by God, those somalians aren't going to get the best of us.

Quote:URGENT - Somalia US Operation

(CNN) -- U.S. military forces conducted an operation Monday against the Al-Shabaab network in Somalia, Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby told CNN. "We are assessing the results of the operation and will provide additional information as and when appropriate," he said.

Read more: http://www.wptz.com/national/urgent-soma...z3C6wV98la

no strategy in iraq, afghanistan, libya, egypt, iran, kurdistan, or syria. the obvious answer is to open another front in the battle.

brilliant.

Does Obama know?

(09-01-2014 07:31 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Does Obama know?

good question. I haven't seen it on television yet. but I'm watching baseball.

still no details. a prison was attacked over the weekend, but no info on whether this had something to do with the us military op.

(09-01-2014 07:31 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Does Obama know?

If it hasnt been reported by the media yet, then no.

(09-01-2014 09:21 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(09-01-2014 07:31 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Does Obama know?

If it hasnt been reported by the media yet, then no.

Well played.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/...n-somalia/

Quote:A U.S. drone reportedly targeted the leader of the Al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group in a strike in southern Somalia Monday.

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby provided few details about the nature of the operation, the results of which he said were being assessed.

"We are assessing the results of the operation and will provide additional information as and when appropriate," he said in a statement. There was no immediate comment from al-Shabaab.

A senior Somali official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that a U.S. drone targeted al-Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane as he left a meeting of the group's top leaders. The official told AP that intelligence indicated Godane "might have been killed along with other militants."

Godane, also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubeyr, is the group's spiritual leader under whose direction the Somali militants forged an alliance with Al Qaeda.

The official said that the strike took place in a forest near Sablale district, 105 miles south of Mogadishu, where the group trains its fighters. The governor of Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, Abdiqadir Mohamed Nor, told The Associated Press that as government and African Union forces were heading to a town in Sablale district, they heard something that sounded like an "earthquake" as drones struck al-Shabaab bases.

A forest in Somalia. Who would have known.

(09-02-2014 06:43 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  A forest in Somalia. Who would have known.

those phucking trees won't mess with us ever again.

I thought Al-Shabaab was a JV team?