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CBS: U.S. Attacks Al Qaeda In Somalia
CBSNews ^ | 1/8/07

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]

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To: Lizarde

They'll pick it up in the AM, probably. 24 hour infotainment cycle, you know.....

(rolling eyes)


581 posted on 01/08/2007 6:51:01 PM PST by prairiebreeze (The liberal agenda hates you. And your family.)
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To: mystery-ak

What a pleasant thought. lol


582 posted on 01/08/2007 6:51:47 PM PST by daybreakcoming
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To: Don Carlos
Here are some specs on the AC-130

"It is a development of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft and as such is slow, flying at less than 300mph, but has a range of at least 1,500 miles without needing to refuel and can loiter over a combat area for some time.

The AC-130s are operated by the US Air Force's special operations group, based at Hurlburt Field, Florida.

They have several big guns projecting from the left side of the fuselage: either two 40mm cannons or a 25mm Gatling gun that can fire up to 1,800 rounds per minute, depending on the version, and 40mm and 105mm cannons."

Now if they also send in the A-10 (warhog) that would be great.
583 posted on 01/08/2007 6:52:06 PM PST by bobsunshine
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To: Cementjungle
It'll take the Dems/MSM about 24 hours to get their talking points in order, then we should see a big concerted effort to make the US look bad for participating in this. NYT and AP will likely start to produce (and I mean produce) pictures/stories of innocent "victims" and the like.

I'm sure they're rounding up wedding parties as we speak.
585 posted on 01/08/2007 6:53:46 PM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: mystery-ak

THAT is precisely why I stopped watching television years ago...

Thanks for posting here, I have enjoyed reading.


586 posted on 01/08/2007 6:57:11 PM PST by rlmorel (Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
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To: Rose in RoseBear

Excellent news. Another great victory against the terrorists.


587 posted on 01/08/2007 6:57:57 PM PST by jveritas (Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
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To: Lizarde
CaptainsQuarters blog has these observations:

The Ethiopians did us a big favor by dislodging the Islamists from Mogadishu. Once on the run, the US could bring all of its technological assets on line to track them, and the Air Force waited long enough for all of them to run into the trap. The Navy positioned the USS Eisenhower in the waters nearby Somalia just in case it finds even more targets to strike.

That hasn't stopped the Ethiopians, either. Their forces have surrounded an al-Qaeda base and may have overrun it by the time you read this post. Between the three forces, including those loyal to the Somalian transitional government, AQ in Africa is about to take a huge blow, perhaps even a fatal defeat.

It may have taken us a long time, but we do not forget. Let's hope that our attack took out these high-value targets and plenty of their followers to boot.

Amen!

588 posted on 01/08/2007 6:59:22 PM PST by prairiebreeze (The liberal agenda hates you. And your family.)
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To: prairiebreeze

Thanks again PB....


590 posted on 01/08/2007 7:01:38 PM PST by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero........God Speed Jonathan......)
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To: Lizarde
From the article (with predictable CBS whine):

But many in predominantly Muslim Somalia resent the presence of troops from neighboring Ethiopia, which has a large Christian population.

591 posted on 01/08/2007 7:01:49 PM PST by prairiebreeze (The liberal agenda hates you. And your family.)
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To: Lizarde
Could you be thinking of Kenyans?

I believe they've won more medals than Ethiopia.

592 posted on 01/08/2007 7:02:29 PM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: mystery-ak

My pleasure. See ya later mystery.


593 posted on 01/08/2007 7:02:36 PM PST by prairiebreeze (The liberal agenda hates you. And your family.)
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To: Rose in RoseBear

strike against suspected members of al Qaeda in Somalia
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Was Pelosi and Reid involved in the approval of this?
Did the CBC approve this assault on Africans?
/sarc


594 posted on 01/08/2007 7:02:52 PM PST by Joan Kerrey (Believe nothing of what you hear or read and half of what you see.)
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To: prairiebreeze

CNN on this now.


595 posted on 01/08/2007 7:03:16 PM PST by oceanview
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To: Gritty

"I wonder if Congress will cut off funding for this "widening" of the war?"

No, but they will insist that our aid to Africa which went up threefold under Bush be cut back in the name of balancing the budget.

Today Bush got his 9 billion worth. Every penny of it was money well spent.


596 posted on 01/08/2007 7:03:36 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz ("Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted." Lenin)
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To: Lizarde
This is just so entertaining - the democrat congress is off watching a football game and good ole Bush is bombing Somalia - I love it.

Gotta love W's timing on this one. What??? A letter? No funds? Yeah...whatever, Grandma!
597 posted on 01/08/2007 7:03:43 PM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: oceanview

and now, off to a more important story - Oprah.


598 posted on 01/08/2007 7:04:36 PM PST by oceanview
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To: All

Greta has just opened with it on FNC....JJ61


599 posted on 01/08/2007 7:04:45 PM PST by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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To: prairiebreeze

Fox reporting casualties on the ground.....


600 posted on 01/08/2007 7:04:57 PM PST by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero........God Speed Jonathan......)
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