"4 die in bombing near parliament
MOGADISHU — Four people were killed Saturday when a car that was laden with explosives blew up near the parliament building in the Somali capital, a police official said Saturday. The Somali terrorist group al-Shabab, which has recently targeted parliamentarians, claimed responsibility. The car exploded at a checkpoint where it had been stopped by Somali troops. The dead were soldiers and refugees (AP)."
You can scroll through Somalia since I'm current.
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"Somalis retake presidential palace" Associated Press July 09, 2014
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s government said its troops had retaken the presidential palace in the capital of Mogadishu Tuesday, after Islamic militants forced their way in and exchanged heavy gunfire with troops and guards.
Loud explosions and gunfire could be heard inside the heavily fortified compound, which has been the subject of many attacks by Al Qaeda-linked militants over the years.
CIA-Bab, CIA-Bab, Ya-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da, CIA-Bab.
Tired of the tune. Time to turn off the radio (what drugs is he on?).
After more than two hours of fighting, Somalia’s presidency said in a Twitter update that ‘‘the shameful attack’’ had been foiled by Somalia’s armed forces and African Union peacekeepers.
It said that the ‘‘attack is over’’ and that the compound had been secured, but gave no details about any casualties or what happened to the militants.
Al Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying in a radio broadcast that its fighters had penetrated the presidential palace.
Translation: deeper penetration is needed in Somalia for EUS forces.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia was not inside the palace at the time of the attack, but the prime minister and the speaker of Parliament were, said Captain Mohamed Hussein, a senior police official.
Hmmmmmmm!
The presidency said both Mohamud and Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed were safe.
The attack was the second assault on the presidential palace this year, and it marked the first time that militants have been able to breach the compound.
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Is there still famine in Somalia, and how come my diversity-loving jew$paper that hollers racist at others is mostly ignoring it? So many articles on a daily basis are based on war on terror and radical Islamist militants and insurgents in one form or another.
