Under cover of the Ethiopian move into Somalia, U.S. officials launched an intensive effort to capture or kill three key suspects in the bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa more than eight years ago that killed 224 people. Full Story »
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There are some important voices missing in this news report. Where, for example, is the reaction of a US expert on Somalia, discussing how this kind of admittedly crude assassination attempt can affect American public diplomacy?
This long and fact-filled article is mostly made up of information from anonymous sources. It clearly is working from informatin provided by the "U.S. officials" and lacks many important details: which of the US armed services flew the mission? How many were killed in total? The strike, apparently, was in areas not yet well controlled by the interim government and some of the detail sounds hard to obtain. Other points made may be talking points from the briefers. It's hard to tell. ... More »
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