Fingers crossed he was the target and is now a bloody mist.
Posted on 03/03/2008 4:57:26 AM PST by RDTF
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States on Monday used precision missiles to strike a "known terrorist target" in southern Somalia, a U.S. military official said.
The strike near Dhoobley, which is close to the Kenyan border, was aimed at a "facility where there were known terrorists" affiliated with East African al Qaeda operations, according to the official.
News agency reports from the region are saying civilians were killed in the attack, but the official said the United States still is collecting post-strike information and is not yet able to confirm any details about casualties.
The U.S. military official described Monday's strike as "very deliberate" and said forces tried to use caution to avoid hitting civilians.
"We woke up with a loud and big bang and when we came out we found our neighbor's house completely obliterated as if no house existed here," a resident of the town, Fatuma Abdullahi, told The Associated Press. "We are taking shelter under trees. Three planes were flying over our heads."
Clan elder Ahmed Nur Dalab told AP that said a senior Islamic official, Hassan Turki, was in town Sunday to mediate between his fighters and a militia loyal to the government. Turki's forces took over Dhoobley last week, AP reported.
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Hmmm. Does this have anything to do with the recent movement of ships to the Mediterranean?
According to one local citizen ....the AC-130 is still circling overhead....HAPPY HUNTING FELLAS!!
I wouldn’t think so....this was if I had to guess after one of the embassy bombers...google a guy named Fazul.
Fingers crossed he was the target and is now a bloody mist.
Ah yes. Haroun Fazul. That would be a very good get.
Maybe we need to get Barrack to don his Somalia attire and convince the tribal warlords to give up their weapons.. You know he can give them the I have a dream speech.
well to agree with your tagline, that’s exactly what the libs imagine can happen.
You guys have it ALL wrong.
This “stike” was really the result of the satellite’s hydrozine tank that was supposedly destroyed in space being vectored into Somalia. The supposed dead “US 193” shoot down was part of a bigger intelligence and operational plan. Right? /S
NO, the bad American military was targeting innocent Somali civilians.
No you're wrong it was a wedding party...
“No you’re wrong it was a wedding party...”
...a wedding party at a baby milk factory.
Lots of little Fazils already here.
“We woke up with a loud and big bang and when we came out we found our neighbor’s house completely obliterated as if no house existed here.”
Heh heh...take note of that, you terrorist morons...
“Green hat guy” speeding to site for photo rescues.
Unprovoked US military attacks Black man.
I appreciate the effort, but isn’t this too little, too late? We should have cleansed the planet of this pathetic country already.
That’s idiotic. You might as raise the bar so high that you find fault with not having cured cancer, fed the hungry, housed the homeless, and ended all global terrorism.
“We woke up with a loud and big bang and when we came out we found our neighbor’s house completely obliterated as if no house existed here,”
Urban Jihad rehab.
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