A U.S. Air Force gunship has conducted a strike against suspected members of al Qaeda in Somalia, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports exclusively.
The targets included the senior al Qaeda leader in East Africa and an al Qaeda operative wanted for his involvement in the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in Africa, Martin reports. Those terror attacks killed more than 200 people.
The AC-130 gunship is capable of firing thousands of rounds per second, and sources say a lot of bodies were seen on the ground after the strike, but there is as yet, no confirmation of the identities. The gunship flew from its base in Dijibouti down to the southern tip of Somalia, Martin reports, where the al Qaeda operatives had fled after being chased out of the capital of Mogadishu by Ethiopian troops backed by the United States.
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How can the President order the bombing of a foreign nation without telling Congress or getting their approval?
Also, according to the news tonight the military conducted heavy bombing for the first time since 2003 using B-1 bombers against terrorist camps in Iraq. It seems we now know what Bush's future strategy for the War is, more bombing.
I wonder if democrats will make even a peep about the airstrikes on Somalia? We will see if the party really means it when they say they are going to take on the administation.