Darth expands his empire

It’s another day in the life of an emperor. Darth George Bush has decided that wrecking havoc is not enough. According to the latest news reports, he’s sending troops, planes and patrol boats to Somalia.

“Many dead' in US air strikes on Somalia

Xan Rice, east Africa correspondent
Tuesday January 9, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

The United States has launched air strikes against Islamists in southern Somalia, confirming the country's status as a new frontline in Washington's war on terror.

An AC130 warplane strafed the village of Hayo nearly the Kenyan border late yesterday afternoon leaving "many dead", according to the Somali government. Ras Kamboni, on the country's southernmost tip, was also said to have been hit.

There were also reports today of two further strikes by helicopter gun ships, but it was unclear whether these were US or Ethiopian operations.

According to Pentagon officials, the US targets included several alleged al-Qaida members suspected of organizing the attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
It is not known whether Abu Taha al-Sudan - a Sudanese explosives expert who is thought to head al-Qaida operations in east Africa and is believed to have been the primary target - was among the dead, or whether there were significant civilian casualties. The Somali government, whose legitimacy was challenged by the rise of the Islamic courts movement in June last year, said it supported the strikes.”

So the empire strikes back. And its tentacles keep reaching out to other countries even though it has made a mess of Iraq and promises to create even more havoc and this is clearly a fight against both Islam and the left since the Eritreans have supported the enemies of Ethiopia, a country that once occupied them and keeps invading and humiliating them.

Just one more day in the evil empire.