Military launches strike against two suspected al-Qaida terrorists

It appears we are going after some al-Qaida operatives in Somalia.

A senior Pentagon official confirmed for NBC News Monday that a U.S. helicopter gunship conducted a strike against two suspected al-Qaida operatives in southern Somalia. It was not immediately known whether the mission was successful.

The U.S. Air Force helicopter, operated by the Special Operations Command, flew from its base in Djibouti to the southern tip of Somalia, where the al-Qaida suspects were believed to have fled from the capital, Mogadishu, CBS News reported.

We'll see how this operation shakes out and reserve judgment. I may even have to re-think this post at some point. Too early to tell of course. If we did get some people involved in the 1998 east Africa embassy bombings, as the MSNBC story suggests, that would be great.