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2007-01-10 Africa Horn

Many dead in US strike at Al Qaeda in Somalia

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Posted by Steve White 2007-01-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well, that was the point of the exercise, after all.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-01-10 02:10|| 2007-01-10 02:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Neither would say if the United States or Ethiopia, which has jets and helicopters in the area, carried them out, or precisely when they occurred.

What jets? What helicopters?

Posted by Besoeker 2007-01-10 05:10|| 2007-01-10 05:10|| Front Page Top

#3 second strike killed between 22 and 27 people

"We had few mutants in the village, so we don't know if we should count every body or each head, and BTW, cows are people too"

Posted by twobyfour 2007-01-10 06:21|| 2007-01-10 06:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Many dead in strike on Al Qaeda? That'll happen. It should give Muslims all over the world incentive to drive Al Qaeda out of any cover near the natives homes. Will it? Well, the incentive competes with the incentive to avoid decapitation and mutilation a la sharia bandits. Will danger everywhere they turn be just the thing to awaken the masses to birthing a country worthy of the name? Can Somali men and women shake loose the trance of "war is normal for everyday life" and strive to create a better place? It's a nice concept. Does is have a chance?

Posted by Jules 2007-01-10 08:51|| 2007-01-10 08:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Many people were killed in Somalia in a US air strike targeting Al Qaeda suspects among fleeing Islamist fighters, Somali officials said on Tuesday.

I get the impression somebody's playing with the wording here in order to get a pity party going.

AC-130's and "many dead" - when you care enough to send the very best...

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-01-10 10:26|| 2007-01-10 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 A pity party: It's a pity they did not kill more.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-01-10 12:26|| 2007-01-10 12:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Ethiopia seems to have quite a variety of military aircraft, now mostly of Soviet make. They have Mig 21, Mig-23, Mig-27 fighter/attack aircraft, Sukhoi SU-25 "Frogfoot" ground attack aircraft, MI-24 "Hind" attack helicopters, MI-8 "Hip" transport helicopters, and a fairly nice array of trainer, transport, and logistics aircraft. They've been used against the Somalis more than once, and most of their pilots appear to have combat experience.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-01-10 15:14|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-01-10 15:14|| Front Page Top

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