Terrorists moving from Somalia

Washington Times ^ | 1/10/02 | Bill Gertz

[Catspaw]

Isn't there still a reward posted for OBL and MO? If these two are either in Yemen or Somalia we need to remind the people of the money awaiting those who "turn them in"...

A reward for both--in bin Laden's case, the reward goes back to his indictment in the bombings of our embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. I'd have to check to see if Omar was indicted--but there's a price on his head, too. I think bin Laden's price is in the range of $25-$30 million; Omar is in the $10 million range.

I did like the image of terrorists running like rats leaving a sinking ship from Somalia--headed towards Yemen.

[Squantos]

Is that a current pic ?

Thanks for the update, Stay Safe !

[TADSLOS]

Terrorists Moving from Somalia

I guess the Century 21 agent in Mogadishu is about to have a bad year...

[harpseal]

Let the crew of the Cole take the first whack at em, they deserve it !

That does sound sweet.

Stay well - stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[Fred Mertz]

A U.S. military team was recently in Somalia gathering intelligence from militia leaders and obtained some data on suspected terrorists and al Qaeda members, U.S. officials said.

Very informative article, thanks for posting it.

[mikhailovich]

I like your kind of thinking. But I asked a serious question. In Japan we were at war with a nation. In Somalia we will look for terrorist camps. You have to see the difference. Like it or not, in Afghanistan we avoided civilian casualties, as we always do. Nearly always. The same tactics will be employed in Somalia, only there it will be like attacking a place in Chicago, rather than Nevada, as we did in Afghanistan. Is that confusing enough for you?

[blam]

"Is that a current pic ? "

I don't think so but I'm not positive.

[lds23]

"Civilian casualties" is a red herring. The terrorist go out of their way to disguise themselves as "civilians" to do uncivilized atrocities. Any community has the choice, fight the terrorists in their midst and expel them, or expect to get rained on.

[mikhailovich]

"Why should we be so concerned about this?"

Read your screen name. Thats why.

[ungullible]

THE OIL FACTOR IN SOMALIA

FOUR AMERICAN PETROLEUM GIANTS HAD AGREEMENTS WITH THE AFRICAN NATION BEFORE ITS CIVIL WAR BEGAN. THEY COULD REAP BIG REWARDS IF PEACE IS RESTORED.

(Or, a little somalian oil deal history...)

By MARK FINEMAN

DATELINE: MOGADISHU, Somalia 1993

Far beneath the surface of the tragic drama of Somalia, four major U.S. oil companies are quietly sitting on a prospective fortune in exclusive concessions to explore and exploit tens of millions of acres of the Somali countryside. That land, in the opinion of geologists and industry sources, could yield significant amounts of oil and natural gas if the U.S.-led military mission can restore peace to the impoverished East African nation. According to documents obtained by The Times, nearly two-thirds of Somalia was allocated to the American oil giants Conoco, Amoco, Chevron and Phillips in the final years before Somalia's pro-U.S. President Mohamed Siad Barre was overthrown and the nation plunged into chaos in January, 1991. Industry sources said the companies holding the rights to the most promising concessions are hoping that the Bush Administration's decision to send U.S. troops to safeguard aid shipments to Somalia will also help protect their multimillion-dollar investments there. More... http://www.netnomad.com/fineman.html

[ungullible]

Not that this administration would ever DREAM of considering the invasion of a poor, backwards country in order to install an oil company friendly puppet regime....

No, our government would never deceive us nor betray our loyalties like that... It's simply not possible.

[StoneColdGOP]

Let 'em try to run and hide. We will find them, and so will Death!