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Pirate's Cove says:

January 8, 2007 at 7:53 pm

Breaking News: US AC-130 Attacks Somalian Islamics

Fox News is reporting that a US official stated that a US AC-130 Gunship attacked Al Qaeda targets in Somalia.
MSNBC reports
A U.S. helicopter gunship conducted a strike against two suspected al-Qaida operatives in southern Somalia, but it was not know…
NC Cop says:

January 8, 2007 at 8:06 pm

But, but, that might make them mad at us!!! How could we do such a thing!!! It’s just going to create more terrorists!!!
Severian says:

January 8, 2007 at 8:30 pm

The AC-130 isn’t a helicopter, it’s a 4 engine turboprop transport plane loaded with 20 mm mini-cannon, 40 cannon, and a 105 mm howitzer. They can put a serious serious hurtin’ on something. They can loiter up out of sight and sound and survey the battlefield with their infrared and other sensors, then come in and blast pinpoint targets to hell and back as well as saturate area targets.

This is the kind of mission this plane is ideal for, and it’s good to hear they are making good use of it. This plane absolutely scares the pants off our enemy.
Severian says:

January 8, 2007 at 8:36 pm

Some of the news reports have it as a helicopter still. Wish more reporters paid attention to the military.

AC-130
Severian says:

January 8, 2007 at 8:37 pm

AC-130
NC Cop says:

January 8, 2007 at 8:40 pm

I want one!!!!!!!!!!!
TomR says:

January 8, 2007 at 8:49 pm

The AC-130 is the grandson of Spooky, the AC-47 I saw work so well in Vietnam.

Now, if we just had the fortitude to use an AC-130 on Sadr city in Iraq.
Stop The ACLU » Blog Archive » U.S. Strikes Al Qaeda In Somalia says:

January 8, 2007 at 8:54 pm

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A Blog For All says:

January 8, 2007 at 9:36 pm

Somali News Roundup

An East African al Qaeda cell was apparently flushed out of Mogadishu and we’ve been hunting them down. The cell contains members of the terrorist group that were involved in the 1998 terrorist bombings of the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya that …
FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » Somalia Watch: United States Attacking Al Qaeda Positions in Somalia says:

January 8, 2007 at 9:40 pm

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Steve Skubinna says:

January 8, 2007 at 10:56 pm

Not only is the AC-130 a fixed wing aircraft (which should have been obvious to the media reporting this – Army and Marines fly helicopter gunships, but not the USAF) but it’s one of the weapon systems denied to troops in Somalia by Clinton.

You know, when we got our noses bloodied and brave stalwart Slick Willie got blisters on his feet hightailing out of there. And somehow giving bin Laden and his ilk the idea that Americans are wussies.
Steve Mitcham says:

January 9, 2007 at 8:33 am

Here’s a picture of one. Doing a google search of AC-130 will get some pretty good shots in the image search section.

LINK
Webloggin - Blog Archive » Key front in war on terror, Somalia (OTA) says:

January 9, 2007 at 8:57 pm

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