It is interesting to learn that them US missile strike missed the target but it succeeded in killing about four or five innocent civilians and wounding at least 20 other innocent civilians going about their legitimate business in their country. It is also interesting to learn that a similar missile attack by the US in 2007 also missed the target but killed at least 58 civilians and ofcourse in both cases destroying civilian houses. Now it seems Somalia has been turned into a shooting range by the US with the possibility of killing any number of civilians since, as it appears, the lives of these civilians are regarded by the US, from all indications, as completely worthless. Surely, eliminating such worthless lives and destroying various houses that renders probably many families homeless does not warrant any thought of compensation by the US who has realized that, in this our present civilization, the superpower can play God and dictate and organize who should live and who should be killed especially in black Africa.

gishola, you should learn to understand what is written when making incorrect statements about what you read. The report said that the U.S. "may have missed ..." Unless you are a personal friend of the terrorist(s) in question; and unless you are knowledgeable about their current whereabouts, then you have no idea what happened.

Further, it is unfortunate that your political agenda clouds your ability to understand what you read. Maybe in your next post you can be critical of terrorists who intentionally murder and maim innocent people. You are not as smart as you think you are.

The United States has no right to take innocent lives in the pursuit of justice when it can avoid such taking by other means. The attack on Somalia was a disgrace to our country, a modern example of unconcerned imperialism: Somalia didn't matter to the military, only the insurgents hiding there- too bad it was on their turf, but oh well, those lives didn't matter. Christianity has shed more blood than any other religion and although I carry no sympathies for Islamic extremists who target civilians, but I lack the same for our own military campaigns when they consider civilians collateral damage. Lastly, what do you know of the ere-writer's intelligence? People criticize the writer when the argument cannot be attacked.