U.S. Stikes in Somalia

The WashingtonPost.com Reports:

A U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship staged an airstrike against suspected al-Qaeda operatives in southern Somalia on Monday, the second such attack this month, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

There was no immediate information on specific targets or the strike's results. The United States has said that at least three senior al-Qaeda operatives were being sheltered by the Islamic Courts movement that was ousted from power in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, by the Ethiopian military last month.

Word of the new attack came the same day as a long line of Ethiopian artillery, armored vehicles and trucks loaded with soldiers rolled toward the edges of Mogadishu, beginning a withdrawal from a fragile capital that many residents fear will now slip further into chaos.

If it is true that these missions have been successful, we are not going to see much of anything new. The media is completely centered on the Iraq issue and that doesn't look to be changing. Although it is appearing on the Front Page of the Daily Nation, I doubt we will see much of a shift in public opinion. President Bush will use this to his advantage in order to promote "success" in the War on Terror. The question remains what really is success in the dwindling War on Terror?