[lbo-talk] Pentagon Sees Move in Somalia as Blueprint

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Sat Jan 13 18:12:29 PST 2007


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/13/world/africa/13proxy.html>
> January 13, 2007
> Pentagon Sees Move in Somalia as Blueprint
> By MARK MAZZETTI
>
> WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 — Military operations in Somalia by American
> commandos, and the use of the Ethiopian Army as a surrogate force to
> root out operatives for Al Qaeda in the country, are a blueprint that
> Pentagon strategists say they hope to use more frequently in
> counterterrorism missions around the globe.
>
As we all know, it's ok to kill little brown people. Even lots of them. For the thinnest "reasons."

I mean, I'm willing to bet that a suspected Al-Queda group in Amsterdam would not have resulted in the leveling of four city blocks.

Joanna



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