So, we're at war with Somalia now too ?
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President Peace Prize is gettin' it done, baby !
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The US Just Bombed A Terrorist Leader In Somalia
APAl-Shabaab fighters march in Somalia
The US military has carried out an airstrike in Somalia today against a senior leader of the al-Shabaab group, the Pentagon has said in a statement.
The Pentagon is currently uncertain as to whether or not the airstrike was successful in eliminating the senior leader, although it noted that there was no sign of civilian casualties.
Popular geopolitical commentator @ZeddRebel pointed out on Twitter that the airstrikes seem to have been based upon intelligence gathered from a former intelligence chief with Shabaab:
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US launches strike against senior Shabaab leader just 2 days after terror group's intelligence chief "surrendered to authorities." Hmmm...
5:03 PM - 29 Dec 2014
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The full Pentagon statement is below:
The U.S. military conducted an airstrike in Somalia today against the al-Shabaab network. The target of the strike was a senior al-Shabaab leader. The strike took place in the vicinity of Saakow, Somalia. At this time, we do not assess there to be any civilian or bystander casualties. We are assessing the results of the operation and will provide additional information, when appropriate, as details become available.
http://www.businessinsider.in/The-US-Just-Bombed-A-Terrorist-Leader-In
-Somalia/articleshow/45682998.cms
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Ach! More like... at war with Somalia again. Do you recall hearing about the movie Black Hawk Down? It was about the shooting down of an American military chopper in Somalia in 1993. Bill Clinton's era, correct? Seems like Democrats like to get involved in Europe (Yugoslavia, Ukraine) and Africa (Somalia, Libya, Somalia... again) while Republicans like to get involved in the Mideast!
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You can't build a nation with bombs. You can't create a society with guns.
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Yeah, we all remember Black Hawk Down, and the video images of our guys being drug around the dirt streets of Mogadishu.
But this Christmas break air strike was almost completely lost on the MSM, with bowl games, yet ANOTHER missing / downed Asian airliner, protest marches, clearance sales, etc...
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Somalia my muscular buttocks! What about the scourge of Shingles? 1 in 3!
1 in 3!
1 in 3!
1 in 3!
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Somalia my muscular buttocks! What about the scourge of Shingles? 1 in 3!
1 in 3!
1 in 3!
1 in 3!
Yeah, I'm skeerd now.
btw - bodies and wreckage found. Seems they found the latest Malaysian airliner.
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Originally posted by AURaptor:Quote:
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Somalia my muscular buttocks! What about the scourge of Shingles? 1 in 3!
1 in 3!
1 in 3!
1 in 3!
Yeah, I'm skeerd now.
Guess you didn't have chicken pox as a kid. Lucky you!
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No, I just think like Han Solo...
Never tell me the odds !
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Oh you scoundrel!
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"More than 50 people were killed by American air strikes in Somalia on Sunday, most of them Islamist leaders fleeing in armed pick-up trucks across a remote stretch of the Kenya-Somalia border, officials of the transitional Somali government said today."
Wait - wrong year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/09/world/africa/09cnd-somalia.html?_r=0
"Too?"
I think you meant "again." Or "still."
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Yeah, we all remember Black Hawk Down, and the video images of our guys being drug around the dirt streets of Mogadishu.
But this Christmas break air strike was almost completely lost on the MSM, with bowl games, yet ANOTHER missing / downed MH airliner, protest marches, clearance sales, etc...
Kind of like the news that the GOP's investigation into the IRS found zero links to the White House. Boy, that didn't really get a lot of coverage on Fox, did it?
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