[NormsRevenge]

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2007, An F/A-18C Hornet from the Wildcats of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131 lands aboard the flight deck of the the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on Monday Jan. 8, 2007. The U.S. military said Tuesday it had sent the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to join three other U.S. warships conducting anti-terror operations off the Somali coast. The aircraft carrier is part of the Navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Adrian J. Escobar, HO)

[Robe]

Civilian = A terrorist who has:
1. Been killed
2. dropped his AK-47 / RPG

Children = A group of young terrorist who has:
1. Been killed
2. dropped his AK-47 / RPG

Wedding Party = A group of mixed female and male terrorist who have:
1. Been killed (by AC-130 / Apache Gunship)
2. dropped his AK-47 / RPG

Senior Islamic Official
1. Been killed (by a Hellfire Missile)
2. dropped his AK-47 / RPG

[NormsRevenge]

Never got to see a live firing of one of these babies but the sounds its blades made still whap in my memories. A nasty little aircraft.

A US Marine Corps attack helicopter is seen in a 2004 handout photo from the US Marine Corps (USMC). US attack helicopters launched fresh air strikes in southern Somalia, targeting the suspected command center of Al-Qaeda militants, a Somali defense ministry official said.(AFP/USMC-HO/File)

[NormsRevenge]

Cobra gunship

[D-Chivas]

Witnesses said 31 civilians, including two newlyweds, died in the assault by two helicopters near Afmadow, a town in an area of forested hills close to the Kenyan border 220 miles southwest of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. The report could not be independently verified.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

The BBC article states that the last American engagement in Somalia was in 1994.

[BuffaloJack]

European Commission spokesman Amadeu Altafaj Tardio said Tuesday the U.S. airstrikes would not contribute to bringing about long-term peace.
But we don't have to worry about any of the dead al-Qaeda creeps coming back to fight again.
Wars are won by killing the enemy dead.

[Little Ray]

They aren't "suspects" for Heaven's sake - they're enemy troops!
This is NOT law enforcement - its war!

[capydick]

Has Grandma Pelosi and Granpa Reid made any statements regarding this? I cant imagine they would allow President Bush to exercise his constitutional duty of protecting the USA without their permission.

[ApplegateRanch]

SARC> American baby killers blowing up Islamic wedding parties in yet another country. When will these out of control muderers be brought to justice? When will I finally get to cease having to clean up after their murderous forays?

[Proud_USA_Republican]

The john edwards adoring liberal who works next to me busted out with a "oh great, now were bombing somolia" grunt when he started reading the news this morning.

Made my whole day.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Helicopter gunships attacked suspected al-Qaida fighters in the south Tuesday after U.S. forces staged airstrikes in the first offensive in the African country since 18 American soldiers were killed there in 1993, witnesses said.

Payback's like [like the Roman Emperor Nero was rumored to be].

[longtermmemmory]

Seems we have learned out lessons in Iraq.

We do proxie combat with support.
We do not tell the 5th Column democrats so they can't betray us.
We do not advise the MSM so they can notify the enemy (remember when clinton's staffers TOLD the MSM where troops would be landing on the beach so reporters would be there to get the good photo op?)

I think the full lesson here is the only good enemy in the WOT is a dead enemy in the WOT.

[JamesA]

For my 2 cents worth....Kill em all, Let God sort em out!