out of Kismayo, they get crushed. Heh.

I was just up on Google Earth looking over the area.

Posted by Brett 2006-12-31 12:23|| 2006-12-31 12:23|| Front Page Top

#3 "If we capture them alive we will hand them over to the United States,"

Don't try too hard. You may not like the results. Especially if DoS is involved.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-12-31 13:17|| 2006-12-31 13:17|| Front Page Top

#4 It would be fine with me if the Somali government just handed over their bullet-ridden cadavers. Or whatever body parts they managed to salvage.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-12-31 13:35|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-12-31 13:35|| Front Page Top

#5 The only way we want them is dead. So please kill them if you encounter them.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-12-31 17:07|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2006-12-31 17:07|| Front Page Top

#6 "We'll take the lips as a receipt, thanks. Here's yer reward. You can keep the rest."
"Thank you Mr. CIA man!"

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-12-31 18:18|| 2006-12-31 18:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Did we mention the reward? $5 million will build a swinging bachelor pad in Addis Ababa.

Posted by ed 2006-12-31 18:27|| 2006-12-31 18:27|| Front Page Top

#8 ed: Did we mention the reward? $5 million will build a swinging bachelor pad in Addis Ababa.

Hell, $5m will get you a green card and a swinging bachelor pad in NYC, not to mention a six figure annual income off clipping Treasury coupons for the rest of your life.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-12-31 21:50|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-12-31 21:50|| Front Page Top

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