1.14.2007

"Super evil al-Qa'ida masterminds" downgraded to "some homeless guys."

OK, nomadic herdsmen. Pretty close. Sitting around a campfire. Next thing they knew, they were dead.
Oxfam yesterday confirmed at least 70 nomads in the Afmadow district near the border with Kenya had been killed. The nomads were bombed at night and during the day while searching for water sources. Meanwhile, the US ambassador to Kenya has acknowledged that the onslaught on Islamist fighters failed to kill any of the three prime targets wanted for their alleged role in the 1998 US embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.

(Independent)

Just another "new front" in the everlasting terror war.
The operation, which opened a new front in Washington's anti-terror campaign, seems to have backfired spectacularly in the five days since it was launched. In addition to the scores of Somali civilians killed, the simmering civil war in the failed state has been rekindled.

And these are the guys who like to laugh at Jimmy Carter.

No comments: