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[General Duke]

Somali militants praise attacks that killed 64

12 Jul 12, 2010 - 5:52:18 AM

 

KAMPALA, Uganda – An al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group suspected in twin bombings in Uganda's capital that killed 64 people watching the World Cup final endorsed the attacks on Monday but stopped short of claiming responsibility, as Uganda's president vowed to hunt down those responsible.

 

The blasts came two days after a commander with the Somali group, al-Shabab, called for militants to attack sites in Uganda and Burundi, two nations that contribute troops to the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia.

 

The attacks also raise concerns about the capabilities of al-Shabab, which the U.S. State Department has declared a terrorist organization. If confirmed that the group carried out the attacks, it would be the first time al-Shabab has struck outside Somalia.

 

In Mogadishu, Somalia, Sheik Yusuf Sheik Issa, an al-Shabab commander, told The Associated Press early Monday that he was happy with the attacks in Uganda but 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," Sheik said.

 

Kampala's police chief, Kale Kaihura, said he believed al-Shabab could be responsible.

 

A California-based aid group, meanwhile, said one of its American workers was among the dead. Police said Ethiopian, Indian and Congolese nationals were also among those killed and wounded, police said.

 

Ugandan government spokesman Fred Opolot said Monday there were indications that two suicide bombers took part in the late Sunday attacks, which left nearly 60 others wounded.

 

Blood and pieces of flesh littered the floor among overturned chairs at the scenes of the blasts, which went off as people watched the game between Spain and the Netherlands. The attack on the rugby club, where crowds sat outside watching a large-screen TV, left 49 dead, police said. Fifteen others were killed in the restaurant explosion.

 

"We were enjoying ourselves when a very noisy blast took place," said Andrew Oketa, one of the hospitalized survivors. "I fell down and became unconscious. When I regained, I realized that I was in a hospital bed with a deep wound on my head."

 

Several Americans from a Pennsylvania church group were wounded in the restaurant attack including Kris Sledge, 18, of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. He said from a hospital bed afterward that he was "just glad to be alive."

 

Florence Naiga, 32, a mother of three children, said her husband had gone to watch the World Cup final at the rugby club.

 

"He did not come back. I learnt about the bomb blasts in the morning. When I went to police they told me he was among the dead," she said.

 

Invisible Children, a San Diego, California-based aid group that helps child soldiers, identified the dead American as one of its workers, Nate Henn, who was killed on the rugby field. Henn, 25, was a native of Wilmington, Delaware.

 

"From traveling the United States without pay advocating for the freedom of abducted child soldiers in Joseph Kony's war, to raising thousands of dollars to put war-affected Ugandan students in school, Nate lived a life that demanded explanation. He sacrificed his comfort to live in the humble service of God and of a better world, and his is a life to be emulated," the group said in a statement on its website.

 

Kony heads the Lord's Resistance Army, which has waged one of Africa's longest and most brutal rebellions, in northern Uganda.

 

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni toured the blast sites Monday and said that the terrorists behind the bombings should fight soldiers, not "people who are just enjoying themselves."

 

"We shall go for them wherever they are coming from," Museveni said. "We will look for them and get them as we always do."

 

Ugandan army spokesman Felix Kulayigye said it was too early to speculate about any military response to the attacks.

 

Somalia's president condemned the blasts and described the attack as "barbaric."

Al-Shabab, which wants to overthrow Somalia's weak, U.N.-backed government, is known to have links with al-Qaida. Al-Shabab also counts militant veterans from the Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan conflicts among its ranks.

 

Al-Shabab's fighters, including two recruited from the Somali communities in the United States, have carried out multiple suicide bombings in Somalia.

 

Uganda's government spokesman said the first blast occurred at the Ethiopian Village restaurant at 10:55 p.m. Two more blasts happened at the rugby field 20 minutes later, he said.

 

Ethiopia, which fought two wars with Somalia, is a longtime enemy of al-Shabab and other Somali militants who accuse their neighbor of meddling in Somali affairs.

 

Ethiopia had troops in Somalia between December 2006 to January 2009 to back Somalia's fragile government against the Islamic insurgency. Ethiopia later withdrew its troops under an intricate peace deal mediated by the United Nations.

