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morningfog

(18,115 posts) Mon Sep 1, 2014, 11:08 PM Sep 2014

US military conducts operation in Somalia (on the ground?)

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/01/world/africa/somalia-us-operation/

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US military conducts operation in Somalia (on the ground?) (Original Post) morningfog Sep 2014 OP

Team America: World Police! octoberlib Sep 2014 #1

We've been doing that on and off for about a decade Recursion Sep 2014 #2

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

1. Team America: World Police!

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Mon Sep 1, 2014, 11:15 PM

Sep 2014

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

2. We've been doing that on and off for about a decade

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Mon Sep 1, 2014, 11:56 PM

Sep 2014

We've basically supported Ethiopia's de facto invasion for years now. I have no idea why the media doesn't say much about it. Ethiopia officially withdrew 5 years ago IIRC but they still have troops there, as do we.

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