Somali militants live-tweet deadly attack on U.N. compound Somali militant group al-Shabaab launched a deadly strike on Wednesday against a U.N. humanitarian compound in Mogadishu that killed one international staffer, three contractors, four Somali security guards, and at least four civilians, Foreign Policy first reported. Al-Shabaab then posted a series of eerie tweets from it's Twitter handle @HSMPress1. ...
June 20, 2013 - The Washington Times
Somali Islamists threaten more carnage after attack on UN base By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab rebel group threatened to keep attacking "disbelievers" without respite, a day after launching a deadly assault against the United Nations in the capital Mogadishu. Security was tight on Thursday as Somali army pick-up trucks mounted with heavy machine guns blocked the main road linking the city centre with the fortified airport ...
June 20, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Somali Islamists threaten more carnage after attack on U.N. base By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab rebel group threatened to keep attacking "disbelievers" without respite, a day after launching a deadly assault against the United Nations in the capital Mogadishu. Security was tight on Thursday as Somali army pick-up trucks mounted with heavy machine guns blocked the main road linking the city center with the fortified airport ...
June 20, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Condoleezza Rice in International Herald Tribune The Somali leadership is going to have to really reach out to all the elements that are not associated with terrorism,Rice said. "It has to be broad and that's really my message to the prime minister. He has to find a way to broaden his...
Ahmed Mohamed in USA Today My fighters will defeat the Ethiopians' forces,Sheik Ahmed Mohamed Islan, the head of the Islamic movement in the Kismayo region, told the AP. "Even if we are defeated we will start an insurgency. We will kill every Somali that supports...
Emyr Jones Parry in Forbes For the first time in 15 years, the Somali people have a prospect of being governed by representative institutions that will provide them with security and stability,said Britain's UN Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry, the main sponsor of the...