Hoping to capture a high-profile target, U.S. special forces hopped off helicopters a couple of miles from an al-Shabab-controlled town, slipped through the dark and then got into a fierce firefight that reportedly killed more than 10 Islamic extremists.
A Somali intelligence official told The Associated Press that the person they wanted to get was apparently killed during the fight.
"It was a high-profile target, and chances of capture were challenged by a stiff resistance by militants guarding the house targeted by the special forces, which forced the commando to resort to the kill or capture method," the official said. He spoke to AP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press on the matter.
You can read the rest @
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/nationworld/2016-03-09/us-commandos-carry-out-night-raid-somalia.html
Some questions about this latest "victory":
1. What was the Congressional authorization for this? No Somali had anything to do with 9/11, did they?
2. If the US was willing and able to send SpecOps to capture this "high-profile target", why was Anwar al-Awlaki killed by drone instead of being captured? And why was it necessary to also kill his son by drone?
"This is murder, not war."
Robert E. Lee
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