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January 11, 2007

So which is it?

With all the double-speak that comes out of Washington these days, it's really hard to know what the hell is really going on.

It was reported that Monday, U.S. war planes struck a village in southern Somalia in an effort to take out "Al-Qaeda suspects" in the region. According to the earlier reports, the Air Force was successful in their mission. Today however, Reuters is reporting that U.S. officials are now saying that the attacks were in fact a failure and that the alleged suspects are still at large.

Somalian officials are claiming that dozens of civilians were killed in the attacks, but naturally, the Pentagon is denying such claims.

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January 10, 2007

Somalia: Did we or didn't we?

According to stories by Reuters and the AFP that hit the wires earlier today, a Somali government source said that the U.S. Air Force had begun launching new air strikes in the African nation.

However, the BBC issued a report later in the day that had the U.S. government denying that any new air strikes were underway.

So which is it? Is Somalia to be the next battleground in the so-called "war on terror?" Didn't we already learn our lesson there? Is this a way for Bush to get his imperialistic rocks off since anyone with half a brain knows that it would be political suicide to go near Iran at this point?

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