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Posted on 01/08/2007 3:53:36 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear
Edited on 01/08/2007 4:00:49 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
(CBS/AP) A U.S. Air Force gunship has conducted a strike against suspected members of al Qaeda in Somalia, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports exclusively.
The targets included the senior al Qaeda leader in East Africa and an al Qaeda operative wanted for his involvement in the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in Africa, Martin reports. The AC-130 gunship is capable of firing thousands of rounds per second, and sources say a lot of bodies were seen on the ground after the strike, but there is as yet, no confirmation of the identities.
The gunship flew from its base in Dijibouti down to the southern tip of Somalia, Martin reports, where the al Qaeda operatives had fled after being chased out of the capital of Mogadishu by Ethiopian troops backed by the United States.
Once they started moving, the al Qaeda operatives became easier to track, and the U.S. military started preparing for an air strike, using unmanned aerial drones to keep them under surveillance and moving the aircraft carrier Eisenhower out of the Persian Gulf toward Somalia. But when the order was given, the mission was assigned to the AC-130 gunship operated by the U.S. Special Operations command.
If the attack got the operatives it was aimed at, reports Martin, it would deal a major blow to al Qaeda in East Africa.
Meanwhile, a jungle hideout used by Islamic militants that is believed to be an al Qaeda base was on the verge of falling to Ethiopian and Somali troops, the defense minister said Monday.
While a lawmaker had earlier told The Associated Press that the base was captured, Somalia's Defense Minister Col. Barre "Hirale" Aden Shire said troops had yet to enter it and that limited skirmishes were still ongoing, though troops were poised to take the base.
Ethiopian soldiers, tanks and warplanes were involved in the two-day attack, a government military commander told the AP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Shire said there had been heavy fighting with high numbers of casualties.
"There are a lot of casualties from both sides," he said, declining to give details.
Residents in the coastal seaport of Kismayo, some 90 miles northeast of Ras Kamboni, said they saw wounded Ethiopian soldiers being loaded onto military helicopters for evacuation.
"I have seen about 50 injured Ethiopian troops being loaded onto a military chopper," said Farhiya Yusuf. She said 12 Ethiopian helicopters were stationed at the Kismayo airport.
Somali officials said the Islamic movement's main force is bottled up at Ras Kamboni, the southernmost tip of the country, cut off from escape at sea by patrolling U.S. warships and across the Kenyan border by the Kenyan military.
In Mogadishu, Somalia's president made his first visit to the capital since taking office in 2004. During the unannounced visit, President Abdullahi Yusuf was expected to meet with traditional Somali elders and stay at the former presidential palace that has been occupied by warlords for 15 years, government spokesman Abdirahman Dinari said.
U.S. officials warned after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that extremists with ties to al Qaeda operated a training camp at Ras Kamboni and that al Qaeda members are believed to have visited it.
Three al Qaeda suspects wanted in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa are believed to be leaders of the Islamic movement. The Islamists deny having any links to al Qaeda.
Somalia's government had struggled to survive since forming with backing from the United Nations two years ago, and was under attack by the Islamic militia when Ethiopia's military intervened on Dec. 24 and turned the tide.
But many in predominantly Muslim Somalia resent the presence of troops from neighboring Ethiopia, which has a large Christian population. The countries fought two brutal wars, the last in 1977.
On Sunday, gunmen attacked Ethiopian troops, witnesses said, sparking a firefight in the second straight day of violence in the capital, Mogadishu.
I believe that many NATO forces do..
yes, but the answer to that is - once this is confirmed, Bush needs to go out there and give the presser on the subject - and pointedly so.
How dare you quote that hag on what should be a joyous dead al queda thread!!!!!! Shame on you.
Not for long.
Years ago, I got a tour of an AC-130 at an airshow. It's an unbelievable weapons system. The crew described how easily they pursued and killed individuals on the ground with it, though they didn't say where.
If one of these aircraft is/was active in Somalia, a lot of muzzies are learning the error of their ways by now.
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See here for her flash fried Jihadi recipe.
"when the Islamists took over they established order. Built schools, started a legal system, cleaned up the streets. "
Killed everyone who wasn't a muzzy, forced women into burkhas, got rid of music...
Nice way to live. Isn't NOW on this? /sarcasm off
God bless President Bush. God bless our brave troops. God bless America.
you mean queen b, ifyouknowwhatimean.
One of you DU watchers should go over there and report back on the stupid chit they come up with lmao.
I'm poppin some Chateau something er other to celebrate. We've needed this - I'd like to see more.
I'd go over there but me pc might explode- I'm sure they are whining up a storm though about how Pres. Bush ordered the murder of 'freedom fighters'' in a country where we aren';t wanted according to them.
The following link does not relate to this thread http://sacredscoop.com
I like her. Compare her shows to Rosie, Oprah, Katie and the rest of the daytime b*tches and you'll see she offered some thing of value. home decor and cooking tips.
"There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth in terrorist hotbeds like Beirut, Peshawar, and Berkeley."
