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Secrets of the Secret War: Why Did Weekend Somalia Raid Fail?
PJ Media ^
| 10/7/2013
| Bridget Johnson
Posted on 10/08/2013 6:39:59 AM PDT by rktman
The Defense Department’s Friday night operation to go after an Al-Shabaab commander in Somalia peeled the veil a bit off the Obama administration’s ongoing secret war in Somalia, but left many questions about the story behind the failed raid.
Pentagon press secretary George Little confirmed today that U.S. military personnel conducted a “targeted operation” against Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, a.k.a. “Ikrima,” a Kenyan of Somali origin and a top commander in the al-Qaeda affiliate.
Ikrima is “closely associated” with late al-Qaeda operatives Harun Fazul and Saleh Nabhan, who played roles in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: questionable
Kinda scary when you have to decide whether to believe the somalis or the press release to the msm. Just pray that our troops are okay regardless. I mean it's not like the administration would lie to us or anything. But that was a long time ago so what difference does it make now anyway.
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:39:59 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
“O” is making Clinton look good... at least Billy Boy kept our guys out of Ireland!
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:42:53 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms." H. Amiel)
To: rktman
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:45:02 AM PDT
by
FreeAtlanta
(Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
To: FreeAtlanta
Radical left wing extremist demokkkrat presidential candidate for 2016. Lucky she was able to duck all the sniper fire in Bosnia.
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:46:27 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
To: rktman
Next time, just drop a dozen Tomahawks into the compound when intel shows the leaders are present.
Al Shabab would not be gloating after their R&R compound was cratered.
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:52:21 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: rktman
Someone in the administration or the military command structure obviously “outed” the mission.
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:52:49 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: rktman
zer0 was advised of this one. Military People learned the truth! No word was given to zer0 on the other raid(s). Only conclusion reachable.
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:54:02 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: rktman
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posted on
10/08/2013 7:00:47 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: rktman
When the mission is to “arrest” and not “dead or alive”, the complexity increases TEN fold.
Lack of commitment and resolve on the part of the CIC.
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posted on
10/08/2013 8:10:11 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
To: rktman
Why Did Weekend Somalia Raid Fail?Because of the CiC.
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posted on
10/08/2013 8:11:12 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: rktman
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posted on
10/08/2013 8:12:00 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: rktman
Because an islamist is CIC.
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posted on
10/08/2013 8:14:03 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: JimRed
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posted on
10/08/2013 9:06:08 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: rktman
There’s been so much contradictory information put out on this mission that it’s impossible to critically analyze it. I think that is intentional. That leaves us the one inescapable conclusion.....This happened on Obama’s watch, under his orders, and it failed.
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posted on
10/08/2013 9:17:04 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: blueunicorn6
“Huh? Me? I NEVER said “red line”.
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posted on
10/08/2013 3:18:27 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
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