100 Civilians of Somalia Killed in U.S. Attack. Whose Responsible?

Al Jazeera (the English version) reports that, according to Clan elders and Somalia residents, 100 locals were killed during U.S. and Ethiopian air attacks this week.

Sheikh Abdullahi Ali Malabon, an elder in the Afmadow area (one of the targets during the air attacks) said:

"We have sent a team to assess the casualties there and they have confirmed more than 100 people killed," he told the AFP news agency by telephone from the remote area. "Many others were wounded, but we don't have an exact number."

A senior U.S. officer says that the U.S. only made one attack and no civilians were harmed. (The point of the raid was to take out three senior al-Qaeda figures who were responsible for bombings in Kenya and Tanzania). The officer adds that its "possible" that the Ethiopian attacks caused the casualities.

Do you believe that? I'm not so sure either. To me, its also "possible" that the U.S. did more damage than they would like to admit. It's hard to believe what the government is saying sometimes, isn't it? I guess we'll never know who did what to those poor people in Somalia. 100 people. Damn.