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2007-01-09 Africa Horn

U.S. strikes at al Qaeda in Somalia, "many dead"

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Posted by Ol Dirty American 2007-01-09 08:05|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "I understand there are so many dead bodies and animals in the village"

for clarity, those "animals" would be al qaeda

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2007-01-09 08:35|| 2007-01-09 08:35|| Front Page Top

#2 An AC-130 plane rained gunfire on the desolate southern village of Hayo near the Kenyan border late on Monday

Just how desolate can it be if it is full of fluffy bunnies?

Posted by john">john 2007-01-09 08:54|| http://john-smokegetsinmyeyes.blogspot.com/]">[http://john-smokegetsinmyeyes.blogspot.com/] 2007-01-09 08:54|| Front Page Top

#3 I love the prickish press and it memes, it's a "massacre" we commited if it's islamists buying the farm, it's our folk dead, it's a quagmire or failure. Screw um'.

I hope all those bastards enjoy hell.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-01-09 09:05|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2007-01-09 09:05|| Front Page Top

#4 > I hope all those bastards enjoy hell.

Journos or Islamists or both?

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2007-01-09 09:14|| 2007-01-09 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 From PJ Media
Link Here
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How could the Ethiopians roll up the jihadists so quickly? Pajamas Media has learned that one significant factor is that U.S. air and ground forces covertly aided the Ethiopian military since its intervention began on Christmas day.

U.S. ground forces have been active in Somalia from the start, a senior military intelligence officer confirmed. âIn fact,â he said, âthey were part of the first group in.â

These ground forces include CIA paramilitary officers who are based out of Galkayo, in Somaliaâs semiautonomous region of Puntland; Special Operations forces; and Marine units operating out of Camp Lemonier in Djibouti.
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The presence of U.S. airpower in Somalia became public knowledge yesterday when CBS News reported that an AC-130 fixed-wing gunship carried out a strike against suspected al-Qaeda members in southern Somalia. Unmanned aerial drones kept the targets under surveillance while a gunship operated by the U.S. Special Operations Command flew from its base in Djibouti to the southern tip of Somalia.

Pajamas Media previously reported that Ethiopia's use of helicopter gunships capable of targeting the Islamic Courts Union's ground forces was a decisive factor in the army-to-army fighting against the ICU. A senior military intelligence source says that some of the gunships earlier described as Ethiopian were in fact U.S. aircraft. This has been confirmed by Dahir Jibreel, the transitional government's permanent secretary in charge of international cooperation, who said that U.S. planes and helicopters with their markings obscured have been striking targets since December 25.

Given late breaking developments, SOCOM spokesman Ken McGraw was unavailable for comment at press time.

Jibreel said that the U.S. and Ethiopia planned this military incursion for several months. He said that he saw U.S. military planes and soldiers at Wajer, a strategic airstrip in Kenya, in October 2006.

Asked about the revelations of early U.S. support for the Ethiopian intervention, Jibreel said, "We believe that the United States was very helpful in defeating the al-Qaeda-guided and al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic Courts Union, and the foreign fighters who were essentially Eritreans, global jihadists, and Ethiopian opposition groups."

Posted by 3dc 2007-01-09 09:25|| 2007-01-09 09:25|| Front Page Top

#6 For a nice video of the gunship in Iraq:
http://www.vidiac.com/video/839e2db6-fb98-4201-baf8-21b041422f93.htm

Posted by Dakota Freedom 2007-01-09 09:33|| 2007-01-09 09:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Most of the MSM are scum swilling bastards with a defeatist agenda--the hate America crowd. Glad to see this cesspool in Somalia being addressed--it's been too long in coming. Yup payback is a bitch.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-01-09 10:49|| 2007-01-09 10:49|| Front Page Top

#8 One did wonder how the Ethiopian Air Force got hold of Spectre gunship...

Posted by Excalibur 2007-01-09 10:59|| 2007-01-09 10:59|| Front Page Top

#9 It was during WWII: a number of officials went to watch a demonstration of the Hawker Hurricane in
a ground attack role. Unfortuantely something went wrong and the bombs and bullets fell in the tribune with the officials.

Anyone getting any ideas?

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-01-09 11:13|| 2007-01-09 11:13|| Front Page Top

#10 "I understand there are so many dead bodies and animals in the village"

for clarity, those "animals" would be al qaeda

Umm, Dan, you are forgeting it could be a love-goat or a love-sheep that was killed too...
Count the dead goats ahd sheep and divide by 4 to get the total number of dead 'Qaedas, then multiply by 72 to see how many virgins are needed...

Posted by Tell D Truth 2007-01-09 12:51|| 2007-01-09 12:51|| Front Page Top

#11 Dakota Freedom: Nice video. I don't suppose you know where I can find some more of our troops at work?

Posted by Charles 2007-01-09 13:41|| 2007-01-09 13:41|| Front Page Top

#12 AC130s were fear-makers in the Panama and Grenada operations. I forget the numbers but dozens of bullets are fired per second from those beasts. And they can launch so many flares that they can divert heat-seekers.

Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2007-01-09 14:50|| 2007-01-09 14:50|| Front Page Top

#13 For a nice video of the gunship in Iraq:
http://www.vidiac.com/video/839e2db6-fb98-4201-baf8-21b041422f93.htm

Nope, this is a vid of an Apache 30mm cannon (posted here many moons ago under the title "Terrorist salad", IIRC); see
Internet Archive Details Apache kill

For a very famous Ac-130 gunship vid, see
Internet Archive Details AC-130_Gunship_Ops_in_Afghanistan_High_Resolution
Internet Archive Details AC-130_Gunship_Ops_in_Afghanistan_LowResolution

Note that the two movies are downloadable, or should be (see sidebar).

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-01-09 15:04|| 2007-01-09 15:04|| Front Page Top

#14 ..Do NOT f*ck with Spooky, man....

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-01-09 16:01|| 2007-01-09 16:01|| Front Page Top

#15 AC-130 mission using 40mm Bofors and 25mm Gatling followed by Predator surveillance vid

More at Military Videos.net

Due to the time lag from firing to impact, it's not as accurate against moving targets as the widely circulated Afghanistan mission vid would suggest.

Posted by ed 2007-01-09 16:11|| 2007-01-09 16:11|| Front Page Top

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