 

In addition to Uganda's troops in Mogadishu, Uganda also hosts Somali soldiers trained in U.S. and European-backed programs.

 

White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said the U.S. was prepared to provide any necessary assistance to the Ugandan government.

 

President Barack Obama was "deeply saddened by the loss of life resulting from these deplorable and cowardly attacks," Vietor said.

 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Obama in offering condolences and added, "The United States stands with Uganda. We have a long-standing, close friendship with the people and government of Uganda and will work with them to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice."

 

Officials said the Sunday attacks will not affect the African Union summit being held in Uganda from July 19-27. Many African leaders are expected to attend.

 

"The summit will go on. The AU and African countries have the resolve to fight terrorism with the international community," said Ramtane Lamamra, the AU's peace and security commissioner.

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Associated Press writers Mohamed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu, Somalia, and Godfrey Olukya in Kampala, contributed to this report. Straziuso reported from Nairobi, Kenya.

[General Duke]

Shabaab oo ku faraxsan qaraxyada ka dhacey Ugandha

12 Jul 12, 2010 - 5:39:45 AM

 

GAROWE ONLINE

 

Qaraxyo geystay dhimashada ugu yaraan 64-qof oo daawanayay ciyaraha Adduunka ayaa xalay ka dhacay Magaalada Kampala ee xarunta dalka Uganda, iyadoo ay qaraxyadaas ku dhaawacmeen dad ka badan 50-qof oo kale.

 

Goobaha lagu weeraray qaraxyada oo lagu kala magacaabo Lugogo Rugby Club iyo Maqaayad ku taalla Xaafada Kabalagala ee Magaalada Kampala oo ay daggan yihiin dad Ethiopian ah ayaa lagu daawanayay ciyaartii ugu dambeysay ee Koobka Adduunka.

 

"Dadka dhintay waxay gaarayaan 64-qof, waxaana 15-qof ay ku dhinteen Baarka halka ay inta kale ku dhinteen garoonka oo ahaa goob ay ku jireen dad badan oo ku daawanayay Ciyaartii Spain iyo Holland ee kama dambeysta ahayd" ayay tiri Judith Nabakooba oo ah afhayeenka Booliiska Uganda.

Sarkaalka ugu sarreeya Booliiska Magaalada Kampala Kayihura ayaa qaraxyadan oo ahaa kuwo aad u xoogan ku eedeeyay inay soo abaabushay ayna fulisay Al-shabaab, isagoo sheegay in wararka abaabulka qaraxyadan horay loogu wargeliyay.

 

Daawadayaashii ku jiray goobaha qaraxyada loo geystay qaarkood oo dhaawacyo ay gaareen ayaa u sheegay saxaafadda inay maqleen qaraxyo waaweyn ayna arkeen dad badan oo dhintay.

 

"Qaraxyadu waxay ahaayeen kuwo ay u dhexeyeen daqiiqado, waxayna lahaayeen dhawaq dheer, qof walba waa naxay, wuuna cararay, anigoo dhaawac qaba ayaan isku dayay inaan cararo... waan carari kari waayay... waayo dhiig badan ayaa iga socday" ayuu yiri ruux dhaawac qaba oo la hadlay saxaafadda.

 

Hogaamiye ka tirsan Al-shabaab oo lagu magacaabo Sh. Yuusuf Sh. Ciise ayaa u sheegay warbaahinta Somalia inay ku faraxsan yihiin qarxyada, wuxuuse aamusay markii la weydiiyay inay iyagu ka dambeeyaan qaraxyada.

 

Dadka ku dhintay iyo kuwa ku dhaawacmay qaraxyada ayaa waxaa ku jiray dad u dhashay dalka Mareykanka, iyadoo xukuumada Obama ay sheegtay inay ka caawin doonaan dowlada Uganda baaritaanada ay ku sameynayso qaraxyadan.

