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Somalia says US forces snatch militants hit in drone strike (boots on the ground)
AP via Boston Globe ^
| July 3, 2011
| Malkhadir M. Muhumed
Posted on 07/03/2011 11:09:49 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
NAIROBI, Kenya - US military forces landed in Somalia to retrieve the bodies of dead or wounded militants after a US drone strike targeted a group of insurgents, Somalia's defense minister said yesterday.
The operation is at least the second time US troops have landed in Somalia after a targeted strike,
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(Excerpt) Read more at articles.boston.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaida; alshabbab; congress; drones; dronessomalia; obama; obamaswar; palin; somalia; war
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Sorry about the tiny excerpt, it's a very short article.
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:09:53 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
I’ll start a new term...’Pop And Pick’ operations, eh?
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:14:11 AM PDT
by
blam
To: Pan_Yan
To paraphrase the rest of the article, the Somali government has asked for more air strikes against their main rivals, Al Shabbab, a group linked to Al Qaida and several attempted terrorist attacks. For the record the Transitional Federal Government with it’s U.N. paid African “peacekeepers” have been on the offensive and now control over half of Mogadishu. For most of the last decade they’ve been locked in a twelve block area.
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:14:40 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
(Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves. Tocqueville)
To: blam
I’m wondering if the Spec Ops people got them, identified them, washed them and gave them a proper burial within 24 hours. Wouldn’t want to offend anyone.
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:16:02 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
(Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves. Tocqueville)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks Pan_Yan.
US military forces landed in Somalia to retrieve the bodies of dead or wounded militants after a US drone strike targeted a group of [terrorists] ... at least the second time US troops have landed in Somalia after a targeted strike
Looking for mobile phones for obvious reasons, and for pollen, seeds, other evidence of where they've been.
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:22:22 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's the Obamacare, stupid! -- Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: Pan_Yan
"Im wondering if the Spec Ops people got them, identified them, washed them and gave them a proper burial within 24 hours. Wouldnt want to offend anyone. "Okay.
Maybe call them, PPP&P operations...Pop, Pick, Primp And Plant.
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:22:49 AM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Pop, Pick, Primp And Plant.Well done.
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:26:31 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
(Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves. Tocqueville)
To: blam
All they need is the right hand an the head for prints dental DNA an facial recognition data base.
Take HD video of the scene an each bad guy ...
Then throw it all in a biometrics an bioassay blender an call it a official good hit.
Next !
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:27:43 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Pan_Yan
I'm wondering if the Spec Ops people got them, identified them, washed them and gave them a proper burial within 24 hours. Wouldn't want to offend anyone. Ahh, Pan_Yan, you've uncovered the secret of the supposed gaffe Obama made in referencing "Navy corpse men". I wondered at the time why he pronounced it that way when he had correctly pronounced 'press corps' numerous times before. He was just announcing a new MOS.
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:28:08 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Pan_Yan
The pubbies let hussein get away with the Libyan “war” and now he still feels the need to push the envelope by putting boots on the ground in Somalia. The only way RINOS will learn is when they have no taxpayer funded offices in which to return.
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:31:54 AM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
To: Pan_Yan
The pubbies let hussein get away with the Libyan “war” and now he still feels the need to push the envelope by putting boots on the ground in Somalia. The only way RINOS will learn is when they have no taxpayer funded offices in which to return.
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:32:07 AM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
To: freeangel
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:37:43 AM PDT
by
jennings2004
(Sarah Palin: "The bright light at the end of a very dark tunnel!")
To: freeangel
The connection to the Noble Peace Prize is so obvious now. Why did I not see it when he first received it?
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:38:05 AM PDT
by
jimpick
To: jimpick
The connection to the Noble Peace Prize is so obvious now. Why did I not see it when he first received it?Too much blood in your alcohol stream?
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:39:48 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
(Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves. Tocqueville)
To: Pan_Yan
Have we possibly picked off al Zawahiri?
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:42:50 AM PDT
by
stboz
To: Pan_Yan
No it is the spring flooding of the alcohol rains that is getting me.
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posted on
07/03/2011 11:43:04 AM PDT
by
jimpick
To: blam
Whack ‘em then stack ‘em....
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posted on
07/03/2011 12:00:05 PM PDT
by
njslim
To: blam
Did they run out of shark bait?
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posted on
07/03/2011 12:31:10 PM PDT
by
WellyP
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
07/03/2011 12:55:07 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Pan_Yan
Kinetic Military Action = war by another name
But Congress doesn’t need to worry if it’s just a teeeny teeeny tiny tiny little war
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posted on
07/03/2011 12:56:40 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
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