6.5.05

On the Ground in Somalia

That is, American Marines are on the ground in Somalia, searching for "unfavorable militiamen." Of course, the presence of this small group of Marines is essentially denied by US officials:
The United States military has denied the reports, insisting that it has been active only in neighbouring Djibouti, where it says it carried out live fire and landing exercises last week.
The defence minister of Somaliland, which is not internationally recognised, said the government would lodge a formal complaint with U.S. forces in Djibouti, the hub of Washington's counterterrorism operations in the Horn of Africa.
"The U.S. has not informed the government of Somaliland, nor have they asked for permission to enter Somaliland airspace or territorial waters," Defence Minister Ismail Aden Boss told Reuters in Somaliland's capital of Hargeisa.
"Entering Somaliland territory with helicopters or boats without permission could be dangerous for them, for there are thousands of weapons, some of them heavy, in the hands of the public that have not been accounted for," he said.
[Somaliland is a break-off region of Somalia that split to avoid the civil disruptions within Somalia. It is not an internationally recognized nation-state.]

It's creepy that we've taken to Somalia, though not unexpected. Terrerrists 'er everywhere, and we'll leave no stone unturned [except for the ones hiding this guy], with the determination and single sighted-ness of rabid hunting beasts [except for these minor distractions].

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