Who's bombing Somalia? French, US trade blame

[xiinfaniin]

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/A/AF_SOMALIA_STRIKES?SITE=DCSAS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-16-11-07-36

[xiinfaniin]

US, France Blame One Another for Bombing Southern Somalia

Missiles Pounded Afgoye, But Attackers Remain a Mystery

by Jason Ditz, November 16, 2011

 

 

On Sunday night the southern Somali town of Afgoye, densely populated with refugees since the famine broke out, was pounded with a number of missile strikes, sending civilians scrambling and fueling anger at the international community. Kenya, which is at present invading the region, expressed surprise at the strike, and al-Shabaab militants reported they came not from Kenyan forces, but from a warship off the coast.

 

But whose ship was it? We still don’t know for sure and the two nations who have warships in the region and had been firing missiles against targets in southern Somalia recent, the United States and France, are both denying involvement.

 

Indeed, they’re not just denying involvement, but both US and French spokesmen suggested that the other country was probably responsible for the attack, which didn’t actually appear to have killed anybody but caused considerable panic.

 

The US said it was likely France, citing French warships near the site of the attack. France, for its part, insisted that there were no warships in the area and the strike “appeared to be a US operation.” Kenya insisted that it wasn’t them (and indeed the Kenyan military isn’t believed to have the sort of precision needed to launch such strikes), but declined to speculate who it might be.

[Mintid Farayar]

I was trying to save you all that research 2 days ago when I told you precisely the same thing....

 

http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/59993-Massive-explosion-sparks-exodus-from-Somali-town-Kenya-Denies-Involvement

 

 

 

 

xiinfaniin;758391 wrote:

^^I agree, Qandal. This looks like typical anti terror operation Americans has been doing around that area for a while now.

 

Mintid Farayar;758514 wrote:

More likely the French warships directly off that coast currently. That's if the reports of the streaking missile across the water reportedly seen by residents is true.

[xiinfaniin]

No doubt that it is a western power that did it. Whether it is France or US, is not clear. Both blame one another for it.

 

I have feeling that had the missile stricken a high value target as they say it would have been the other way around---Both would've claimed credit for it.

[Mintid Farayar]

The French have had a greater involvement than the Americans in the Kenyan incursion. They've provided critical logistical and intelligence support from the beginning of the operation to the Kenyan Armed Forces. The Americans are still sitting on the fence, worried about the blowback if things go south. The U.S., thus far, prefers to act through the Ugandans and Ethiopians, two militaries they hold in higher regard.

[omar12]

I blame ISREAL! Its the jews!!!

[Dabrow]

Its either one of them. But my money is on america. They have drone base in ethiopia.

[Mintid Farayar]

Dabrow;759428 wrote:

Its either one of them. But my money is on america. They have drone base in ethiopia.

We're referring to the latest attack at Ceelasha Biyaha. Witnesses claimed to see the missile coming from the sea. The drones strike from the sky, usually directly overhead, giving less time to observe the arc of the missile.

 

At the time, there was a French warship right across the water (from Task Force Atlantis, the NATO anti-piracy coalition).