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Posted by DrunkenMaster16 on Jan-09-2007 01:11:

America, world police?

CNN BREAKING NEWS
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A U.S. aerial gunship has attacked suspected al Qaeda targets in southern Somalia, a senior Pentagon official said Monday.

The AC-130 flew its mission within the last 24 hours, the official told CNN. The operation was launched based on intelligence that al Qaeda operatives were in that location, but there was no immediate indication of how successful the strike had been.

Additionally, the official said, the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has moved within striking distance of Somalia, but its jets have not been put to use.

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Interestingly though in other developments:

BBC: Somali leader arrives in capital
Somalia's interim President Abdullahi Yusuf has arrived in the capital, Mogadishu, amid tight security.

He flew in on his first visit since Islamists fled advancing Ethiopian forces and interim government soldiers.

Gunmen fired at Ethiopian forces in Mogadishu overnight, after two died in anti-Ethiopian protests on Saturday.

It is unclear if the violence is linked to the Islamists, who threatened an Iraq-style insurgency. Some Islamist leaders are in Yemen calling for talks.

Somalia's president and the prime minister, Mohammed Ali Ghedi, are at the former presidential palace in southern Mogadishu, Villa Somalia, for discussions with clan elders about the faltering disarmament process.

The capital awash with guns, and since being elected Somalia's interim president in 2004, Mr Yusuf has always said it was too dangerous for him to set up a government in Mogadishu.

read more at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6240269.stm

Posted by bas on Jan-09-2007 01:12:

Fuck yeah!

Posted by Silky Johnson on Jan-09-2007 01:14:

CE RE EAL! FUCK YEAH! The most important meal of the motherfuckin day, yeah!

Oh wait, wrong thread.

Posted by Trance Nutter on Jan-09-2007 01:20:

Somalia has been in war for years. Mogadishu especially, nothing new.

Black Hawk Down was in Somalia so its not the first time the US have tried to go in

Posted by DrunkenMaster16 on Jan-09-2007 01:24:

America really doesn't get it... let the people fight their own battles, they (Americans fought for their independence why can't these people?) show support of democracy, don't force it onto people. They are seriously looking for innocent people to be killed in retaliation.. heck they are killing innocent people by dropping so many bombs.

Posted by Allied Nations on Jan-09-2007 01:26:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
CE RE EAL! FUCK YEAH! The most important meal of the motherfuckin day, yeah!

Oh wait, wrong thread.

Yah totally, this thread sucks.

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Jan-09-2007 01:27:

quote:
Originally posted by DrunkenMaster16
America really doesn't get it... let the people fight their own battles, they (Americans fought for their independence why can't these people?) show support of democracy, don't force it onto people. They are seriously looking for innocent people to be killed in retaliation.. heck they are killing innocent people by dropping so many bombs.

Without French support (and troops), America never would have gained its independence.

/history lesson.

Posted by Marc Summers on Jan-09-2007 01:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Without French support (and troops), America never would have gained its independence.

/history lesson.

There were a lot of terrorists, we would have gotten it eventually.

Posted by DrunkenMaster16 on Jan-09-2007 01:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Without French support (and troops), America never would have gained its independence.

/history lesson.

you said it.. SUPPORT. America was trying to get their freedom... these countries as im seeing are either not bother'd or not enuff of the people want change to do anything about it.

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jan-09-2007 01:41:

yeah, lets just leave countries to tear themselves apart! idiot.

Posted by DrunkenMaster16 on Jan-09-2007 01:45:

better than having 1/2 the population hate you... wait I mean world. GJ USA!

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Jan-09-2007 02:13:

quote:
Originally posted by DrunkenMaster16
you said it.. SUPPORT. America was trying to get their freedom... these countries as im seeing are either not bother'd or not enuff of the people want change to do anything about it.

You've exposed how little you know about Somalia. Congrats.

Posted by denys envy on Jan-09-2007 02:26:

quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
You've exposed how little you know about Somalia. Congrats.

you get 'im my too-smart-for-his-own good/age fellow!

