U.S.: Somalia Strikes Missed Targets

[Castro]

Al Qaeda Embassy Bombings Suspect, Two Others Escape From Bombing Raids

 

(CBS/AP) None of the top three suspected terrorists in Somalia were killed in a U.S. airstrike this week, but Somalis with close ties to al Qaeda were slain, a senior U.S. official in the region said Thursday.

 

A day earlier, a Somali official had said a U.S. intelligence report had referred to the death of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed — one of the three senior al Qaeda members believed responsible for bombing U.S. embassies in East Africa.

 

In Washington, U.S. government officials said Wednesday they had no reason to believe that the chief suspect, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, had been killed.

 

U.S. and Ethiopian troops in southern Somalia were still pursuing the three, the U.S. official said Thursday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record to the media.

 

In Washington, officials had said U.S. special operations forces were in Somalia. U.S. and Somali officials said Wednesday a small American team has been providing military advice to Ethiopian and Somali forces on the ground. The officials provided little detail and spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.

 

The U.S. forces entered Somalia with Ethiopian forces late last month when Ethiopians launched their attack against a Somali Islamic movement said to be sheltering al-Qaida figures, one of the officials said.

 

Abdirizak Hassan, the Somali president's chief of staff, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that al Qaeda suspect Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was killed. He said he learned of the death in a U.S. intelligence report passed on to the Somali authorities. Fazul, one of the FBI's most wanted terrorists, has evaded capture for eight years.

 

Somalia's deputy prime minister said Wednesday that American troops were needed on the ground to root out extremists from his troubled country, and he expected the troops soon.

 

Two senior Pentagon officials said they had heard of no plans to put any sizable contingent of Americans in Somalia. However, small teams of liaison officers — such as Special Forces or trainers — are another matter, the officials said.

 

All three officials also spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the subject.

 

CBS News Investigative Reporter Phil Hirschkorn reports Mohammed, also known as Haroun Fazil, had a key role in the twin truck bombings of two U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on Aug. 7, 1998, which killed 224 people and injured thousands. He's also trained Islamic militants in Somalia and allegedly organized more recent attacks on Israeli tourists in Kenya. Read Hirschkorn's report.

 

"He's an extraordinarily dangerous individual," Dan Coleman, a retired FBI agent who spent years hunting al Qaeda, told CBS News. "He's the real deal."

 

Mohammed is seen in footage obtained by CBS News that shows him in the aftermath of a 1996 ferry accident in central Africa's Lake Victoria.

 

AP via CBS

[Castro]

Ground intelligence and precision bombing my matako!

[nuune]

The ground intelligence was provided by Habar Kuuleey to destroy Habar Cali Banjar in those areas that were bombarded.

[Taliban]

Originally posted by Castro:

None of the top three suspected terrorists in Somalia were killed in a U.S. airstrike this week, but Somalis with close ties to al Qaeda were slain, a senior U.S. official in the region said Thursday.

The "but" in the statement is to cover up failure and justify the killings. The same senior U.S. official was sure the U.S. airstrike killed "the top three suspected terrorists"; how can he now be so sure the airstrike killed "Somalis with close ties to al Qaeda"? Did the airstrike kill innocents? Yes. Will the US admit that? The US has a perfect track record of denying and even covering up the killing of innocents.

[Dhagax-Tuur]

I wonder why they need to cover their tracks. Who the heck tells off the US admin these days? Why don't they just say we're training our GI's on how to hunt and destroy muslim people and lands. Just a simple and routine training exercise. That is all! Media class effing dismissed.

[Faarax-Brawn]

Dammit! That Mofo is Elusive aint he? What a "Terrorist" He is.

[Dhubad.]

Originally posted by Castro:

Ground intelligence and precision bombing my matako!

Castto, Kumbe Waweh najua kiswalhil!

[Wisdom_Seeker]

Where are our TFG cheerleaders......

 

They aren’t done bombing the innocent Somalis just yet, so the terrorists are still alive. That will give them more reason to still bomb the innocent Somalis.

 

The airplanes that are carrying out these attacks have no symbol on them, no country flag no nothing.

 

Cowards.

 

The Somali puppet regime said he was killed, Zenawi said they have killed him, and an American general even said they have killed him. Now why all the sudden the denial.

 

May the innocent rest in peace, because I know for a fact that every single person they have killed so far were innocent, the only terrorist I am aware of is America, Ethiopia and the traitorous vermin in Somalia.

[LANDER]

U.S. Operations In Somalia Not Over

Ethiopian And U.S. Forces Still Pursuing Al Qaeda Terrorists In Somalia

 

'U.S. operations there were not over, the official said.'

 

'Michael E. Ranneberger, the U.S. ambassador to Kenya, made similar comments to the BBC. He also told the BBD the United States would support moderate Islamic-oriented politicians participating in a Somali government of national unity'

 

"The three high-value targets are still of intense interest to us," the official said. "What we're doing is still ongoing, we're still in pursuit, us and the Ethiopians."

 

CBS news

[Castro]

^ This was never about "high value" targets. One could see this was to help the incompetent Ethiopians. Whatever they do and however long they stay, they'll leave one day. Until then, we must make their stay as uncomfortable as we possibly can. When they do leave, march to Villa Somalia and lynch that coward. Better yet, burn him in there.

 

Originally posted by Dhubad:

Castto, Kumbe Waweh najua kiswalhil!

No Kiswahili atheer. I wish.

[Captain Xalane]

Originally posted by Castro:

we must make their stay as uncomfortable as we possibly can. When they do leave, march to Villa Somalia and lynch that coward. Better yet, burn him in there.

The normal lyrics of a coward behind a screen.Dude,u might want to practice them before u sell these stale words to the public.

[Castro]

^ You severely lack any imagination. Whatchya gonna do when they come for your uncle and remove his dysfunctional testicles?

[me]

^Castro Castro Castro, is that the Oodweyne in you?

 

Stick to your usual secessionist rhetoric, Somalia maxaa kaa galay?

 

Ta labaad, argue your case without insults please.

[Captain Xalane]

Aah,too much of an imagination for a loser innit?U imagined yesterday that the clan courts would emerge successful and now u are making feign predictions.Speak of lack of imagination,and all u had to do is to re-read ur premature predictions.

[Captain Xalane]

Originally posted by me:

^Castro Castro Castro, is that the Oodweyne in you?

 

Stick to your usual secessionist rhetoric, Somalia maxaa kaa galay?

 

Ta labaad, argue your case without insults please.