Thursday, January 11, 2007

Somalia Strike Missed al-Qaeda Targets

There's always tomorrow.
The controversial US air strike in southern Somalia missed all three top al-Qaeda members Washington alleges are hiding out in the country, a senior US official said on Thursday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said eight to 10 “al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists” were killed in Monday’s attack, but gave no details.

On Tuesday the Pentagon confirmed that an AC130 aircraft was used to target “the principal al-Qaeda leadership in the region”. The attack marked the first overt US military intervention in the Horn of Africa nation since its doomed invasion in the 1990s.

I don't recall our arrival in Somalia as an invasion. More like a humanitarian mission gone awry. Anyway, we have these scum on the run, so hunt them down and finish them off.

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