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January 08, 2007
"Puff"
...takes out the weasels.
A U.S. Air Force gunship has conducted a strike against suspected members of al Qaeda in Somalia, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports exclusively.The targets included the senior al Qaeda leader in East Africa and an al Qaeda operative wanted for his involvement in the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in Africa, Martin reports. Those terror attacks killed more than 200 people.
The AC-130 gunship is capable of firing thousands of rounds per second, and sources say a lot of bodies were seen on the ground after the strike, but there is as yet, no confirmation of the identities.
The gunship flew from its base in Dijibouti down to the southern tip of Somalia, Martin reports, where the al Qaeda operatives had fled after being chased out of the capital of Mogadishu by Ethiopian troops backed by the United States.
Once they started moving, the al Qaeda operatives became easier to track, and the U.S. military started preparing for an air strike, using unmanned aerial drones to keep them under surveillance and moving the aircraft carrier Eisenhower out of the Persian Gulf toward Somalia. But when the order was given, the mission was assigned to the AC-130 gunship operated by the U.S. Special Operations command.
If the attack got the operatives it was aimed at, reports Martin, it would deal a major blow to al Qaeda in East Africa.
Oh, I'll BET there were 'a lot of bodies on the ground' and that they looked pretty much like catfood.
Come on baby, LIGHT MY FIRE.
You GO, guys.
Posted by tree hugging sister at January 8, 2007 08:37 PM
Comments
If confirmed, this is GREAT news, nailing those bastards!
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at January 8, 2007 11:22 PM
Ooh! Fireworks!
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at January 8, 2007 11:28 PM
Good news, if it turns out to be. BTW-I'm pretty sure that my Dad worked on one of the gun systems of the original "Puff" back in the 1960s. They are much more sophisticated now, I'm sure. I wouldn't want to have been targeted by them back then and damn sure wouldn't want it now.
Posted by: Dave E. at January 9, 2007 12:44 AM
I love the smell of shredded Jihadi.
Posted by: Gunslinger at January 9, 2007 01:07 AM
Let's see, a 105mm cannon, two 40mm Bofors automatic cannon, and a pair of either 20mm or 30-caliber miniguns last I heard. Plus night-vision etc. for targeting...
As someone said, "That'll leave a mark".
Posted by: Firehand at January 9, 2007 12:59 PM
FH ~ BWahahahaha!
Posted by: tree hugging sister at January 9, 2007 01:51 PM