Posted on 09/07/2009 2:01:49 PM PDT by kingattax
RADICAL Islamist al-Shabaab militants linked to al-Qa'ida and based in Somalia plotted to kill US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her trip to Africa last month, it was disclosed yesterday.
A planned series of bomb attacks set to take place in Nairobi, the capital of neighbouring Kenya, while Mrs Clinton was there - one in the hotel where she was staying - was foiled at the last minute, media reports, citing senior security officials, said.
"Al-Qa'ida wanted to strike at the heart of Nairobi (while Mrs Clinton was here)," the senior security official was quoted as saying, adding that Kenyan authorities intercepted communications between the plotters in war-ravaged Somalia and their operatives in Nairobi, which has a large emigre Somali population.
Five suspected al-Shabaab terrorists were arrested, including a man believed to be a Somali carrying a Danish passport. The four other suspects seized, including a woman, had what appeared to be false Kenyan identity documents, according to the reports.
Disclosure of the foiled bomb plot coincided yesterday with claims by a spokesman for al-Shabaab - which was listed last month as a terrorist organisation by the Australian government after an alleged plot to attack Sydney's Holsworthy army barracks was discovered - that it was reinforcing its positions around Mogadishu in anticipation of a major battle.
Al-Shabaab spokesman Sheik Ali Mohamoud Rage said the Islamists were preparing to defend themselves against an expected "major aggression" from Somali government forces and peacekeepers from the African Union.
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...
Very strange...
“Don’t be surprised if the Administration had intelligence on this and did nothing.
“The death of the Secretary of State would create unity in this country (like after 9/11) and eliminate a potential Obama opponent.”
They would not want it to happen because it would create unity.
Now, I can’t believe this story after everything Obummer has done to keep the peace with his Muslim Brothers.
Unless they want Hillary out of the way?
And the plot thickens!
After all, nobody tried so hard to kill a nonenity.
SNIPPET from the link in post no. 1:
“Five suspected al-Shabaab terrorists were arrested, including a man believed to be a Somali carrying a Danish passport.”
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stepping back in time...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2147450/posts?page=4#4
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023820.php
December 7, 2008
Somalis leaving Denmark to wage jihad in Somalia
More on the migrating Somalis. “Denmark: Somalis leaving to fight in Somalia,” from Islam in Europe, December 6 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):
More and more Somalis with a residence permit in Denmark are going to back their former homeland to get military training and religious school at the al-Qaeda related terror group al-Shabab. This has gotten the Danish intelligence service to pay more attention to Somalis living in Denmark, reports Politiken.
The head of the Somali Society in Aarhus, Abdirashid Sheikh Mohamud, is concerned about the development and calls it a “very sensitive area.”
“The government in Somalia has complained in the past about people from Scandinavia who support al-shabab either militarily or financially. I believe that about 15 people from Jutland traveled to Somalia to train with the group. In Zealand there are certainly several,” he says to Politiken.
He has unsuccessfully tried to warn against an extremist group among a small, non-integrated part of the 16,000 Somalis in Denmark.
“But we can’t make contact with this group of Somalis, because they often act threateningly,” he explains...
Posted by Raymond at December 7, 2008 5:07 PM
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http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/11713.htm
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Somali Jihadists Call on American and European Muslims to Join Jihad in Somalia
In a video posted recently on Islamist websites, the Somali jihad group Shabab Al-Mujahideen called on Muslims living in the U.S. and Europe to come to Somalia and join the jihad there. The video is in Arabic, Somali and English.
CLICK HERE to read the full report.
Posted at: 2008-11-27
Of course they would want unity....because it would be unity under THEM and then they would be able to pass anything without public scrutiny.
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