Did Secret Orders Keep U.S. Commandos in Somalia?
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Fifteen years ago, a botched Special Forces raid targeting warlords in Mogadishu resulted in the deaths of 18 U.S. servicemen and hundreds of others. The battle, recounted in the book and film Black Hawk Down, cut short an ambitious peacekeeping plan for war-torn Somalia.
Since then, U.S. special operators have returned to the lawless East African country, thanks to secret orders approved in 2004 by then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush, and reported yesterday in the New York Times. So now, the question becomes: How often have those commandos been in Somalia, and how long have they stayed?
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My Comment: I would not be surprised if Special Forces have entered Somalia in the past few years. The war against Al Qaeda knows no boundaries .... and Somalia is a perfect place for Al Qaeda to hide.