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2008-05-01 Africa Horn

Head of al-Qaida in Somalia said killed in airstrike

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Posted by ryuge 2008-05-01 05:43|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
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#1 There should be dancing girls galore, and a
firworks display accompanying this story.

Posted by Punky Elmineling4042 2008-05-01 07:32|| 2008-05-01 07:32|| Front Page Top

#2 The preferred methodology is to apply liberal doses of weed killer to the sprouted weeds. No matter upon which property, they have taken up residence.

institutional change happens, when new leadership emerges, but its an iterated process, eventually the iterations mutate into fruitful branches, and wholesale adaptation begins.

Posted by Thraviper Panda2099 2008-05-01 08:32|| 2008-05-01 08:32|| Front Page Top

#3 "Our brother martyr Aden Hashi, has received what he was looking for death for the sake of Allah at the hands of the United States,"

Glad to oblige. How about yourself, Sheiky? Care to step up to the plate?

Posted by tu3031 2008-05-01 09:26|| 2008-05-01 09:26|| Front Page Top

#4 ADDITIONAL: Another resident, Nur Farah, said: "The bodies were beyond recognition, some of them cut into pieces, and those wounded have been severely burned."

U.S. Central Command spokesman Bob Prucha said the U.S. military attacked al-Qaida militants but would not confirm whether it was an airstrike and would not specifically name the target. "It was an attack. If we say too much, then we give away platforms and things that we use," he said in Miami, Florida. "It was an attack against a known al-Qaida target and militia leader in Somalia."

Sheik Muhidin Mohamud Omar, who Robow described as "a top commander" in al-Shabab, also was killed, the group said.

The attack occurred days before U.N.-sponsored peace talks Djibouti on May 10. But analysts say the strike is likely to harden extremists and make it more difficult to appeal to moderate elements in the Islamist movement. The attacks will heighten anti-Americanism, said Iise Ali Geedi, an analyst at Somali University. They may also weaken the prime minister's push to bring more militant elements into the talks _ a proposal the president opposes.

Posted by Steve 2008-05-01 10:21|| 2008-05-01 10:21|| Front Page Top

#5 " has received what he was looking for death for the sake of Allah at the hands of the United States,"

What amazes me is how they an tell the nation of origin of a 3am explosion. Sure it wasn't a "work accident"?

Posted by crosspatch 2008-05-01 10:22|| 2008-05-01 10:22|| Front Page Top

#6 We will rinse and repeat as necessary.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-05-01 10:24|| 2008-05-01 10:24|| Front Page Top

#7 The attacks will heighten anti-Americanism, said Iise Ali Geedi, an analyst at Somali University.

Now why didn't my college counsler tell me about the option of Somali U.???? Beaches, qat, loads of skinny chicks...man. O

h, and ain't it always the way (to the idjits at AP anyway, that whatever action we take in killing terrorist scum, that somehow this is going to inhibit the peace process. Frickin maroons.

Posted by remoteman 2008-05-01 13:00|| 2008-05-01 13:00|| Front Page Top

#8 and we will pass out chocolates to celebrate.

Posted by Querent 2008-05-01 13:00|| 2008-05-01 13:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Well remoteman it might be closed. At least good old SNU has been.

The thirteen departments of Somali National University were:

Department Of Sharia Law
Department of Linguistics (Somali, Arabic, English, German and Italian)
Department of Livestock and Forest Management
Department of Education (Teaching College at Lafoole), 20 km west of Mogadishu
Department of Agriculture
Department of Geology and Mining
Department of Medicine (College of Medicine) near Digfeer Hospital
Department of Chemical/Industrial Engineering
Department of History
Department of Geography
Science Department
Department of Mathematics
Department of Public Health
The university has been closed indefinitely, due to extensive damage to its physical facilities, the difficulty of holding classes, and acquiring books or other resources in the violent capital of Somalia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia_National_University

Posted by Beavis 2008-05-01 13:38|| 2008-05-01 13:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Teaching College at Lafoole

Is that near the ICBM complex at Laputa?...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-05-01 15:23|| 2008-05-01 15:23|| Front Page Top

#11 Head of al-Qaida in Somalia said killed in airstrike

HA who needs Rendition!
When we can Do the Tenderize and Cook in Place Program! [sans the all important interviews of course which the demoCrap Congress wants no part of.

but ut-oh, We may still be in for it.... AI, The World Court at the Hague, the f'n United Nations, Southern Poverty Law center [LOL] and the appropriate demoCrap Committees will next excoriate the "DOD's Reach Out and Touch an Al-Qaeda Terrorist Program."

Here is how the Civilized Lebanese Don't Water Board al-Qaeda mass murders!

This cell phone action was taken from Nahr al-Bared refugee camp last year during the Lebs protracted thingy with Paleo and Paleo-Fatah-al-Islam [al-Qaeda IOW]

Here is how the Civilized Lebanese Don't Water Board al-Qaeda mass murders!

Posted by RD 2008-05-01 16:42|| 2008-05-01 16:42|| Front Page Top

#12 American Imperialist Food out of Somalia now!

Posted by ed 2008-05-01 17:49|| 2008-05-01 17:49|| Front Page Top

#13 The attack occurred days before U.N.-sponsored peace talks Djibouti on May 10.

second best part of the story. Someone is figuring it out. *wink*

Posted by Tarzan Slaing2264 2008-05-01 18:46|| 2008-05-01 18:46|| Front Page Top

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