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We’ve Apparently Attacked Al-Qaeda in Somalia
(CBS/AP) A U.S. Air Force gunship has conducted a strike against suspected members of al Qaeda in Somalia, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports exclusively.
The targets included the senior al Qaeda leader in East Africa and an al Qaeda operative wanted for his involvement in the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in Africa, Martin reports. Those terror attacks killed more than 200 people.
New York Times: U.S. Airstrike Aims at Qaeda Cell in Somalia
The attack is the first military action in Somalia that Pentagon officials have acknowledged since 1993…
UPDATE: BBC
Reuters via Haaretz: Many dead
BLOG REACTION:
Captain’s Quarters: You Can Run But You Can’t Hide, The Extended Dance Mix
The left gets a new root cause, the rest of us get that rush of well being that invariably comes with payback. Everybody wins.
