United States air strikes in Soma­lia were meant to kill spe­cific al Qaeda lead­ers. Whether the bombs achieved this effect is still uncer­tain but we know one thing: that it will be much eas­ier for al Qaeda to recruit the next gen­er­a­tion of Somali ter­ror­ists. From the NY Times, “Airstrike Rekin­dles Soma­lis’ Anger at the U.S.”:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/10/world/africa/10somalia.html?_r=2&ref=world&oref=slogin&oref=slogin. Sigh.