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U.S. Launched Missile Strikes on Al Qaeda in Yemen
Fox News ^ | 12/18

Posted on 12/18/2009 5:31:02 PM PST by castlegreyskull

The U.S. has launched two missile strikes against Al Qaeda targets in Yemen, two U.S. officials told Fox News, signaling an escalation of the Obama administration's fight against the terrorist organization.

The politically sensitive strikes Thursday, first reported by ABC News, supplement efforts already under way by the government of Yemen to go after Al Qaeda in the country, the officials told Fox News, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the operation.

Such an operation is particularly sensitive in Yemen. "It's very difficult for Yemen to ask the U.S. for help given the nature of their population and its views about the West," one official said. "And the U.S. doesn't want to compromise their ability to ask for help."

The United States has faced similar concerns in Pakistan, where reports of U.S. drone attacks on militants are common -- but never acknowledged publicly by the U.S. or by Pakistan.

In the new attacks, cruise missiles on Obama's orders hit a suspected Al Qaeda training camp north of Sanaa, the capital, and another site, where terrorists were thought to be plotting an attack on the U.S., ABC News reported, citing unnamed administration officials.

A Yemeni official contacted by ABC News insisted that the attacks were carried out by Yemen, not the United States. Yemeni forces also reportedly have targeted Al Qaeda in raids conducted at three locations.

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To: robomatik

Mind? HELL NO! All I ask is that you spread it far and wide, and should you ever get an answer, please let me know what it is!


41 posted on 12/18/2009 6:36:48 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 331 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: shield

That’s why I asked.


42 posted on 12/18/2009 6:37:58 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 331 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: shield

Check his (her?) posting history. At first blush it seems to be solidly on our side.


43 posted on 12/18/2009 6:42:21 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 331 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: muleskinner

Good info - where did you get it? I haven’t seen it on Stratfor...


44 posted on 12/18/2009 6:45:14 PM PST by pghoilman (Earth First (we'll drill the rest of the galaxy later).)
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To: catarac

air raiding villages and killing civilians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrW4fOGIMVY


45 posted on 12/18/2009 6:45:57 PM PST by mommab2003
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To: null and void

actually, one thing i can think of is that m.o. (the immaculate one married to the messiah) planted a “victory garden.” God knows that many of us will have one of those in the NEAR future.


46 posted on 12/18/2009 6:46:10 PM PST by robomatik
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To: castlegreyskull

What? Yemen never attacked the US! OBAMA IS A WAR CRIMINAL!


47 posted on 12/18/2009 6:46:26 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The Second Amendment. Don't MAKE me use it.)
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To: castlegreyskull

Gonna get creamed for this.

For all his faults, and for as much as I hate his politics, the war on terror is the one area I don’t give Zero an F-.

Soros must want Al Qaeda under control.


48 posted on 12/18/2009 6:47:22 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - Ps 122:6)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Yes they did. That is where the USS COLE attack took place.


49 posted on 12/18/2009 6:49:58 PM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: castlegreyskull
A Yemeni official contacted by ABC News insisted that the attacks were carried out by Yemen Yemini cruise missile; a 1953 Piper Tri-Pacer with a GPS and two 100 pound bombs in the back seat.
50 posted on 12/18/2009 7:04:12 PM PST by MindBender26 (Never kick Dems when they're down. Wait 'till they're 1/2 way back up. You get much better leverage!)
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To: castlegreyskull
A Yemeni official contacted by ABC News insisted that the attacks were carried out by Yemen

Yemini cruise missile; a 1953 Piper Tri-Pacer with a GPS and two 100 pound bombs in the back seat.

51 posted on 12/18/2009 7:04:36 PM PST by MindBender26 (Never kick Dems when they're down. Wait 'till they're 1/2 way back up. You get much better leverage!)
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To: hennie pennie; jhpigott

In the new attacks, cruise missiles on Obama’s orders hit a suspected Al Qaeda training camp north of Sanaa, the capital, and another site, where terrorists were thought to be plotting an attack on the U.S., ABC News reported, citing unnamed administration officials.
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If if was cruise missiles this tells us it was the USN

that attacked,,,

Most likley from the Gulf of Aden,,,
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“The TLAM-D contains 166 sub-munitions in 24 canisters; 22 canisters of seven each, and two canisters of six each to conform to the dimensions of the airframe. The sub-munitions are the same type of Combined Effects Munition bomblet used in large quantities by the U.S. Air Force. The sub-munitions canisters are dispensed two at a time, one per side. The missile can perform up to five separate target segments which enables it to attack multiple targets. However in order to achieve a sufficient density of coverage typically all 24 canisters are dispensed sequentially from back to front.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGM-109_Tomahawk

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The Saudi’s asked for/ordered this strike IMO...


52 posted on 12/18/2009 7:06:36 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: castlegreyskull

But that was soooooooo long ago! (this is my liberal whine, not my real opinion)


53 posted on 12/18/2009 7:08:01 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The Second Amendment. Don't MAKE me use it.)
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To: Eccl 10:2
Soros must want Al Qaeda under control. He's probably not a fan of halal food.
54 posted on 12/18/2009 7:08:28 PM PST by Renderofveils (My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
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To: mommab2003

what a liar he is.


55 posted on 12/18/2009 7:13:06 PM PST by catarac
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To: castlegreyskull

“When I take action I’m not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt.”—

President of the United States,

George W. Bush.


56 posted on 12/18/2009 7:22:48 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: castlegreyskull

Bad move.

The Saudi air force has been bombing across the border for some time now. We can provide them with intel, satellite recon and all manner of military niceties. But when planes marked U.S. Air Force or U.S. Navy take an active role, we’re just asking for more trouble.

Personally, I don’t think we should have gotten our hands dirty by taking a direct role. Why bother, when our “friends” are already doing the dirty work?

Just my two cents.


57 posted on 12/18/2009 7:50:37 PM PST by DNME (Remember, we are under a state of national emergency for H1N1! All bets are off!)
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To: FastCoyote

It’s a quagmire I tell you, a quagmire!


58 posted on 12/18/2009 8:27:37 PM PST by Flint
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To: Hotdog

Thats right! Every time a Dem prez goes down in the polls, the dem command structure inn the military is put on 24 hour warning, the prez farts, and a dozen more asprin factories get the kye-bosh.

Sommething about the dem military command structure along the lines of Wesley Clarke and that bunch. They always seem to be using inaccurate intel or some double agent with the CIA feeds them bad intel.

Thats how a Dm prez gets cornered and has to go to war. His poll ratings get so low that a war is created for him if there isn’t one around handy waiting.Then we go to community organizing ROEs to assuage the lefty presidential guilt.

Obama is a genuine nutter. No question about it.
Maks a person want to puke.

H


59 posted on 12/18/2009 8:45:45 PM PST by Candor7 ((The effective weapons Against Fascism are ridicule, derision , and truth (.Member NRA))
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To: Laserman
"WAG THE DOG! Because of the failure in Copenhagen...

You nailed Laserman! Example: ABC World News used this as a lead instead of Obama's failure. Now, if there was some huge Obama score at Copenhagen, this missle thing would never have even been mentioned.

60 posted on 12/18/2009 9:15:07 PM PST by LZ_Bayonet (There's Always Something.............And there's always something worse!)
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