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NBC News Exclusive: How the SEAL Raid on Somalia Went Bad (Obama Sets up SEAL Team 6?)
NBC News ^ | Monday, October 7, 2013 | Matthew Cole and Jim Miklaszewski

Posted on 10/07/2013 3:32:36 PM PDT by kristinn

The team of less than two dozen Navy SEALs from Seal Team 6 huddled in one fast boat and headed toward the Somali shoreline under the cover of darkness in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Three more small boats with additional SEALs flanked the assault team’s craft, to provide back-up and assist with the planned extraction of an al Shabaab warlord named Ikrima.

According to multiple U.S. military sources, the lead boat landed, and the assault team hit the beach near the Southern Somali town of Barawe, headed for the fortified seaside compound of their target. U.S. intelligence had determined that Ikrima, one of two terror suspects targeted by the military in simultaneous raids thousands of miles apart this weekend, planned the terror group’s operations outside of Somalia.

The SEALs entered the compound and took the positions they had selected based on the intelligence collected in advance of the raid.

Then a lone al Shabaab fighter walked out into plain view, smoked a cigarette, and went back inside, one source familiar with the details of the raid said. The fighter played it cool, and gave no indication that he had spotted the SEALs. But he came back out shooting, firing rounds from an AK-47 assault rifle.

Soon the American commandos were under siege from the warlord’s well-armed fighters. Gunfire swept toward their positions and grenades began to rain down, multiple military sources said.

Several of the SEALs could see Ikrima through the windows of the compound, but couldn’t get to him. The SEALs continued to take fire while trying to find a way to get closer to their target.

And then the children came into the pictures on their scopes.

(Excerpt) Read more at investigations.nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alshabaab; bho44; counterterrorism; ikrima; navyseals; sealteam6; somalia; specialops
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To: gaijin

Tom Hanks movie, Captain Phillips:

Will it tell the TRUTH, that the (successful) go order was NOT given by Obama, but rather given by the on-scene SEAL commander?

And that Obama simply CLAIMED credit for the order?

We shall see —I sure know what MY bet is, though...


21 posted on 10/07/2013 3:44:53 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: tennmountainman
Either intel was bad or the Warlords were tipped off.

Considering the number of Muslim Brotherhood people working for Obama, I suspect they were tipped off.

22 posted on 10/07/2013 3:47:13 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: kristinn

As long as Obama is President, the seal teams should wear the red uniforms from Star Trek.


23 posted on 10/07/2013 3:47:24 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: kristinn

Maybe.
Obama could look tough and avoid any chance of a “Desert One” by planning to pull them out before they were in danger.

The Admin and it’s media are such liars who knows anything.


24 posted on 10/07/2013 3:48:09 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: kristinn

Honestly, this sounds pretty much like a movie, can’t you just hear the dramatic background music? Isn’t Obamas favorite series, Homeland? Would love to know what Ikrima knows about Benghazi.


25 posted on 10/07/2013 3:49:03 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: kristinn

I see a new potential mission for all SEAL teams real soon.


26 posted on 10/07/2013 3:52:38 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: cripplecreek
I also don’t like this crap about sending them to arrest people. They are trained to break stuff and kill people and that’s what they should do.

This was a high value target...someone who is worth far more alive and in interrogation than dead. Although it would be better if he was killed in the raid if they couldn't capture him alive, it was very much worth the risk considering the value of the intelligence he could have provided. And yes, the risk of American casualties was worth it, because ultimately it will save lives.
27 posted on 10/07/2013 3:56:44 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: rottndog
This was a high value target...someone who is worth far more alive and in interrogation than dead.

Value my ass. We would get him and get him lawyered up. You want to arrest him, do it on your own dime.
28 posted on 10/07/2013 3:59:35 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: kristinn

ping


29 posted on 10/07/2013 4:00:09 PM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: kristinn
Then a lone al Shabaab fighter walked out into plain view, smoked a cigarette, and went back inside, one source familiar with the details of the raid said. The fighter played it cool, and gave no indication that he had spotted the SEALs. But he came back out shooting, firing rounds from an AK-47 assault rifle.

I wonder what the plan was?

30 posted on 10/07/2013 4:03:13 PM PDT by ansel12 ( 'I'm on That New Obama Diet... Every Day I Let Vladimir Putin Eat My Lunch' .)
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To: kristinn

he is such a bass turd


31 posted on 10/07/2013 4:04:32 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: aimhigh

Maybe there were reporters on the beach like the last time.


32 posted on 10/07/2013 4:07:06 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: rottndog

The isrealis take out the leader and then the guy who replaces the leader. Pretty soon nobody wants to be boss and the ones that do don’t k ow anything.


33 posted on 10/07/2013 4:09:08 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: tennmountainman

I suspect the SEALs probably take the possibility of treachery at the highest level into account in their actions.


34 posted on 10/07/2013 4:09:40 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: musicman

Love it! LOL!


35 posted on 10/07/2013 4:11:57 PM PDT by RedMDer (http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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To: Theoria

You are so right. And this was a military decision....based on military intel. Put the responsibility where it belongs.


36 posted on 10/07/2013 4:13:38 PM PDT by DallasSun
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To: RedMDer

37 posted on 10/07/2013 4:14:34 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: kristinn

The real enemy of our Military is 0bama and the 0bama crowd plus all democRATs. The previous is a true statement. I pray our Military does not trust this enemy known to each of us as 0bama, the 0bama crowd and all democRATs. Please God protect our Military from these people.


38 posted on 10/07/2013 4:16:34 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: cripplecreek

Bravo


39 posted on 10/07/2013 4:16:36 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: combat_boots

As a leftist with dictatorial aspirations, the kenyan fears the military. All leftists in power fear the military, even after they have gone to great lengths to emasculate the officer corps and stuff the organization with more “reliable” troops, they still fear the formal military. The hardest part to neutralize is also the part most feared- the Spec Forces guys. Disbanding them is just as dangerous as leaving them in place because it is feared that they would provide a nucleus of effective resistance. The obvious treatment is to get them killed off while you degrade the training of replacements.


40 posted on 10/07/2013 4:16:58 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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