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January 09, 2007

Of Course

...they were.

Helicopter gunships attacked suspected al-Qaeda 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.

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.


Newlyweds could never be terrorists.

Posted by tree hugging sister at January 9, 2007 01:45 PM

Comments

So what if we killed some scumbag Muzz that married his goat. We did the goat a favor.

Posted by: Gunslinger at January 9, 2007 07:06 PM

I begin to think that, if enough civilians are killed because the terrorists were hiding amongst them, there would be a lot more internal pressure in certain quarters to get the terrorists the hell out from underfoot. Not saying we should deliberately target civilian centers or be careless... It's like a power pitcher who's a little wild - the batter can never get cozy in the box because the next one may him him in the ear flap.

Posted by: Nightfly at January 10, 2007 07:08 PM