Looks like these 'peace activists' were well prepared for a fight.
Showing posts with label commandos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commandos. Show all posts
Monday, May 31, 2010
Israeli Commandoes kill 10 on aid flotilla
Israeli commandos stormed an aid flotilla and killed ten after they attacked with metal bats, knives, and even shot at. The commandos claim that after rapelling onto the deck from a helicopter a group of Arabic speaking men took them by surprise and striped them of their helmets and side arms.
AP News
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 10 passengers in a predawn raid that set off worldwide condemnation and a diplomatic crisis.
Israel said its commandos were attacked by knives, clubs and live fire from two pistols wrested from soldiers after they rappelled from a helicopter to board one of the vessels.
Dozens of activists and at least 10 Israeli soldiers were wounded in the bloody confrontation in international waters.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Slain Somali al Qaida leader trained jihadis from Minnesota
Salah Ali Nabhan, the al Qaida leader recently killed by US commandos in Somalia, was widely believed to be involved in the 1998 US embassy bombing in Kenya was also connected to the Minnesota jihadis. According to the Minnesota jiahdis in custody, Nabhan was one of their trainers in Somalia. Nabhan was an expert in making car bombs, especially ones used for suicide attacks. NPR
Earlier this week, U.S. Special Forces killed a man U.S. intelligence said was the link between an Islamic militia in Somalia and al-Qaida in Pakistan. But he also had a connection to the U.S. that has not been reported: He was a senior instructor for new al-Shabab recruits, including a handful of young Somali-Americans from Minneapolis.[...]
Intelligence officials tell NPR that when agents flipped to a picture of one al-Qaida operative, several of the young men said they recognized him.
His name was Salah Ali Nabhan. He's the man American commandos killed in a daylight raid in southern Somalia on Monday.
The Minneapolis boys said they recognized him because he had been one of their trainers in the camps in Somalia — on loan from al-Qaida to boost the training operations of a Somali militia called al-Shabab.[...]
[Y]oung Minnesotan, Shirwa Ahmed, drove a car bomb into a government compound in northern Somalia last November. He and Nabhan were in the training camps at the same time.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
French Commandos Free Hostages off Somalia
Good to see the hostages were rescued and in good health. Paying out ransoms only encourages more kidnappings plus the money goes to terrorism. Globe & Mail
I would classify it as terrorist activity....
PARIS — French commandos stormed a sailboat to free two French tourists who were being held for ransom by heavily-armed Somali pirates, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday.
One pirate was killed and six others taken prisoner in the pre-dawn assault by some 30 troops. The freed hostages and the captured pirates were put on a French navy vessel sailing towards Djibouti, where France has an army base.
“This operation ... is a warning to all those engaged in this criminal activity. France will not accept that crime pays,” Mr. Sarkozy said after the operation.It was the second time this year that French troops had acted against Somali pirates. In April, French commandos captured six of them shortly after a ransom had been paid for the release of a French yacht and its 30-strong crew.
The couple freed on Tuesday were seized on Sept. 2 by gunmen who had demanded a ransom of more than $1.4-million and the release of the pirates captured in April.
Mr. Sarkozy said the freed hostages, who had been taking a sailing boat from Australia to France, were in good health.
He said he had ordered the assault on their boat when it became clear the pirates were sailing it to Eyl, a lawless former fishing outpost now used by gangs.
Mr. Sarkozy said any rescue attempt from Eyl would have been too dangerous and the hostages could have been held for months.
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