Copters attack Somalia militant suspects

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/9/07 | Salad Duhul - ap

[NormsRevenge]

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2007, An F/A-18C Hornet from the Wildcats of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131 lands aboard the flight deck of the the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on Monday Jan. 8, 2007. The U.S. military said Tuesday it had sent the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to join three other U.S. warships conducting anti-terror operations off the Somali coast. The aircraft carrier is part of the Navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Adrian J. Escobar, HO)

[Robe]

Civilian = A terrorist who has:
1. Been killed
2. dropped his AK-47 / RPG

Children = A group of young terrorist who has:
1. Been killed
2. dropped his AK-47 / RPG

Wedding Party = A group of mixed female and male terrorist who have:
1. Been killed (by AC-130 / Apache Gunship)
2. dropped his AK-47 / RPG

Senior Islamic Official
1. Been killed (by a Hellfire Missile)
2. dropped his AK-47 / RPG

[NormsRevenge]

Never got to see a live firing of one of these babies but the sounds its blades made still whap in my memories. A nasty little aircraft.

A US Marine Corps attack helicopter is seen in a 2004 handout photo from the US Marine Corps (USMC). US attack helicopters launched fresh air strikes in southern Somalia, targeting the suspected command center of Al-Qaeda militants, a Somali defense ministry official said.(AFP/USMC-HO/File)

[NormsRevenge]

Meanwhile..

Kenyan Army soldiers stand guard near the border with Somalia 07 January to ensure that Somalia Islamist do not cross over. The United States renewed a dire warning for possible terrorist attacks in east Africa, after launching air strikes on suspected Al-Qaeda hideouts in lawless Somalia.(AFP/File)

[NormsRevenge]

A U.S. warplane hunting al Qaeda suspects killed many people in south Somalia as other air strikes also hit the remote region where fugitive Islamist fighters are hiding, officials said on Tuesday. In the first known direct U.S. military intervention in Somalia since a failed peacekeeping mission that ended in 1994, an AC-130 plane rained gunfire on the desolate village of Hayo late on Monday, a senior government official said. (Graphics/Reuters)

[ArrogantBustard]

Sucks to be islamist terrorists.

Kenyans want to kill them ...
Somalis want to kill them ...
Ethiopians want to kill them ...
Americans want to kill them ...

Keep the phriggin' worthless UN, MSM, and Democratic Party out of the story, and we might just be able to get rid of them.

[NormsRevenge]

Cobra gunship

[D-Chivas]

Witnesses said 31 civilians, including two newlyweds, died in the assault by two helicopters near Afmadow, a town in an area of forested hills close to the Kenyan border 220 miles southwest of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. The report could not be independently verified.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

The BBC article states that the last American engagement in Somalia was in 1994.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Also from the BBC:

[BuffaloJack]

European Commission spokesman Amadeu Altafaj Tardio said Tuesday the U.S. airstrikes would not contribute to bringing about long-term peace.
But we don't have to worry about any of the dead al-Qaeda creeps coming back to fight again.
Wars are won by killing the enemy dead.

[Little Ray]

They aren't "suspects" for Heaven's sake - they're enemy troops!
This is NOT law enforcement - its war!

[river rat]

Roger that!

I am fast approaching the "barbaric" position of "Kill em all" and let Allah sort them out...

I've never understood why there is STILL more concern about "innocent Muslim civilians" being killed in the war against militant Islam -- that wasn't present in the war against Nazis or the Japanese?
Are Muslims entitled to more consideration?
I think NOT.

The Islamist don't show the same concern for their non-Muslim enemy. In fact the cowardly murderous thugs TARGET women and children.

Semper Fi

[capydick]

Has Grandma Pelosi and Granpa Reid made any statements regarding this? I cant imagine they would allow President Bush to exercise his constitutional duty of protecting the USA without their permission.

[GunnyHartman]

"31 civilians, including two newlyweds, died "

"Not true", stated the bride, "I survived the infidel attack, but my husband BurkaBurka Mohammed Jihad was killed!"

[ApplegateRanch]

SARC> American baby killers blowing up Islamic wedding parties in yet another country. When will these out of control muderers be brought to justice? When will I finally get to cease having to clean up after their murderous forays?

[Little Ray]

I honestly think that a significant portion of this country is wallowing in self hatred and wants us to lose. We have a bigger issue with internal enemies than with external ones, and no means with which to deal with them.

[massgopguy]

Among the dead was the little bastard who onced posed on the body of an American Ranger when the Black Hawk Helicopter he was on was shot down over Mogedieshu. If only.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

The john edwards adoring liberal who works next to me busted out with a "oh great, now were bombing somolia" grunt when he started reading the news this morning.

Made my whole day.