Hero/Hack
Whoever made the decision for the US to air strike al Qaeda targets in Somalia is my hero this week:
The U.S. is continuing to pound Islamic Courts and al-Qaeda targets in southern Somalia. Reuters reports four towns "in an area close to Ras Kamboni," - Hayo, Garer, Bankajirow and Badmadowe - were struck by U.S. air assets. Ras Kamboni is the location of the al-Qaeda and Islamic Courts comminications and training base. "Bankajirow was the last Islamist holdout. Bankajirow and Badmadowe were hit hardest," according to Reuters' Somali source.
This shows that the US is not forgetting about the larger War On Terror, even with Iraq at the forefront.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is my hack this week:
Culture of corruption indeed.
The U.S. is continuing to pound Islamic Courts and al-Qaeda targets in southern Somalia. Reuters reports four towns "in an area close to Ras Kamboni," - Hayo, Garer, Bankajirow and Badmadowe - were struck by U.S. air assets. Ras Kamboni is the location of the al-Qaeda and Islamic Courts comminications and training base. "Bankajirow was the last Islamist holdout. Bankajirow and Badmadowe were hit hardest," according to Reuters' Somali source.
This shows that the US is not forgetting about the larger War On Terror, even with Iraq at the forefront.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is my hack this week:
On Wednesday, the House voted to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour.
The bill also extends for the first time the federal minimum wage to the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands. However, it exempts American Samoa, another Pacific island territory that would become the only U.S. territory not subject to federal minimum-wage laws.
One of the biggest opponents of the federal minimum wage in Samoa is StarKist Tuna, which owns one of the two packing plants that together employ more than 5,000 Samoans, or nearly 75 percent of the island's work force. StarKist's parent company, Del Monte Corp., has headquarters in San Francisco, which is represented by Mrs. Pelosi. The other plant belongs to California-based Chicken of the Sea.
"There's something fishy going on here," said Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, North Carolina Republican.
Culture of corruption indeed.
Labels: Congress, Culture of Corruption, Hero/Hack, Pork, Somalia
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