Posted on 12/06/2009 8:02:21 PM PST by Cindy
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Al-Qaeda Linked "Al Shabaab" Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 19 In Mogadishu **GRAPHIC**
December 3, 2009 -Mogadishu - A suicide bomber disguised as a veiled woman killed at least 19 people, including three Somali government ministers, on Thursday at a medical graduation ceremony in a Mogadishu hotel, witnesses and officials said.
It was the worst attack in the lawless Horn of Africa nation since June, when hardline al Shabaab insurgents killed the security minister and at least 30 other people in a suicide bombing at a hotel in the town of Baladwayne.
he United Nations-backed government of President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed controls little more than a few streets of the capital. In the days ahead of Thursday's attack, residents said it had apparently been planning a new offensive against the rebels.
The bombing showed once again the insurgents' ability to strike the government at will, and it will heighten frustration in the country's fragile administration over delayed pledges of military and financial support from Western donors.
"Suicide bombings are a worrying trend not only for Somalia but also the region. There has been a rise in fundamentalism in Somalia coming from the Middle East and Pakistan," said Bethuel Kiplagat, Kenya's special envoy to the Somalia peace process from 2003-2005. "There's a worry al-Qaeda may be looking at Somalia as a new sanctuary."
A Reuters reporter at the Shamo Hotel said it was packed with graduates from Benadir University, their parents and officials when a powerful blast tore through the ceremony.
"Human flesh was everywhere," he said.
Witnesses said the bomber entered the function disguised as a veiled woman and then sat listening to the speeches for some time before approaching the podium and blowing himself up. Police later showed journalists pictures of his mangled corpse.
Somalia's female health minister, Qamar Aden Ali, Education Minister Ahmed Abdulahi Waayeel and Higher Education Minister Ibrahim Hassan Addow all died in the explosion, officials said. Sports Minister Saleban Olad Roble was critically injured.
The African Union peacekeeping force AMISOM said 19 civilians were killed. A local rights group said more than 40 were wounded, including the dean of Benadir's medical college.
"A lot of my friends were killed," medical student Mohamed Abdulqadir told Reuters. "I was sitting next to a lecturer who also died. He had been speaking to the gathering just a few minutes before the explosion.
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Whoa!
Is there anything redeeming about that place?
Retired ranger here. I remember that place. Sorrow isn’t on the top of my list right now. To bad some past UN officials who spent time there could not have been sitting front and center.
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/03dec09-somalia-blast-78405547.html
“Deadly Suicide Blast Rips Through Hotel in Somalia
The blast targeted a university graduation ceremony being attended by a number of government officials; at least 19 killed.”
Nairobi 03 December 2009
SNIPPET: “Eyewitnesses tell VOA a suicide bomber gained access to the venue dressed as a woman, donning a full abaya and a veil.
A deadly hotel bombing in Mogadishu has killed at least 19 people, including three Somali Cabinet ministers. Some reports say the death toll could be higher. The blast targeted a university graduation ceremony being attended by a number of government officials.
Mogadishu’s Shamu Hotel was hosting a graduation ceremony for Banadir University. Eyewitnesses tell VOA a suicide bomber gained access to the venue dressed as a woman, donning a full abaya and a veil.
The attacker was wearing an explosive strapped to his torso, but was not patted down by security.
Former Islamic Courts Union members at the scene identified the bomber, whose head and face had been completely shaven, as a member of al-Shabab, the ultra-conservative militant Islamist group believed to have links to al-Qaida.
Somali Health Minister Qamar Aden Ali, Education Minister Ahmed Abdullahi Waayeel, and Higher Education Minister Ibrahim Hassan Adow were killed in the attack on Hotel Shamo.
Adow served as the foreign secretary of the insurgent Islamic Courts Union when it took power in 2006. The Somali minister for sports is also reported to be hospitalized and in critical condition.
Mohamed Mohamoud, an attending graduate of the ceremony, says he personally saw the remains of the health minister on the ground, as well as the corpses of other government officials.
Two journalists, a reporter for Radio Shabelle and a cameraman with al-Arabia TV, were also found dead from the explosion. The National Union of Somali Journalists has issued a statement condemning the attack and expressing outrage at the loss of their colleagues.”
SNIPPET: “The official death toll from the blast is expected to continue to rise, with some reports indicating that more than 60 people have been found dead. “
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ABOUT THAT AL-ARABIYA CAMERAMAN KILLED IN SOMALIA
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Posted on 06 December 2009 @ 13:17
fyi. liveleak.com used to be known as ogrish.com based upon its content. mostly disturbing, and... ogrish.
Hat Tip to the video:
mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/199863.php
A Look at AL-SHABAAB which is part of the global jihad ON THE INTERNET:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alshabaab/index
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alshabab/index
Chunky. You can’t go by a few clickson on these sites without gore all over. It’s islam.
Religion of Pieces
"Eyewitnesses tell VOA a suicide bomber gained access to the venue dressed as a woman, donning a full abaya and a veil.
The attacker was wearing an explosive strapped to his torso, but was not patted down by security."
OFF THREAD TOPIC...
Older threads that have been updated:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155483/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2147450/posts
"Former Islamic Courts Union members at the scene identified the bomber, whose head and face had been completely shaven, as a member of al-Shabab..."
Move along, nothin to see here folks.
@ c. 9secs. into the footage, the tops of the victims heads are taken off. WARNING: GRAPHIC!
“graduation ceremonies”...exactly like Nidal Hasan
Is there anything redeeming about any place occupied by Muslims?
What happened at those graduating excercises can and will happen here too. We have enough of them right here who are willing to strap bombs to their bodies. Remember the “American” Muslims from Minesota who blew themselves up in Mogadishu not too long ago?
“...dressed as a woman, donning a full abaya and a veil.”
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Seen plenty of those at Walmart.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/denmark/index?tab=articles
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/somalia/index?tab=articles
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“Somalia: Suicide bomber in attack on gov’t ministers had been living in Denmark”
SNIPPET: “Not all who travel to join the jihad in Somalia will become suicide bombers. Some will return to their prior country of residence, trained, experienced, and looking to apply what they have learned.”
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8406886.stm
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“Somalia suicide bomber ‘was from Denmark’”
SNIPPET: “Somali Information Minister Dahir Gelle told the BBC that the bomber’s parents, who live in Copenhagen, identified their son’s body from photographs.
Reports say he left Somalia when he was a child and spent 20 years in Denmark, before returning to Somalia last year.
He reportedly joined the hard-line Islamist group al-Shabab - although they have previously denied the attack.
Al-Shabab and other radical Islamist groups control much of the country.”
SNIPPET: “The bombing took place at a graduation for medical students on 3 December in one of the few parts of the capital, Mogadishu, which is controlled by the government.
The students had been graduating from Benadir University, which was set up in 2002 to train doctors to replace those who had fled overseas or been killed in the civil war.”
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