Somali's no longer safe anywhere,,

[General Duke]

Uganda bomb blasts kill dozens of World Cup spectatorsGroup linked to al-Qaida suspected of co-ordinating explosions in Kampala, killing at least 64 people and injuring scores

 

Co-ordinated explosions killed at least 64 people who were watching the World Cup final in the Ugandan capital Kampala last night.

 

At least one American died in the attacks, which have been blamed on Somali Islamists. The US president, Barack Obama, called the blasts "deplorable and cowardly".

 

The first bomb detonated at 10.25pm (8.25pm GMT) at the Ethiopian Village restaurant, which is popular with foreigners, killing 15 people. About 50 minutes later twin blasts then tore through the Kyadondo rugby club in Lugogo, where crowds were watching the match on a large television screen, killing 49 people. At least 67 people were wounded.

 

The blasts occurred towards the end of the Spain-Netherlands match, leaving dazed survivors lying among upturned chairs and bodies.

 

"We were watching soccer here and then when there were three minutes to the end of the match an explosion came ... and it was so loud," said Juma Seiko, who was at the rugby club.

 

Several Americans from a Pennsylvania church group were wounded in the restaurant attack, including 18-year-old Kris Sledge, from Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.

 

"I remember blacking out, hearing people screaming and running," Sledge told the Associated Press from his hospital bed. His right leg was wrapped and he had burns on his face. "I love the place here but I'm wondering why this happened and who did this ... At this point we're just glad to be alive."

 

Uganda's police chief Kale Kaihura said he feared that Somalia's most powerful Islamist group, al-Shabab, was behind the explosions. Al-Shabab is known to have links with al-Qaida, and it counts militant veterans from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan conflicts among its ranks.

 

Last week, al-Shabab repeated its earlier call for attacks on Uganda and Burundi, whose soldiers make up the African Union peacekeeping force protecting the weak government in Mogadishu. Al-Shabab also strongly opposes Ethiopia, which invaded Somalia in 2006 to oust a broad-based Islamist movement that had taken control of a large part of the country.

 

The group's fighters have previously carried out co-ordinated suicide attacks within Somalia. But if police suspicions are confirmed, it would be the first time that al-Shabab has struck outside Somalia.

 

While Ugandan rebel groups such as the Lord's Resistance Army – now on the run outside the country – have targeted civilians in the past, last night's attacks were clearly of a different nature.

 

In Mogadishu, Sheik Yusuf Sheik Issa, an al-Shabab commander, told the Associated Press early today that he was pleased about the attacks in Uganda. Issa refused to confirm or deny that al-Shabab was responsible.

 

"Uganda is one of our enemies. Whatever makes them cry, makes us happy. May Allah's anger be upon those who are against us," he said.

 

US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the US would work with the Ugandan government "to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice".

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[General Duke]

Telegraph: Al-Shabaab: Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants

A deadly series of blasts in Uganda has been blamed on al-Shabaab, the Somali Islamist group which claims to have links to al-Qaeda.

[General Duke]

Gang sought after three Somalis shot

By Staff writers

 

Police are trying to track down three gunmen who hijacked and killed a Somali shopkeeper from Khayelitsha and wounded two of his compatriots.

 

Officers say the attack was not xenophobic, but a crime that happened to involve people from another country.

 

It appeared the trio had been targeted because they had a large sum of cash on them.

 

In Worcester last week, two Somali shopkeepers were shot dead and two others wounded in an incident police said was related to business rivalry.

 

The three Makhaza, Khayelitsha, shop owners were hijacked two days ago while driving to Philippi to buy stock.

 

The gunmen accosted them when the bakkie in which they were travelling stopped at traffic lights in Khayelitsha.

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[General Duke]

CSSU CONDEMNS VANDALISM IN SAINT CLOUD AREA SOMALI STORE

 

Mahdi HaileJuly 12, 2010Minneapolis, MN, 07/9/10 – The Center for Somali Solutions of Minnesota CSSU) today condemned the vandalism of Somali store in Saint Cloud this past day.

 

The incidents occurred early Thursday morning and were carried out unknown vandals who spray-painted hateful words on "Go Home" in large red letters on the windows of Hormud Halal Meat and Grocery.

 

"These attack on immigrant owned business are outrageous and intolerable," said Mahdi Haile CSSU Executive Director. "We hope the perpetrators of these crimes are found and brought to justice."

 

Mahdi will speak with store owner and police officials, faith leaders, and friends in the community to express the Community´s sympathy and support in the wake of the Vandalism.

 

CSSU-Minnesota is also joining with the Somali community leaders of Minneapolis from other organizations to issue a statement later this week calling for an elimination of harassment and intimidations in Saint Cloud.

 

Center For Somali Solutions, Minneapolis based advocacy group, that has chapters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The mission of Center for Somali Solutions (CSSU) is to support the efforts of Somali immigrants and refugees to achieve self-sufficiency in the United States by providing advocacy, This is accomplished by: (1) finding community solutions; (2) increasing access to social services; (3) supporting participation in the political process.

[RaMpAgE]

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[General Duke]

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[RaMpAgE]

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[General Duke]

^^Again you are only helping the thread, just keep to the rules thats all lad.

[General Duke]

ANALYSIS-Uganda blast: Signs point to Somali war blowback

 

Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:58am GMT Print | Single Page[-] Text [+] * Somalia's al Qaeda-allied al Shabaab is top suspect

 

* Al Shabaab made threats against peacekeeping states

 

* Probe may focus on group's foreign al Qaeda militants

 

 

By William Maclean, Security Correspondent

 

LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) - Devastating bombings in Uganda are likely to have been the work of al Qaeda-allied Somali militants seeking to wreck a regional challenge to their growing hold on the failed Horn of Africa state.

 

The top suspect in the Sunday night blasts that killed 64 among World Cup soccer fans in Kampala is the Somali armed group al Shabaab. Analysts say that if that turns out to be the case, then this will have been its first foreign strike.

 

The change of tactics, the theory goes, would have been decided in order to press home in the most dramatic way the group's opposition to an African Union peacekeeping mission it sees as Western-inspired.

 

A Western intelligence source said it was reasonable to see the force as the top suspect, in part because it had threatened Uganda for its participation in the African mission to end Somalia's two decades of war, chaos and periodic famine. Continued...

[RaMpAgE]

First of all don't call me lad, secondly i haven't

broken any forum rules, maybe in your imagination or maybe you don't like people who don't agree with your stance.

[General Duke]

Look lad, this is not about you, but you do sound like Al Shabaab, all bravado with little thought of consequence.

[RaMpAgE]

"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”

[General Duke]

^^^Nice quote, I hope you find yourself lad.

[Archdemos]

god help us with all these shabab fanboys on Sol. :rolleyes: