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US strikes in Somalia kill nomad herdsmen
January 14th, 2007 at 09:20 Björn Hallberg
Unsurprising perhaps, the US airstrikes on Somalia last week missed their intended targets. Especially unsurprising considering the target was an organization that in reality doesn’t exist and is the brainchild of CIA pencil pushers.
The herdsmen had gathered with their animals around large fires at night to ward off mosquitoes. But lit up by the flames, they became latest victims of America’s war on terror.
It was their tragedy to be misidentified in a secret operation by special forces attempting to kill three top al-Qa’ida leaders in south-ern Somalia.
Of course, in US military lingo, the entire area is a theater of war and since there are no civilians at the target sites, according to the Pentagon’s map, it is simply impossible for the US to kill civilians.
It is also noteworthy that violence in Somalia is surging and that the country which had enjoyed relative calm for a short while is now being thrown back into chaos. The warlords that were meticulously and painstakingly driven out by the Islamic Courts are back to reclaim their respective turfs and kill whoever stands in their way and torment the Somali people once more. It’s their pound of flesh for sticking with their US patrons. Meanwhile, the Ethiopian army (back by US diplomacy, satellite intel, weapons and training) has to continue fighting indefinitely, despite initial reports of resounding success. It does sound very familiar, doesn’t it?
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