Suddenly, the war widens

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Suddenly, the war widens
While Iraq stole the headlines this week, U.S. stepped back into Somalia's chaos

January 13, 2007
Lynda Hurst
The Toronto Star



"Did a third front in the war on terror open up this week and nobody noticed?

A surprise U.S. air strike in Somalia barely had time to hit the headlines before it was swept aside in the furor over President George W. Bush's plan for a "new way forward" in Iraq.

Chaos-ridden Somalia, long known to be a haven for Al Qaeda terrorists, wasn't even mentioned in Bush's speech Wednesday night.

Yet, just two days earlier, an American air force gunship had swooped down in the south of the country to try to kill three Al Qaeda members wanted for the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and other attacks in Kenya in 2002.

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http://www.thestar.com/article/170771

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