You forgot Ithica. :)
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Alright Tx, what's the scoop? I saw AP, Richard Clarke and Gergen were the first mouths out there when this went down... I don't like that... not one bit.
Did they page Green Helmet, Burka Betty and the Heineken Guy yet?
Pool op, how early will the UN condemn this? How long until the dems (yes, the dems), say it was an act of war?
We have to get out the old links... You know revisionist democrat history will soon make it's appearance.
Richard Clarke knows a hell of a lot now... doesn't he?
What's next Boutros Boutros-Ghali telling us what a great job he did last time? Clinton telling us he didn't have the cajones to pull our guys out after the snatch? Nah, he'll have advice of course. I dare the libs try and pull out history on this one... would be the worst move they ever make.
I'm trying to throw your gender a bone here. Soaps, The View, Rosie, katie Dipsh*t. At least you know how to have an hor'douvre party now because of Martha, instead of the old kansas standby: Cheezewiz and vienna sausages. ;o)
"If the President levitated, cured cancer and made the blind see, the press would say that anyone can fly, cancer was about to be cured anyway and Bush jumped the gun and sight is overrated anyway."
If the President walked on water the media would report that Bush can't swim.
I lucked out and didn't see/hear Richard Clarke or David Gergen..
I had Hairball on my TV, where Murtha was mouthing off about how Bush should have seen over 100,000 troops into Iraq to begin with, blah,blah...
THEN, I saw the "Breaking News" banner in the bottom, talking about this strike.
I looked on FR..and sure enough there was already a thread...from CBS.
But, the first reporter I heard was (ugh) David Shuster on MSNBC....and Mickelishevski (sp) the Penatgon reporter. They didn't have any "opinions" other than Mikeleshevski said that the Pentagon had not confirmed that it even happened.
Since then, we haven't heard anything other than we shot at a caravan of al-queda that were flushed out by the Ethiopians...and shot a bunch of them...but, the target was a terrorist supposedly responsible for the African embassy bombings in 1998.
We don't know ...and won't, I guess, for a day or so, if we got our target. (per the news).
You are up to speed on the news.
BUT, we have all pretty much concluded that by tomorrow the dems will have to have a negative spin on this...or Pres. Bush can use this to say that he hasn't been "ignoring" al-queda while fighting in Iraq....LOL
USAF AC-130 gunship, rapid firing side-mounted gun, which typically flies low, while firing it's 100MM cannon .. flattening a bldg. in minutes.
Would not specifically name who were the targets but suspected to be, but likely it's _____ Abullah Mohammed -- on the most wanted list for the bombings in Kenya .. and Dar as Salam and and a senior AQ operative.
USS Eisenhower was moved as a precaution for any possible escape, but none of its aircraft were involved. No confirm the targets were killed, Pentagon trying to get that info.
LOL .. mentioning how these aircraft were used against Aidid, but didn't get him, so while they're powerful, they're not always successful.
WOOOhAHAHAHAHAhehehehe!!!
AC-130 Gunship Throwing Flares
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Task Force Maintains Presence Off Africa
U.S. moves against Al-Qaida suspects in Somalia
Washington -- Under cover of the Ethiopian move into Somalia, U.S. officials launched an intensive effort to capture or kill three key suspects in the bombings of U.S. embassies in African more than eight years ago that killed 224 people.
Monday, a U.S. Air Force Special Operations gunship struck a location in southern Somalia where the suspects were believed to be hiding, a U.S. defense official said. U.S. military and counter-terrorism officials said they did not yet know whether any of the three fugitives had been killed.
"It's not clear what the outcome is at this point," said the counter-terrorism official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the operation was classified.p> U.S. officials have secretly been negotiating with Somalian clans who are believed to have sheltered the three men, hoping to obtain information about their locations. It could not be determined Monday whether the airstrike was based on information provided by the clans.
The U.S. AC-130 gunship that carried out the strike was based in Djibouti, just north of Somalia. The strike was first reported by CBS News and independently confirmed by the Los Angeles Times.
God bless our troops ~~ exterminate the vermin!!
ABDULLAH AHMED ABDULLAH
Aliases: Abu Mohamed Al-Masri, Saleh, Abu Mariam
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah has been indicted for his alleged involvement in the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.
FAZUL ABDULLAH MOHAMMED
Aliases: Abdallah Fazul, Abdalla Fazul, Abdallah Mohammed Fazul, Fazul Abdilahi Mohammed, Fazul Adballah, Fazul Abdalla, Fazul Mohammed, Haroon, Harun, Haroon Fazul, Harun Fazul, Fadil Abdallah Muhamad, Fadhil Haroun, Abu Seif Al Sudani, Abu Aisha, Abu Luqman, Fadel Abdallah Mohammed Ali, Fouad Mohammed
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was indicted in the Southern District of New York, for his alleged involvement in the bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, on August 7, 1998.
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I hope a whole bunch of poisonous beasts accompanied them on their "journey."
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