July 04, 2006
Somalia : the New Afghanistan?
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In 2002, a confidential report indicated Somalia contained 17 known operational terrorist training camps (see attached map). The environment in Somalia is said to compare to that of Afghanistan during the heyday of the Taliban. Terrorists from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chechnya, Iraq and the Arabian peninsula are said to be flocking into Somalia to staff the camps or enter training. Camps are said to be training recruits to employ improvised explosive devices (roadside bombs or IEDs) to counter the expected Ethiopian armor. The Islamic Courts are also scouring the Communist-era weapons caches for anti-aircraft weapons, small arms, and explosives. . . .I'm not sure what all that means, but it sounds pretty bad.While the U.S. formulates policy on dealing with the rise of the al-Qaeda backed Islamist Courts, the allies of al-Qaeda consolidate power and continue to churn out terrorists from the multitude of training camps. Like the border provinces of western Pakistan, Somalia is now a de facto safe haven for al-Qaeda and its allies to indoctrinate, train, arm, and deploy terrorists. Four years after the existence of the terror camps were made known, they still remain in operation.
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Yeah... Thank you Bill... If you had done your job instead of getting on the job at your desk the world may have been a safer place...
Now the Yanks have another place they will have to clean up!
I say pave it with glass...
Now the Yanks have another place they will have to clean up!
I say pave it with glass...
Posted by: RobC at July 04, 2006 04:01 AM (KsjKj)
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Fact: It makes no sense to blow up an empty training camp.
Solution: Wait until the training camp is full of terrorists before carpet bombing on graduation day.
Fact: Pakistan is an ally on the war on terror and its border lands were never really under their control. It's not like strolling into Pensacola.
Solution: Somalia is not an ally on the war on terror and we have a score to settle there, too. Target at will, and pronto!!
Solution: Wait until the training camp is full of terrorists before carpet bombing on graduation day.
Fact: Pakistan is an ally on the war on terror and its border lands were never really under their control. It's not like strolling into Pensacola.
Solution: Somalia is not an ally on the war on terror and we have a score to settle there, too. Target at will, and pronto!!
Posted by: Ernie Oporto at July 04, 2006 08:35 AM (WvUov)
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I'm with Ernie. Example Libya. No more noise from that idiot.
Posted by: greyrooster at July 05, 2006 10:02 PM (NMQrK)
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