Posted by jdat on Jan-09-2007 02:55:

When America does it it's called "World Police" when other countries do it ... nobody says anything

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jan-09-2007 03:35:

quote:
Originally posted by jdat
When America does it it's called "World Police" when other countries do it ... nobody says anything

fucking precisely. its because its cool to hate america, and theyre always in the news, so the lazy ignorant whelps can have all their (often quite legitimate mind you) catchcries about the evil american empire, yet have a fundamental lack of knowledge regarding the deeply complex relationships that exist between nations. and they'll also ignore all the great things the US have done for the world too.

its easier to be a tree-hugging ignorant fuckknuckle than it is to have a well-balanced opinion.

Posted by Silky Johnson on Jan-09-2007 03:39:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
fuckknuckle

!

Posted by idoru on Jan-09-2007 03:41:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
!

Quoting it by itself, the word just doesn't have the same effect as it does in his original sentence.

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jan-09-2007 03:41:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
!

haha, is that new to you? its a reasonably common aussie term

id also like to add, has anyone forgotten that al qaeda declared war on the US? you know what war means right? so whats wrong with the US taking out enemy combatants during a period of open conflict eh?

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Jan-09-2007 04:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Aristronica
you get 'im my too-smart-for-his-own good/age fellow!

hehe, bring up physics and I'll stare at my screen blankly.

Posted by denys envy on Jan-09-2007 04:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
hehe, bring up physics and I'll stare at my screen blankly.

lol. i can't believe you just revealed your weakness to me.

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Jan-09-2007 04:22:

quote:
Originally posted by Aristronica
lol. i can't believe you just revealed your weakness to me.

Well, perhaps it's just misdirection.

I'm actually currently calculating the approximate amount of torque required to twist a wine-opener.

Posted by DrunkenMaster16 on Jan-09-2007 04:44:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
fucking precisely. its because its cool to hate america, and theyre always in the news, so the lazy ignorant whelps can have all their (often quite legitimate mind you) catchcries about the evil american empire, yet have a fundamental lack of knowledge regarding the deeply complex relationships that exist between nations. and they'll also ignore all the great things the US have done for the world too.

its easier to be a tree-hugging ignorant fuckknuckle than it is to have a well-balanced opinion.

I'll agree america has done some great things, but they seem to be pushing around everyone. Im just happy that they haven't gone after north korea yet...

Posted by denys envy on Jan-09-2007 04:45:

it had to be done.

Posted by Krypton on Jan-09-2007 04:47:

Re: America, world police?

quote:
Originally posted by DrunkenMaster16
CNN BREAKING NEWS
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A U.S. aerial gunship has attacked suspected al Qaeda targets in southern Somalia, a senior Pentagon official said Monday.

The AC-130 flew its mission within the last 24 hours, the official told CNN. The operation was launched based on intelligence that al Qaeda operatives were in that location, but there was no immediate indication of how successful the strike had been.

Additionally, the official said, the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has moved within striking distance of Somalia, but its jets have not been put to use.

----------------------------------------------

Interestingly though in other developments:

BBC: Somali leader arrives in capital
Somalia's interim President Abdullahi Yusuf has arrived in the capital, Mogadishu, amid tight security.

He flew in on his first visit since Islamists fled advancing Ethiopian forces and interim government soldiers.

Gunmen fired at Ethiopian forces in Mogadishu overnight, after two died in anti-Ethiopian protests on Saturday.

It is unclear if the violence is linked to the Islamists, who threatened an Iraq-style insurgency. Some Islamist leaders are in Yemen calling for talks.

Somalia's president and the prime minister, Mohammed Ali Ghedi, are at the former presidential palace in southern Mogadishu, Villa Somalia, for discussions with clan elders about the faltering disarmament process.

The capital awash with guns, and since being elected Somalia's interim president in 2004, Mr Yusuf has always said it was too dangerous for him to set up a government in Mogadishu.

read more at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6240269.stm

It's clear the Islamists have lost this war. They are holed up in a southern stronghold, which is being fought over right now. Kenya has sent troops to its border and the US Navy is patrolling the waters off the southern coast. It's best this be done so that no suspected terrorists are able to leave, and it is definatly clear the islamists have terrorists in their midst.