Anyone else struck by the timing of the U.S. missile strikes in Somalia?

[Blu Dahlia]

Isn't it crystal clear now who the republicans want to run against?


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/03/world/main3898799.shtml

[C_U_L8R]

1. And Ricin ?

particularly that it was some stupid freep.

Do you ever get a sense that 'people' are toying with our emotions?

[HereSince1628]

3. The ricin thing is truly strange.

Multiple vials of ricin? Terrorist-like literature?

The failure to move more information into public view makes this look worse. They are creating their own tin-foil example of "thwarted terrorists attacks" in the US.

And none of us, and I do mean NONE of us has the information needed to critically consider the veracity of what is being reported.

[catnhatnh]

2. Why the hell is the top of the page....

datelined March 5, 2008 ??????

[Mabus]

4. Miss Cleo got a job?

:shrug:

fwiw, when I clicked and looked at the page it was dated March 3, 2008 as was the article.

[catnhatnh]

6. Perhaps I'm the psychic but here' what I got....

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U.S. Missile Strike Hits Town In Somalia
Attack Aimed At Al Qaeda Suspect; Officials Say 8 People Seriously Injured
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WASHINGTON, March 3, 2008

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(CBS/AP) The U.S. launched a military missile strike Monday targeting a terrorist suspect in a Somali town held by Islamic extremists, officials said. Residents and police in the town said a home was destroyed and at least eight people, including four children, were seriously injured.

"It was a deliberate, precise strike against a known terrorist and his associates," one U.S. military official said in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on the record.

The targets were believed staying in building known to be used regularly by terrorist suspects, he said. Last year, the U.S. shelled suspected al Qaeda targets in Somalia, using gunfire from a U.S. Navy ship offshore.

In Dobley, some four miles from the Kenyan border, Fatuma Abdullahi told The Associated Press she woke to a "loud and a big bang and when we came out we found our neighbor's house completely obliterated as if no house existed here.

"We are taking shelter under trees. Three planes were flying over our heads."

Remnants of an Islamic force that had once ruled much of southern Somalia took over Dobley last week.

A police officer in Dobley who gave only his first name, Siyad, because he was not authorized to speak to the media said the eight wounded were hit by shrapnel. An aid worker in Dobley said up to six people were still trapped in the rubble by midday. It was not clear if these victims were included in the police officer's tally.

"A minimum of two bombs were dropped," the aid worker, who asked that his name not be used because he is not authorized to speak to the media, told the AP by telephone. "Between four and six people are in the rubble."

Clan elder Ahmed Nur Dalab said a senior Islamic official, Hassan Turki, was in town Sunday to mediate between his fighters and a militia loyal to the government. Turki's forces took over Dobley last week.

In early 2007, Somali troops and their Ethiopian allies drove out a radical Islamic group to which Turki is allied that had taken over much of southern Somalia. The Islamic forces have fought to regain power.

[Mabus]

7. That's weird

Is it possible that your computer clock is off? I went to the control panel on my computer and changed the date to March 6th and then I reloaded the CBS newspage and it now says it is March 6. I've got to go change it back now or I'll forget.

[catnhatnh]

8. You're absolutely right....

...and I have no idea how it got that way....but thanks-that was freaking me out.

[Mabus]

9. Glad I could help

Chalk it up to it being a Monday. :hi:

[TexasObserver]

5. Bush and team are pulling out all the stops to make it about TERROR!!

More malarkey from the team that NEEDS to run against Hillary.

[theboss]

10. Um...who does it help?

I honsetly don't know.