Annihilate them.

"That's what I'm talkin' about, yo.

Once they started moving, the al Qaeda operatives became easier to track, and the U.S. military started preparing for an air strike, using unmanned aerial drones to keep them under surveillance and moving the aircraft carrier Eisenhower out of the Persian Gulf toward Somalia. But when the order was given, the mission was assigned to the AC-130 gunship operated by the U.S. Special Operations command.

If the attack got the operatives it was aimed at, reports Martin, it would deal a major blow to al Qaeda in East Africa.

Meanwhile, as Al Qaeda's rats flee to the southern tip of the country, the U.S. Navy is moving to block any attempt at escape or reinforcement by sea, in a sort of reenactment of the Seige of Yorktown.

History doesn't repeat itself. But it rhymes."
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