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CNN) -- A U.S. Navy destroyer off the coast of northern Somalia Friday fired on a suspected al Qaeda operative believed to have been involved in the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, sources confirmed to CNN.

There was no immediate word on the results of the attack, which was carried out using one of the destroyer's 5-inch guns.

U.S. officials have long suspected that some of those responsible for the embassy attacks have been hiding in the war-torn East African country. (Map)

The nearly simultaneous bombings on August 7, 1998, killed 213 people in Nairobi, Kenya, and 11 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Among the dead in Nairobi were 12 Americans.

In March, Ethiopian forces crushed an insurgency connected to the Council of Islamic Courts, a hard-line militia that had controlled Mogadishu and much of southern Somalia for six months in 2006.

The Islamists were driven from power in December by Ethiopian and Somali troops. U.S. intelligence shows al Qaeda stepped up its operations in Somalia after the Council of Islamic Courts took power, the sources said.

U.S. air strikes in Somalia in January reportedly targeted several suspects in the embassy bombings, but reports that one was killed were not confirmed.

SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/06/01...rike/index.html

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They're firing at an individual person with a 5" naval gun ? :o

That's a bit extreme, isn't it ?

Good job there wheren't TWO suspects - they might have had to go nuclear :P

Meow Purr.

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They're firing at an individual person with a 5" naval gun ? :o

That's a bit extreme, isn't it ?

Good job there wheren't TWO suspects - they might have had to go nuclear :P

Meow Purr.

lol...

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Good job there wheren't TWO suspects - they might have had to go nuclear :P

lol

Thanks for that I had to wipe a tear from my eye. :lol:

I guess they were not taking any chances.

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They're firing at an individual person with a 5" naval gun ? :o

That's a bit extreme, isn't it ?

Good job there wheren't TWO suspects - they might have had to go nuclear :P

Meow Purr.

Ha ha you think 5 inches is big... no pun intended
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Ha ha you think 5 inches is big... no pun intended
Heh-heh! Good jab!

For as "big" as the gun was, (or wasn't), last I heard they only killed eight of the badguys. I wonder how many rounds were fired? I didn't read the full article so I don't know if they say. I'm just going off what I heard on the news last night.

A coupe of F-18's dropping H.E. ordinance on the area would have been more lethal and a damn sight more impressive. It would have given the impression that we are getting serious about killing the terrorists. Oh-well, maybe they figure they should spare the big guns and missiles because they assume we'll need them later.

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They're firing at an individual person with a 5" naval gun ? :o

That's a bit extreme, isn't it ?

Good job there wheren't TWO suspects - they might have had to go nuclear :P

Meow Purr.

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Finaly a use for Naval Guns. . . Well I guess its better then launching a Missile. . . at least it gave the Gunniers something to do lol

~Thanato

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Finaly a use for Naval Guns. . . Well I guess its better then launching a Missile. . . at least it gave the Gunniers something to do lol
It probably saved a fortune in cash too. Shells aren't cheap but, missiles are even more expensive.
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