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From: U.S. News & World Report
Date: 20070122
Author:Omestad, Edited By Thomas; Press, Associated; Whitelaw, Kevin
A Strike From the Skies That Missed
An American airstrike last week apparently killed up to 10 Somali militants working with al Qaeda but failed to kill the targeted al Qaeda suspects, U.S. officials reported. "Frankly, I don't think we know who we killed," said one. The attack around Ras Kamboni in southern Somalia came as U.S. Special Forces on the ground sought to locate al Qaeda remnants fleeing an Ethiopian and Somali government offensive that has pushed the radical Islamic Courts movement out of Mogadishu and other cities into a coastal area near the border with Kenya. ...
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