Suicide Truck Bomb Kills 70 in Mogadishu
Soldiers Respond by Randomly Firing Into the Air
In one of the deadliest incidents in months, a suicide truck bomber detonated in front of the Somali Transitional Government’s Education Ministry today, killing at least 70 people and wounding large numbers of others.
Officials were quick to blame al-Shabaab for the attack, which appeared to be aimed at students aiming for international scholarships at the ministry. Troops quickly arrived on the scene, and in a demonstration of their indispensable nature on the ground in Mogadishu, fired randomly into the air for awhile.
US officials also said that the attack showed al-Shabaab’s growing links to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), though they weren’t exactly clear on how it showed that.
The attack does, however, show that despite the promised “exit” by al-Shabaab, the capital city remains far outside of the self-proclaimed government’s control, and the massive number of troops is doing little to prevent attacks.
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John Ellis
October 5th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
The Wall Street protest gives me a little hope that maybe, just maybe, the voting majority will catch on that Empire USA is actually a two class society governed by a democratic dictatorship.
For the 51 percent voting class is the 51 percent most aggressive and wealthy, and they always vote in a way that best enslaves the 49 percent non voting class. For the Democrats and Republicans both run for office pretending they will do what is best for all voters, but always end up in submission to high society.