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Terrorism expert on Fox news states that we may be hearing bad news about this raid in the near future.


41 posted on 10/05/2013 5:34:33 PM PDT by mulder1 ("The past is prologue")
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Wall Street Journal:

The raid in Somalia failed to capture the senior militant and it isn't clear if the senior leader was killed, although several al-Shabaab members were killed, according to an official.

....The SEALs called off the mission to capture the militant after the gunbattle appeared to put civilians at risk. "We disengaged after the initial assault on al-Shabaab. We took precautions to minimize civilian casualties," the official said.

43 posted on 10/05/2013 6:59:57 PM PDT by kristinn (Welcome to the Soviet States of Obama)
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This poster on Twitter says much the same:

"Don't be surprised tomorrow to learn the Somalia raid went very badly for the US."

AND

"there is also no question on one detail, the extraction was a full blown retreat by us in the face of overwhelming force."

46 posted on 10/05/2013 7:16:03 PM PDT by kristinn (Welcome to the Soviet States of Obama)
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“Terrorism expert on Fox news states that we may be hearing bad news about this raid in the near future.”

Confirmed. Raid failed to achieve stated objective.


58 posted on 10/06/2013 5:41:26 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Make today a great day. Insult a liberal.)
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Guarandamntee if this fiasco of a raid happened with Bush in office, the Press would be on this story 24/7.


60 posted on 10/06/2013 5:47:44 PM PDT by dfwgator
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