# U.S. action against al Qaeda in Somalia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-action-against-al-qaeda-in-somalia/387235>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 9, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-action-against-al-qaeda-in-somalia/387235 "2007-01-09T01:04:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-action-against-al-qaeda-in-somalia/387235/1 "2007-01-09T01:04:17Z")

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The president formerly in exile of Somalia is back in Somalia today, and the U.S. has attacked suspected al Qaeda in southern Somalia.

Can anyone offer a succinct statement of context or background for what’s going on?

Tabby

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-action-against-al-qaeda-in-somalia/387235/2 "2007-01-09T01:09:12Z")

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Jesus, Somalia. I’m still not okay with how our last little adventure there went…