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Somalia strike 'missed al-Qaeda targets'

The controversial US air strike in southern Somalia missed all three top al-Qaeda members Washington alleges are hiding out in the country, a senior US official said on Thursday.

... Observers say the US strike and the presence of Ethiopian forces in Somalia could increase the unpopularity of the Somali administration and help stoke a potential insurgency....

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George W. Bush, September 2001:

"... I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt."

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(OK, let's be fair -- the story in the first link, from the Financial Times, does say that a U.S. official claimed eight to ten al-Qaeda terrorists were killed, though it also says that U.S. official "gave no details.")

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(Via Memeorandum.)