U.S. drone targets two leaders of Somali group allied with al-Qaeda, official says

[alp227]

Source: The Washington Post

A U.S. drone aircraft fired on two leaders of a militant Somali organization tied to al-Qaeda, apparently wounding them, a senior U.S. military official familiar with the operation said Wednesday.

The strike last week against senior members of al-Shabab comes amid growing concern within the U.S. government that some leaders of the Islamist group are collaborating more closely with al-Qaeda to strike targets beyond Somalia, the military official said.

The airstrike makes Somalia at least the sixth country where the United States is using drone aircraft to conduct lethal attacks, joining Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Yemen. And it comes as the CIA is expected to begin flying armed drones over Yemen in its hunt for al-Qaeda operatives.

Al-Shabab has battled Somalia’s tenuous government for several years. In recent months, U.S. officials have picked up intelligence that senior members of the group have expanded their ambitions beyond attacks in Somalia.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/us-drones-target-two-leaders-of-somali-group-allied-with-al-qaeda/2011/06/29/AGJFxZrH_singlePage.html

[Angry Dragon]

1. I thought they were already using drones in Yemen

[Springer9]

2. 6 countries? At what point do you have to return the

Nobel Peace Prize? Reggie Bush has got to be going WTF?

[24601]

13. No, no, no...these are indeed wars of peace. Next on the agenda,

fucking for virginity...film at 11.

[FreeBillClinton]

3. I think killing people from remote controlled airplanes is immoral

just saying.

[Lasher]

5. How about killing them with missiles launched from manned aircraft?

Is that more virtuous?

[The Northerner]

4. So, where will those predator drones be deployed next? n/t

[stockholmer]

7. Predator drone to patrol Texas-Mexico border beginning Wednesday (2010 article)

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/296825

A new predator drone will begin flying over the Texas-Mexico border beginning on Wednesday, “providing critical aerial assistance to personnel on the ground,” the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Monday.

The Department of Homeland Security has added a new predator drone to its surveillance capabilities along the country’s southwest border, with flights from the new drone set to begin September 1, according to a department statement released on Monday.


Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/296825#ixzz1QkJUUgVE

DHS Increases Use of Drones on Southern Border
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/08/dhs-increases-use-of-drones-on-southern-border.html


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Predator Drone Now Patrols U.S./Canadian Border

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/01/predator_drone_now_patrols_usc.php


Don't worry about the small, white aircraft flying around the U.S./Canadian border. It's just an unmanned predator drone. You know--the same robot aircraft that are currently raining death upon our enemies in Afghanistan and Pakistan?

The Digital Journal reported yesterday on the newest addition to the Pacific Northwest's (and the Midwest's) friendly skies.

According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency website, the craft will be patrolling a 900-mile stretch of border from the "Lake-of-the-Woods region of Minnesota to the vicinity of Spokane, Washington."


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beyond predator drones

Gorgon Stare


Air Force to Unleash ‘Gorgon Stare’ on Squirting Insurgents

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/02/gorgon-stare/





Miami Cops Waiting To Get Crime Fighting Drone Airborne

http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21003198189967/

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[stockholmer]

6. ah, war Number 6, or was that 16?

:thumbsdown:

[xchrom]

10. How much do these drones cost?

And how much do the 'Drone Wars' cost?

[JJW]

11. Yeah, Baby

War is peace!

[azul]

12. Monarchs would be heard to say, "Off with their heads!"

The rule of law, that is the foundation of democracy, is swirling round the bowl folks.

[ChrisBorg]

14. U.S. drone targets two leaders of Somali group allied with al-Qaeda, official says

Source: washington post

A U.S. drone aircraft fired on two leaders of a militant Somali organization tied to al-Qaeda, apparently wounding them, a senior U.S. military official familiar with the operation said Wednesday.

The strike last week against senior members of al-Shabab comes amid growing concern within the U.S. government that some leaders of the Islamist group are collaborating more closely with al-Qaeda to strike targets beyond Somalia, the military official said.

The airstrike makes Somalia at least the sixth country where the United States is using drone aircraft to conduct lethal attacks, joining Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Yemen. And it comes as the CIA is expected to begin flying armed drones over Yemen in its hunt for al-Qaeda operatives.

Al-Shabab has battled Somalia’s tenuous government for several years. In recent months, U.S. officials have picked up intelligence that senior members of the group have expanded their ambitions beyond attacks in Somalia.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/us-drones-target-two-leaders-of-somali-group-allied-with-al-qaeda/2011/06/29/AGJFxZrH_story.html?hpid=z1

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"the CIA is expected to begin flying armed drones over Yemen", I guess that answers the question from a couple of days ago about whether or not the drones in Yeman were armed.

No hostilities here either.