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Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike on Yemen Terrorists
ABC News ^ | 12/19/2009

Posted on 12/19/2009 2:20:51 PM PST by My Favorite Headache

On orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. military launched cruise missiles early Thursday against two suspected al-Qaeda sites in Yemen, administration officials told ABC News in a report broadcast on ABC World News with Charles Gibson. Share ABC's Brian Ross details missile strike on al-Qaeda militants in Afghanistan.

One of the targeted sites was a suspected al Qaeda training camp north of the capitol, Sanaa, and the second target was a location where officials said "an imminent attack against a U.S. asset was being planned."

The Yemen attacks by the U.S. military represent a major escalation of the Obama administration's campaign against al Qaeda.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaida; chucklestheclown; yemen
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To: My Favorite Headache
The Yemen terrorists are Iranian proxies.
Yesterday Iran took over an Iraqi oilfield.

Obama has escalated against Iran wether he knows it or not.

21 posted on 12/19/2009 2:45:20 PM PST by AU72
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To: My Favorite Headache

Is Obama Sunni or Shiite?


22 posted on 12/19/2009 2:46:17 PM PST by stboz
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To: stboz

Geesh, I thought he was BOTH; afterall, doesn’t he like to try to be ‘all things’ to all muslims? LOL


23 posted on 12/19/2009 2:48:09 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: My Favorite Headache

Awww, what a thoughtful Christmas present.


24 posted on 12/19/2009 2:48:34 PM PST by ClaudiusI
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To: My Favorite Headache
Did Al-Qaeda's Yemeni operatives shoot at you personally, Mr. President. If not, you just violated your own Rules of Engagement!
25 posted on 12/19/2009 2:50:36 PM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: Brilliant

Norwegians gave it to him.


26 posted on 12/19/2009 2:51:34 PM PST by Ready4Freddy (Everyone knows there's a difference between muslims & terrorists... no one knows what it is, though.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Wag the dog.....


27 posted on 12/19/2009 2:51:58 PM PST by Gator113 (Obama is America's First Failed Black Pres-dent.....)
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To: My Favorite Headache

After the rescue of Capt. Phillips, you would have thought that ZerO had pulled the trigger, now, we find out DumBO has a vendetta against the SEALs for not waiting for his orders. I don’t buy, for a moment, that the mahOgany hOwdy dOOdie is doing the right thing. There is some nefarious reason.


28 posted on 12/19/2009 2:53:06 PM PST by depressed in 06 (Tea parties today, Lexington tomorrow.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

reminds me of Clinton bombing aspirin factories


29 posted on 12/19/2009 2:53:06 PM PST by wardaddy (Say Merry Christmas or I'll kill you....I am weary of the onslaught on Christ in America)
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To: Parley Baer

Yes. Leave them on the battlefield or in their “safe houses” in a position where further operations is not going to happen. Ever!


30 posted on 12/19/2009 2:53:32 PM PST by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: silverleaf
Did Congress vote to authorize US military operations against Yemen?

None of this stuff seems to matter anymore, sigh. At least I still have bourbon.

31 posted on 12/19/2009 2:53:39 PM PST by fhayek
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To: Cicero

The Saudis are bombing the border area with their F-15Es.

They are none too pleased with the Yemeni goings-on.


32 posted on 12/19/2009 2:57:50 PM PST by Ready4Freddy (Everyone knows there's a difference between muslims & terrorists... no one knows what it is, though.)
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To: Ready4Freddy

Nah. The Nobel is Swedish. It was simply awarded in Norway. I guess the Swedes wanted a change of scenery.


33 posted on 12/19/2009 2:57:59 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: profit_guy

He was given the prize for what they HOPED he would do. The question I have is what did they hope he would do?


34 posted on 12/19/2009 2:59:29 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

Not the Peace prize, which is determined and awarded by Norway as per Nobel’s will.


35 posted on 12/19/2009 3:02:59 PM PST by Ready4Freddy (Everyone knows there's a difference between muslims & terrorists... no one knows what it is, though.)
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To: skr; All
It’s not much of a distraction if nobody noticed. Are they talking about it on the news programs? I don’t recall much being said about it.

If the previous “cowboy” had done this, the entire left and the entire EU would be taking to the streets protesting.

Don't want to mention it in the MSM since it would look bad for his international supporters... /S

36 posted on 12/19/2009 3:09:31 PM PST by az_gila (AZ - need less democrats - one Governor down... more to go.)
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To: Brilliant

Nah. The Nobel is Swedish. It was simply awarded in Norway. I guess the Swedes wanted a change of scenery.


Nah. The Nobel Peace Prize is the only Nobel Prize that isn’t awarded by the Swedes. It is the Norwegians who give it out.
Check it out for yourself: http://nobelpeaceprize.org/


37 posted on 12/19/2009 3:10:02 PM PST by jamese777
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To: My Favorite Headache

Maybe Hussein is getting revenge for the Cole?


38 posted on 12/19/2009 3:11:03 PM PST by angcat ("MERRY CHRISTMAS")
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To: The_Reader_David

I am with you on this. If even one solitary terrorist was killed by our military from an action Obama approved then I approve.


39 posted on 12/19/2009 3:15:24 PM PST by mono
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To: mono; The_Reader_David

Count me in with you two.


40 posted on 12/19/2009 3:23:23 PM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Hey Nancy, how many jobs have been lost since you and the Democrats took Congress?)
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