 

Ururka Al-shabaab ayaa dhawaan sheegay in duqeymaha ay ciidamada Uganda iyo Burundi ka geysanayaan Muqdisho ay ka aargudan doonaan shacabka dalalkaas u dhashay, hadii ay madaxdooda kala hadli inay ciidankooda la baxaan.

 

Qaraxyadan ayaa waxay saameyn ku yeesheen Somalida ku nool Kampala iyadoo ay xiran yihiin saakay ganacsigooda, inkastoo aanay jirin wax dhibaato ah oo loo geystay, balse ay sheegeen ay ka baqdin qabaan in shacabku ay beegsadaan.

[General Duke]

Al-Shabaab oo soo dhaweysay qaraxyadii Uganda

 

Muqdisho, Somaliya (Calanka.com) - 12-Luulyo-2010

 

Kooxda lagu eedeynayo in ay ka dambeyso qaraxyadii argagixiso ee habeenkii xalay ahaa lala beegsaday goobo ku yaal magaalada Kampala (caasimada Uganda) ee Al-Shabaab ayaa soo dhaweysay weeraradan ay ku nafwaayeen dad lagu qiyaasay 64-ruux .

 

Horjooge ka tirsan kooxdaasi oo lagu magacaabo KABO-KU DUKADE oo wareysi siiyay wakaalada wararka ee AP ayaa sheegay in ay ku faraxsan yihiin dhacdadani islamarkaana ay soo dhaweynayaan wax walba oo dhibaateynaya waxa uu ugu yeeray cadowgooda.

 

"Ugandha waa cadawgeena, wax kasta oo iyaga dhibaateynayana inaga waa ay na farax galinayaan, nacaladna haku dhacdo qof kasto oo inaga naga hor yimaada", ayuu yiri horjooge Yuusuf Kabo Ku Dukade .

 

Habeenkii xalay ayay aheyd markii laba qarax oo is xiga lala beegsaday goobo lagu caweeyo oo lagu daawanayay ciyaarta finalka ee banooniga, waxaana ku dhintay 64-ruux, halka ayku dhaawacmeena ku dhawaad 70.

 

Qaraxyadan ayay dowladda Uganda ku eedeysay in ay ka dambeyso kooxda Al-Shabaab ee dagaalada ka wada koonfurta Soomaaliya islamarkaana xiriirka la leh ururka Al-Qaacida .

[General Duke]

Somali militants appear to claim responsibility for Uganda bombings

By the CNN Wire Staff

 

CNN) -- The leader of a Somali Islamist militant movement said in a website posting Monday that Uganda would be targeted for retribution over the "massacres" perpetrated against Somalis -- an apparent claim of responsibility for three bombings that killed at least 74 people in the Ugandan capital Sunday.

 

"My message to the Ugandan and Burundian nations is that you will be the target for our retribution to the massacres perpetrated against the Somali men, women and children in Mogadishu by your forces," said an Arabic statement from Sheikh Abu Al Zubeir, identified as "the Emir of Al-Shabaab in Somalia." The statement was posted on an al-Qaeda affiliated website which previously has carried statements and videos from Al-Shabaab.

 

The website set up a page Monday to "receive congratulations" on Al-Shabaab's behalf for the "blessed operations" in Uganda.

 

The three explosions ripped through two venues where crowds were watching the World Cup final match on Sunday.

 

At least 71 people were hospitalized, police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba said.

 

"If you want to fight, why don't you attack soldiers or military installations instead of fighting innocent people watching football?" said President Yoweri Museveni, who on Monday visited a rugby sports center where two of the blasts occurred Sunday.

 

The casualties included one American death, the U.S. Embassy said. The American killed was Nate Henn, according to an organization that works with children in Uganda.

 

In a post on its website, the organization -- Invisible Children -- said Henn was in the country working with Ugandan students. CNN could not independently verify the information.

[General Duke]

Al-Qaida-linked Somali group claims Uganda blasts

By MAX DELANY and JASON STRAZIUSO (AP) – 10 minutes ago

 

KAMPALA, Uganda — Somalia's most dangerous al-Qaida-linked militant group claimed responsibility Monday for twin bombings in Uganda that killed 74 people watching the World Cup final on TV, saying the militants would carry out attacks "against out enemy" wherever they are.

