19 Years ago today, the Battle of Mogadishu began. The battle raged into the next day, resulting in US forces sustaining 20 KIA, 80 WIA and 1 helicopter pilot captured by Somali insurgents.
RIP to the brave men we lost and God's special Grace to those who survived...
Now, El Presidente' has decided to start drone strikes in Somalia. Yet another front opens up in his quest for wars. Probably part of his economic stimulus plan. Next up will be ground troops, again, no doubt. Delivering pizza and democracy. Pretty soon we'll be lobbing rockets at everyone...
Somalia's hardline Islamist group al-Shabaab has publicly whipped women for wearing bras they say violate Islam by constituting a deception, north Mogadishu residents said on Friday.
The insurgent group, which seeks to impose a strict form of sharia Islamic law throughout Somalia, amputated a...
They could strike the United States. That grim assessment is the first time the FBI director or any other senior law enforcement or intelligence official has stated on the record that the Al Qaeda-linked group al-Shabaab is no longer content to strike within the East African nation of Somalia...
A US Official Confirms That Nabhan's Body Was Recovered By The Attacking US Forces.
By LUIS MARTINEZ, KIRIT RADIA, DANA HUGHES, and JASON RYAN
Sept. 14, 2009—
A U.S. commando attack in Somalia has killed an al Qaeda operative who is on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists, sources tell...
St. Paul, Minn. — A sixth Minnesota man is feared dead in Somalia after joining an Islamic extremist group there. But Troy Kastigar stood out from his fellow recruits, because the Minneapolis man was not Somali.
Kastigar, 28, was a Muslim convert who apparently had no personal ties to the...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Fierce fighting exploded in this capital city on Friday night and Saturday morning, and witnesses said at least 10 people had been killed in the past two days, possibly including a Somali-American who had joined the insurgents. One battle began on Friday after soldiers from...
A radical Islamic sect based in Somalia and linked to al-Qaida and based in Somalia plotted to kill US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her trip to Africa last month, according to The Australian newspaper.
The plot was to be carried out through a planned series of bomb attacks set to...
izbul Islam one of the Islamists factions in the Somali capital Mogadishu and an opponent to the government of Somalia led by his Excellency Sheikh Shariff Sheikh has on Saturday released an official communiqué in a written form saying that they are absolutely against the American involvement in...
By VOA News
08 August 2009
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation searched the office of a Minnesota travel agency this week for clues to the disappearance of 20 Somali-American men believed to be fighting in Somalia's civil war.
Omar Jamal, spokesman for the Somali Justice Advocacy...
Three headshots on the rough waters, and the problem is over. That's awesome!
FOXNews.com - U.S. Navy Frees Captain, Kills 3 Somali Pirates - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
I hope the limpwristed Obama administration sends in the Seals with the 'going hot' and 'eliminate all threats' directive.
It's the SIXTH ship seized within a week! Time to eliminate.
Somali pirates hijack ship; 20 Americans aboard - Yahoo! News
I was flipping through the channels tonight, and happened to stop on the BBC news. They were reporting on all the recent ships (including a 1,080 ft Saudi supertanker) which had been commandeered by Somali pirates recently. They went through a laundry list of anti-piracy implements with which...