The US has gone after al-Qaeda targets in Somalia today, in a stark reminder that our terrorist enemies will never receive safe harbor (unless the Democrats cut off funds to seek and destroy them).

A U.S. Air Force gunship has conducted a strike against suspected members of al Qaeda in Somalia, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports exclusively.

The targets included the senior al Qaeda leader in East Africa and an al Qaeda operative wanted for his involvement in the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in Africa, Martin reports. Those terror attacks killed more than 200 people.

The AC-130 gunship is capable of firing thousands of rounds per second, and sources say a lot of bodies were seen on the ground after the strike, but there is as yet, no confirmation of the identities.

The gunship flew from its base in Dijibouti down to the southern tip of Somalia, Martin reports, where the al Qaeda operatives had fled after being chased out of the capital of Mogadishu by Ethiopian troops backed by the United States.

This is good news, and a reminder of why we fight in Iraq and Afghanistan.

And besides, as we say down here in Texas -- some folks just need killing.

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