 

Al-Shabab, whose ranks are swelled by militant veterans of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, has long threatened to attack outside of Somalia's borders, but the bombings late Sunday are the first time the group has done so.

 

"We will carry out attacks against our enemy wherever they are," Rage said. "No one will deter us from performing our Islamic duty."

 

The Somali militants appear to have attacked sites in Uganda because the country contributes troops to the African Union-led peacekeeping force that protects Somalia's weak, U.N.-backed government.

 

The attacks outside the Somalia represent a dangerous new step in al-Shabab's increasingly militant path.

 

The death toll in Sunday's twin blasts rose to 74 on Monday, Ugandan officials said.

[General Duke]

Somalia's al Shabaab behind Uganda attacks - TV

 

Investigators look at the remains of an Ethiopian-themed restaurant that was hit by an explosion in Kampala, July 12, 2010. (REUTERS/Benedicte Desrus)

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Somali Islamist militants al Shabaab have claimed they were behind the two bomb attacks in the Ugandan capital Kampala that killed 74 people, Al Jazeera television said on Monday.

 

The explosions ripped through two bars packed with soccer fans watching the final moments of the World Cup final on television in an Ethiopian-themed restaurant and at a gathering in a Kampala rugby club on Sunday.

 

Suspicion fell on the al Shabaab rebel group, which claims links with al Qaeda, after the severed head of a suspected Somali suicide bomber was found at one of the blast sites. (Reporting

[General Duke]

CNN) -- A Somali Islamist militant group, Al-Shabaab, issued a direct claim of responsibility Monday for three bombings in Uganda that left at least 74 people dead.

 

"The best of men have promised and they have delivered," said the statement obtained by CNN. "Blessed and exalted among men -- taking full responsibility."

 

An Al-Shabaab leader said in a separate website posting Monday that Uganda would be targeted for retribution over the "massacres" perpetrated against Somalis.

 

"My message to the Ugandan and Burundian nations is that you will be the target for our retribution to the massacres perpetrated against the Somali men, women and children in Mogadishu by your forces," said an Arabic statement from Sheikh Abu Al Zubeir, identified as "the Emir of Al-Shabaab in Somalia." The statement was posted on an al Qaeda-affiliated website which previously has carried statements and videos from Al-Shabaab.

 

The website set up a page Monday to "receive congratulations" on Al-Shabaab's behalf for the "blessed operations" in Uganda.

 

The three explosions ripped through two venues where crowds were watching the World Cup final match on Sunday.

 

At least 71 people were hospitalized, police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba said.

[General Duke]

Al-Shabab spokesman says Somali militant group responsible for bombings in Uganda killing 74

Associated Press

 

Last update: July 12, 2010 - 9:32 AM

 

 

KAMPALA, Uganda - Al-Shabab spokesman says Somali militant group responsible for bombings in Uganda killing 74.

[Showqi]

Originally posted by General Duke:

DUBAI (Reuters) - Somali Islamist militants al Shabaab have claimed they were behind the two bomb attacks in the Ugandan capital Kampala that killed 74 people, Al Jazeera television said on Monday.

Al Shabaab jiritaankeedii hada ayuu dhamaaday mar hadii ay qirteen in ay iyagu ka dambeeyeen qaraxyada dadka shacabka ah lagu laayey. Ogow in dadkaa dhintay uu ku jiray nin USA ah.

[Maaddeey]

^^Xaggee bey ku qirteen waryaa Showqi?

[General Duke]

^^^Read the threads adeer, Godane's statement, as well as Rage's is enough. Your friends are in trouble.. Maybe soon you will denounce them.

[Showqi]

Maaddeey, I am watching CNN right now, and they are saying that Al-Shabaab admitted that they are behind the bombing.

[Cawaale]

Somali militants claim responsibility for Uganda bombings

(CNN)

[Fiqikhayre]

This is the proof that they did it no running away from it for maaddeey. Shabaab did it and they claimed responsibility.

