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US Marines land on Somali coast to hunt militants
Yahoo News ^
| May 5, 2005
| By Hussein Ali Nur
Posted on 05/05/2005 6:58:48 PM PDT by BigFinn
HARGEISA, Somalia (Reuters) - U.S. Marines landed on Somalia's coast in one of their most visible hunts for militants in the country since they set up a Horn of Africa counter terrorism force in 2002, Somali officials said on Thursday.
Two boats brought about 20 lightly armed Marines to the fishing village of Maydh in the northwestern enclave of Somaliland on Tuesday, where they showed pictures of suspected "terrorists" to locals before leaving, residents said.
"They met some of the fishermen and the people and they showed some pictures they were carrying, saying that these people are terrorists that they are trying to capture," Assistant District Commissioner Ali Abdi told Reuters.
It was not clear who the Marines were looking for.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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The Mogadishu dish....
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posted on
05/05/2005 6:58:49 PM PDT
by
BigFinn
To: BigFinn
Whatever these MARINES are looking for, I want them to find it and I want all their fire on target. God Bless them and America that they defend.
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:01:39 PM PDT
by
JOE43270
(JOE43270 America voted and said we are One Nation Under God with Liberty and Justice for All.)
To: BigFinn
"It was not clear who the Marines were looking for"
Well it sure wasn't the Easter Bunny!!!
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:02:27 PM PDT
by
FlashBack
(www.teamamericapac.org)
To: BigFinn
All I can say is I NEVER want to go back there. Ever.
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:03:39 PM PDT
by
speed_addiction
(If you expect the worse out of everybody, you won't be disappointed___Frank Castle)
To: JOE43270
Ive heard some of our military pundits talk about ongoing operations in Africa. Colonel Hunt once said that there are heroic Americans undertaking heroic deeds every day in Africa and that they will never know the gratitude of the American public. He was talking about covert ops.
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:10:52 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(I don't suffer from stress. I am a carrier!)
To: BigFinn
Yup, gotta love Reuters...
"terrorists," indeed.
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:11:02 PM PDT
by
MediaMole
To: speed_addiction
Can't say as though I blame you for those feelings.
How've you been doin? Haven't seen you around much.
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:13:06 PM PDT
by
datura
(Fix bayonets. Seal and Deport.)
To: speed_addiction
"All I can say is I NEVER want to go back there. Ever."
Thank you for serving your country, Ranger. Let an old uncle to a current Marine offer you a big Semper Fi.
To: FlashBack
"Well it sure wasn't the Easter Bunny!!!"
Perhaps some Bin Laden agents. Let us not forget he had big planes on setting shop up in Somolia prior to the 9/11 attacks. Snakes are crawling all over the horn, and I don't mean cobras and asps.
To: BigFinn
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:17:08 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: BigFinn
where they showed pictures of suspected "terrorists"
"Yahoo News's" "report" which they "published" seems to forget the proper use of quotation marks. One uses quotation marks to a) show direct quotation from an original source, or to b) indicate that there is not a maintream consensus on the meaning of the word.
To: BigFinn
Prayers going up. May God bless them and keep them safe.
To: datura
How've you been doin? Haven't seen you around much.
Oh I've been around. Been short handed at the shop since one of my employees quit so I haven't posted much during the day. Been catching up on paperwork in the evening.
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:50:17 PM PDT
by
speed_addiction
(If you expect the worse out of everybody, you won't be disappointed___Frank Castle)
To: BigFinn
suspected "terrorists" Talk about belt and suspenders in pursuit of an agenda. Why both the use of the word "suspenders", and the quote marks around "terrorists"? Hmmm?
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posted on
05/05/2005 8:53:00 PM PDT
by
El Gato
(Activist Judges can twist the Constitution into anything they want ... or so they think.)
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