Are the Europeans serious?

The good news is that we got a big one in Somalia. See this From the AP:

"Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, who allegedly planned the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa, was killed in a U.S. airstrike early Monday morning local time, according to an American intelligence report passed on to the Somali authorities.

"I have received a report from the American side chronicling the targets and list of damage," Abdirizak Hassan, the Somali president's chief of staff, told The Associated Press.

"One of the items they were claiming was that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed is dead."

If confirmed Mohammed's death would be a major victory for the U.S. in its hunt for the 1998 embassy bombers. The strike was part of the first U.S. offensive in the African country since 18 American soldiers were killed there in 1993."

Good job.

Now, here is the bad news. See From Deutsche Welle:

"Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said Rome opposed "unilateral initiatives that could spark new tensions in an area that is already very destabilized."

Norway, a member of the international contact group on Somalia along with Italy, said it was not satisfied with Washington's explanation of its conduct in Somalia and stressed that terrorism should be fought in a court room and not with military hardware.

The European Commission also slammed US moves to hunt down al Qaeda operatives in Somalia.

"Any incident of this kind is not helpful in the long term," a spokesman for the EU Commission told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday.

"Only a political solution can bring any serious prospects of peace and stability in Somalia."

I'm sorry citizens of the world. We are trying to protect our country, and indirectly yours, from people like the ones we nailed today.

Is anyone serious in Europe anymore?