 

Sheekh Cali Dheere "Ilaah ayaa mahad leh Mujaahidiintu cadawgii ayay ku laayeen guryahooda,Jazaakumullaah ayaan leenahay Mujaahidiintii fuliyay weerarkii Kampala"

 

MONDAY, 12 JULY 2010 16:23

 

Xarakada Shabaabul Mujaahidiin ayaa sheegatay Mas'uuliyadda weeraradii cuslaa ee xalay lagu qaaday goobo lagu caweeyo oo ku yiilay magaalada Kampala xarunta wadanka Yugaandha.

 

 

Afhayeenkada Xarakada Shabaabul Mujaahidiin Sheekh Cali Maxamuud Raage Cali dheere (Xafidahullaah) oo shir jaraa'id ku qabtay magaalada Muqdisho ayaa xaqiijiyay in Mujaahidiintu ay gaysteen weeraradii xalay.

Isagoo la hadlay saxaafadda magaalada Muqdisho ayuu sheekh Cali Cadeeyay sababihii keenay in ay weeraraan magaalada Kampala "Ilaah ayaa mahad leh Mujaahidiintu cadawgii ayay guryahooda ku laayeen, Jazakumullaah ilaah Cimrigiina ha dheereeyo ayaan leenahay Mujaahidiintii fuliyay weerarkii xalay"ayuu yiri Sheekh Cali Dheere.

 

Afhayeenka Guud ee Xarakada Shabaabul Mujaahidiin Sheekh Cali Dheere oo xiligii uu hadlayay laga dareemayay qiira Islaamnimo ayaa baaq u diray shacabka Yugaandha iyo Burundi oo wiilashoodu ay xasuuq ka wadaan magaalada Muqdisho.

 

"Intii aadan dalka soo gelina ayaan idiin dignay in badan ayaan idinka codsanay in aan Caruurtiina saliibiga ah naga qaadataan, waad ka dhega adaygteen dhiigga shacabka Soomaaliyeed Biya ma ahan dhiigu waa dhiigm burburku waa burbur sidii shacabka Muslimka Soomaliyeed loo laayay ayaan idina laydiin layn"ayuu yiri Sheekh Cali Dheere.

 

Xarakada Shabaabul Mujaahidiin waxay sheegtay in Ciidamo badan oo Yugaandhiis ah ay ka carareen magaalada Muqdisho kadib markii ay u adkaysan waayeen dhibaatada Muqdisho ku haysata balse kuwa kale ay weli u taaganyihiin xasuuqa shacabka.

 

Sheekh Cali Dheere wuxuu carrabka ku dhiftay in shacabka Uganda iyo kuwa Burundi ay raali ka yihiin xasuuqa wiilashoodu ka wadaan magaalada Muqdisho maadaama ay doortaan madaxda wadankaasi islamarkaana ay qaataan lacagta uu Mareykanku Mushaar ahaan u siiyo ciidanka AMISOM.

 

Waa Markii ugu horaysay oo ay Xarakada Shabaabul Mujaahidiin Weerar ka fuliyaan meel ka baxsan dalka Soomaaliya, xoogaga Mujaahidiinta ayaa dhowr mar Ahbiyay shacabka Uganda iyo Burundi in ay ciidankooda ka qaataan Soomaaliya

[General Duke]

BBC News:

The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has said it was behind twin blasts which hit the Ugandan capital Kampala on Sunday, killing 74 people.

 

A spokesman for the group, Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage, threatened more attacks in a statement in Mogadishu.

 

Police said the bombings targeted football fans watching the World Cup final.

 

A Ugandan official said a Somali's head was found at the scene of one blast, and he may have been a suicide bomber.

 

Ugandan peacekeepers are in Somalia, and al-Shabab has previously threatened Kampala.

 

"Al-Shabab was behind the two bomb blasts in Uganda," Ali Mohamud Rage said.

 

"We thank the mujahideens that carried out the attack. We are sending a message to Uganda and Burundi, if they do not take out their Amisom [African Union Mission in Somalia] troops from Somalia, blasts will continue and it will happen in Bujumbura [the Burundi capital] too."

 

The explosions, which also injured about 70 people, ripped through a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant as football fans watched the last few minutes of the World Cup final.