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| U.S. strike in Somalia targets 3 terrorists |
Itsdb |
01/09/07 |
By Josh Meyer
Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times
Published January 9, 2007
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Air Force Special Operations gunship struck a location in southern Somalia on Monday where three Al Qaeda operatives suspected in the bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa more than eight years ago were believed to be hiding, a U.S. defense official said.
U.S. military and counterterrorism 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 counterterrorism official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the operation was classified.
U.S. officials have secretly been negotiating with Somali clans believed to have sheltered the three men, hoping to obtain information about their locations. It could not be determined Monday whether the air strike 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.
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ABC reported earlier this morning that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was believed to have been killed. What do you suppose the reaction's going to be from the left for such a brazen, unprovoked attack?
On a side note the BBC, as astute as ever, offered this photo of the AC-130 with the following caption:
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The heavily-armed AC-130 gunship can fly at night
Wow, what a technological breakthrough, the AC-130 can fly at night!
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Clarification/Follow-up by tomder55 on 01/09/07 7:07 pm:
looks like US air power is now full engaged .It is being reported that copters off the USS Ike have gone on the attack also.But with the introduction of US power in the conflict I imagine the "world community "will suddenly wake up to the events in the horn of Africa that heve been occuring the last month. Clarification/Follow-up by Itsdb on 01/09/07 8:24 pm:
You know a full engagement is going to backfire, it's bound to create more terrorists than it kills and Somalia will be doomed to failure for us trying to impose democracy in a country with "age-old hostilities."
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