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Spooky goes to Somalia

POSTED BY: GEEZER
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 03:47
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Tuesday, January 9, 2007 8:10 AM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up


AC-130 vs. Al-Qaida. I'll take Spooky.

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The U.S. military launched a strike against several suspected members of al-Qaida in Somalia, a government official said Monday night.


The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the operation's sensitivity, said at least one AC-130 gunship was used in the attack.
CNN, NBC and CBS first reported the military action. Citing Pentagon officials, CBS said the targets included the senior al-Qaida leader in East Africa and an al-Qaida operative wanted for his involvement in the 1998 bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.


The same operatives are also believed responsible for a 2002 attack on Israeli tourists in Kenya and an attempt to shoot down an Israeli aircraft the same day, NBC News reported.


The 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania killed more than 250 people. The 2002 attack on an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya killed 15.



http://wtop.com/?nid=387&sid=1026857

From other sources, looks like we're doing tihs with the approval of the recognizd Somali government, and in concert with Ethiopian ground troops. We also have the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower off the coast and launching recon missions.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007 8:42 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


The mop up mission continues. Heard today that helicopters are rounding up the riff raff and keeping pressure on Allah's finest.

I don't care who you are, this is great news.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007 9:24 AM

HERO


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
I don't care who you are, this is great news.


Unless your hiding in a cave, under a rock, or in the Speaker's office.

H

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007 10:31 AM

SHINYED


Glad to finally see this action.

Another Clinton disaster to be cleaned up.

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007 3:57 PM

FREMDFIRMA


Disaster ? what disaster ?

The only disaster was sending troops there in the first place, and we sensibly changed that as soon as it became pointedly obvious we were accomplishing jack diddly.

And golly gee, who woulda thunk it, when we left, they stopped shooting at us! - maybe a lesson here, for them that'd learn it, but that'd take a miracle.

Sorry folks, but I file Somalia under not-our-damn-problem and for you holy crusader types, bombing folk for bein muslim is a waste of my tax dollars, not to mention I found it a bit odd that these supposed "Al Qeada" down there had...*rimshot* ... american passports, and valid ones at that.

PN's gonna have a field day with that one.

-F

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007 6:53 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


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bombing folk for bein muslim is a waste of my tax dollars,



First of all, you know damn well we're not bombing folks simply 'because they're muslim'.
These folks were murdering and trying to take over a country that wouldn't wilfully submit to the will of Allah. So they were trying to help them along, at the ponit of a gun. It's a savage and radical movement which needs to be stood up to , beaten down and made utterly irrelevent.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:34 AM

FREMDFIRMA


Nice quote, let's modify the perspective a little.

Quote:

First of all, you know damn well we're not bombing folks simply 'because they're christian'.
These folks were murdering and trying to take over a country that wouldn't wilfully submit to the will of God. So they were trying to help them along, at the ponit of a gun. It's a savage and radical movement which needs to be stood up to , beaten down and made utterly irrelevent.



Gee, that sounds a lot like how the iraqis feel about us, dunnit ?

Sooo... in essence, we're killing them cause they're doing in somalia, what we're doing in iraq, eh ?

What business of ours is it anyway, are we some kinda global policemen ?
When was the last time somalia invaded the usa ?.. oh wait, they didn't!

Why the HELL are we taking sides in some other countries bloody revolution anyway ?.. just about every government on this planet was born and formed in that fashion, is it just cause we don't LIKE one side ?

So fekkin what ? we don't gotta like em to do business with em, and if they wanna not do business with us, so what of it ?

It's not our business, and not our problem, and to make it so creates enemies we coulda done without, not to mention those bombs cost money, and i'm damned sick and tired of paying for them.

And to be downright crude about it, they wanna kill each other, let em!
Long as they do it over THERE ------->
<------- I could care less over HERE.

Those tax-funded weapons are for the defense of this country, not to play some demented form of global cops and robbers with, if they wanna play those games let em do it on their own dime, not mine.

When some moron lands an invasion force on our shores, then we'll talk, but until that time comes, our military and our leaders need to keep it in their pants.

-Frem

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:47 AM

PIRATECAT


Didn't we go into Somalia because the news every day put starving kids on tv. That was GB 41's mission it got accomplished to feed em. Then Alcada was in the mix and Bill's sec of defense didn't give the Rangers their needed equipment. Turned ugly but we have been in the dark till 9/11 on the muslim threat. They lied about TWA and OK city bombers. Discovery channel showed the Arab help they got. So any chance we get to blow up rags I am for it. Shoot I mean we are the only country that stands up to Commies and terrorists. We are not selfish we help any country who needs it England twice or Vietnam even if we lose. Now Commie Vietnam buys are Boeing jets to fly where else US, Japan, and France how about them apples.

"Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many-" "I'm talkin at you! How many men in your platoon came out of their alive".

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