Preemptive strikes done in support of American policy to hit the Terrorists before they hit us. Good news from the AP:

The U.S. launched an airstrike Monday on a Somali town held by Islamic extremists to go after a group of terrorist suspects, U.S. defense officials said.

Three missiles hit Dobley, a town four miles from the Kenyan border, destroying a home and seriously injured eight people, police and witnesses said. The remnants of an Islamic force that had once ruled much of southern Somalia took over Dobley last week.

“It was a deliberate, precise strike against a known terrorist and his associates,” one U.S. military official said in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on the record.

He gave few other details, except to say the targets were believed staying in building known to be used regularly by terrorist suspects.

Naturally there is a fair amount of spin in the AP article - they hate to see Islamic Terrorists get a bad name.

I truly hope this signals a step up in the posture of our anti-terrorism operations. It is important that we get as many of these homicidal Islamic (is that an Oxymoron?) terrorists before we change to a Commander and Chief with no backbone.

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Michelle Malkin
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