Somali Troops, Allies Prep for Showdown

ABC News ^ | 30 December 2006 | By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN

[bd476]

This is a "Not sure if you already have this Ping."

[cripplecreek]

Git some!

[norwaypinesavage]

Coordinates, please. It seems like a few B-52's at 55,000 feet, loaded with with JDAM's would help with this situation.

[bd476]

Petty Officer 2nd Class Rich Cleaves, a yeoman aboard USCGC Midgett (WHEC 726), keeps a sharp watch as Midgett's boarding team queries a commercial vessel Dec. 28 in the Gulf of Aden. Midgett, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in Seattle, is one of many U.S. and coalition ships supporting Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, which conducts Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. CTF 150 also supports Operation Enduring Freedom. US Navy Fifth Fleet

[TADSLOS]

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US! moment brought to you by the country of Ethiopia. Enjoy.

[bd476]

norwaypinesavage wrote: "Coordinates, please. It seems like a few B-52's at 55,000 feet, loaded with with JDAM's would help with this situation."

True. We also have our US Navy's Fifth Fleet in the general vicinity.

[bd476]

A boarding team from USCGC Midgett (WHEC 726) queries a commercial vessel Dec. 28 in the Gulf of Aden as part of ongoing Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the area. Midgett, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in Seattle, has been deployed since September in support of Combined Task Force (CTF)150. Midgett is one of many U.S. and coalition ships supporting CTF 150, which conducts MSO in the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. CTF 150 also supports Operation Enduring Freedom.

US Boarding Teams Conduct Security Operations in the Gulf of Aden

[Valin]

Bump

[randog]

"We left Mogadishu in order to prevent bloodshed in the capital, but that does not mean we lost the holy war against our enemy," he added.

Yeah, your own blood. And it does too mean you lost, you sh!tty raghead.

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The Somalis don't want the muslim religion of peace imposed on them either.

[CottShop]

May God go with them as they wipe out the insurgent terrorists once and for all- time to clense the area of evil! http://sacredscoop.com

[Cindy]

Thanks for the ping bd476.

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[SunkenCiv]

Islamic forces who have regrouped at a southern seaport...

...were heard to say, "they lied to us about the evacuation fleet!"

[SunkenCiv]

Meanwhile, attention has shifted from the oil-rich Islamic despotate, Sudan, which borders nine other nations and (unlike Ethiopia) also has ports on the Red Sea...

[blam]

Ethiopians Chase Somali Islamists

[blam]

"The U.S. has a counterterrorism task force based in neighboring Djibouti and has been training Kenyan and Ethiopian forces how to protect their borders."

It looks to me as if the Ethiopian forces will drive the Islamists to the border where the Kenyans will have their shot at them too. They're likely to destroy Kismayo though.

[CFC__VRWC]

Nice of them to line up with the sea at their backs. Does the Koran prevent these filthy goat-humping savages from learning how to swim? I hope so - sure would be nice if the Ethiopians gave them their first lessons.

[SunkenCiv]

Just spread the word that the Indian Ocean has alcohol in it, and they'll stop trying to swim away.

[SunkenCiv]

Seems to me that this isn't going to be ONLY a Moslem holiday from now on...

Up to 1,000 Islamists dead in Ethiopia offensive: Meles
Reuters | 12/26/2006 | Tsegaye Tadesse
Posted on 12/26/2006 8:57:49 AM EST by Hadean
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758498/posts

Ethiopia: At least 2,000 militants killed in past few days
[militants = islamic terrorists]
AFP | Dec 28, 2006
Posted on 12/28/2006 10:42:48 PM EST by jdm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1759715/posts