They bring fire and pestilence upon scumbags

FOX News – U.S. military forces sent helicopters into Somalia in a nighttime raid Tuesday and freed two hostages, an American and a Dane, while killing nine kidnappers, U.S. officials confirm. American Jessica Buchanan, 32, and Dane Poul Hagan Thisted, 60, had been working with a de-mining unit of the Danish Refugee Council when they were kidnapped in October.

The raid was conducted by a joint team overseen by Africa Command involving Special Operations forces, including Navy SEAL Team Six, the same unit — though not the exact same individuals — that killed Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden in May, a senior U.S. military source told Fox News.

….A U.S. official told Fox News that the rescue team dropped into the area from parachutes off fixed-wing aircraft and from their drop point ran to the encampment. The official said the captors were killed and the hostages secured everyone and left via helicopter. The captors were heavily armed and had explosives on them, Little said. There were no known survivors among the kidnappers. No Americans were injured during the raid, he said.

Great news ey. Glad to hear they killed all the scumbags and got back safely with the hostages. When will hollywood get round to making a movie on SEAL Team Six. After Black Hawk Down, the world needs to see westerners kicking savages ass on their home soil. Which is what happens almost all the time anyway.

On a different note, it’s Australia day down here. Here is some more information on the significance of it.

Australia Day History – January 26 has traditionally marked the landing of Captain Arthur Phillip at Port Jackson in present-day Sydney, thereby claiming Australia for the British Empire. Early settlers, perhaps naturally, marked the anniversary. Australia Day has evolved from a small commemorative New South Wales holiday into a major national celebration. Though it has often been criticised, it remains the most inclusive celebration of a national day in Australia, expressing the national diversity which has become such an important part of the Australian national character.

There is a fair amount of politically correct BS about diversity and yak-yak, but for most of us it’s a day to celebrate what’s great about our country, our people, our land and how blessed we are to live here. Oh and we’re supposed to eat a lot of lamb, in some circles I believe it’s even mandatory to have lamb for all 3 meals of the day.

I won’t be indulging quite that much, but let me end by saying, it’s not a good day to be a lamb around here.