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2013-10-06 Africa Horn

Fog of War: NYT sez US commandos seize al Shabaab leader in Nairobi attack response

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Posted by trailing wife 2013-10-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Curious they were at the same time. And the Libyan deal - why not last month, or last year?

Prolly a coincidence.

Posted by Bobby 2013-10-06 10:34|| 2013-10-06 10:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Obama authorized that? Really?
Look for a~~nother~~ new AfriCOM commander soon.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-10-06 11:10|| 2013-10-06 11:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Keep the troops busy, less time to biatch about the current pay situation and closed commissaries back home ( static from COMMATVAQHOUSEPAC can be a real morale buster)

Posted by USN, Ret. 2013-10-06 12:50|| 2013-10-06 12:50|| Front Page Top

#4 COMMATVAQHOUSEPAC?

Posted by RandomJD 2013-10-06 13:12|| 2013-10-06 13:12|| Front Page Top

#5 In related news "Libya ~~Apologizes For Harboring Islamofascistic Terrorist Leader~~ Protests 'Kidnap' Of Al Qaeda Suspect".

Apparently the Libyans didn't understand any part of "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2013-10-06 13:17|| 2013-10-06 13:17|| Front Page Top

#6 We
here is the vid or pics of Champ intently watching the live feed? Or was he on the links while the op went down?

Posted by Bobby 2013-10-06 14:32|| 2013-10-06 14:32|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm impressed. Using a SEAL team to grab a Shaboob number three? Obama authorized that? Really?

Don't be messin' wit Kenya.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2013-10-06 15:16|| 2013-10-06 15:16|| Front Page Top

#8 COMMATVAQHOUSEPAC
Sorry Random, that is Naval-ese for Spousal Unit.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2013-10-06 18:03|| 2013-10-06 18:03|| Front Page Top

#9 Right - what does it stand for?

Posted by RandomJD 2013-10-06 21:16|| 2013-10-06 21:16|| Front Page Top

#10 We just called it COMNAVHOUSEPAC. The airdales do it differently.

Posted by Pappy 2013-10-06 21:35|| 2013-10-06 21:35|| Front Page Top

#11 The Seal raid was pushed back into the sea by a dozen heavily armed shabaab regulars.

Posted by Thrans Splat1574 2013-10-06 22:28|| 2013-10-06 22:28|| Front Page Top

#12 By most accounts, US Army's DELTA FORCE captured senior "core" Al-Qaeda leader Abu Anas al-Libi in the Libya raid, while the USN SEALS struck AL-Shabaab/Shabab but the target wasn't found.

* WAFF > [Hurriyet] AMERICAN, BRITISH, + TURKISH SPECIAL FORCES HIT AL-QAIDA IN SOMALIA + LIBYA.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US COMMANDOS NAB AL-QAIDA LEADER LINKED TO 1998 EMBASSY BOMBINGS.

versus

* NAHARNET.LB > BRITAIN SAYS FORCES NOT INVOLVED IN SOMALI RAID.

* SAME > LIBYA, SOMALIA RAIDS SHOW [both] US REACH, MESS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-10-06 23:28|| 2013-10-06 23:28|| Front Page Top

#13 COMMATVAQHOUSEPAC. Right - what does it stand for?
Yep,, us Airedales do do it different. pappy, thanks for omitting the required adjective regarding the F@@@ing airdales.

Anyway: COMmander Medium ATtack Electronic ATtack House PACific

(back when we had real attack airplanes and not plastic toys. don't know how they got VAQ out of Electronic Attack ( The EA6Bs) )

Posted by USN, Ret. 2013-10-06 23:53|| 2013-10-06 23:53|| Front Page Top

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