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Old 01-08-2007, 18:23   #1
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U.S. Attacks Al Qaeda In Somalia

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n2335451.shtml


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Old 01-08-2007, 18:27   #2
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Old 01-08-2007, 18:34   #3
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U.S. Attacks Al Qaeda In Somalia

Damn I'm glad the AC-130's only had 'chine guns. Think of the damage any other weapons system might of caused.


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Old 01-08-2007, 19:21   #4
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Outstanding news. Hope those on the ground and air have a safe trip back home.
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Old 01-08-2007, 20:23   #5
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US intell has been aware of the situation there for a minimum of two years. Nice to see we finally hit that rats nest. Hope the last thing they saw was muzzle flash and the falling links started a few fires.
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Old 01-08-2007, 22:28   #6
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Old 01-09-2007, 06:29   #7
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and the falling links started a few fires.
Nothing but death "falls" from an AC-130. No links, no cases fall from the bird. I spent about eight hours in one once.
(You are thinking of an attack helo.)

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Old 01-11-2007, 10:45   #8
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http://www.nypost.com/seven/01102007...lph_peters.htm

Looks like we're not the only ones praising LTG Boykin's gunship attack on the jihadists.
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Old 01-11-2007, 19:03   #9
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http://www.nypost.com/seven/01102007...lph_peters.htm

Looks like we're not the only ones praising LTG Boykin's gunship attack on the jihadists.
Excerpt from Peters column:
But I can guarantee two things to Post readers: First, Somalia and the world are better off with the Islamists on the run and living in terror themselves, and, second, our special operations forces - from all of the services - are greater heroes than the history books or Hollywood films will ever be able to capture.

Well put Mr. Peters.
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