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Somali government says rebels have more car bombs ready
Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:49am EDT
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By Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab insurgents have six more stolen United Nations vehicles primed as suicide bombs, the government said on Friday.
President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's administration says it will not be bowed by twin suicide car bombs that hit the African Union's (AU) main base in Mogadishu on Thursday, killing 17 AU peacekeepers including the AMISOM force's deputy commander.
But the audacious attack by two U.N.-marked cars on the heart of the peacekeeping mission raises serious questions about the credibility of the deeply divided government, which controls little more than a few districts of the capital.
The state minister for defense, Sheikh Yusuf Mohamed Siad, a former warlord also known as "Inda'ade" or "white eyes," said the insurgents had seized more U.N. vehicles in recent months.
"We were all aware of their suicidal preparations but we never thought they would penetrate the AMISOM compound," he said. "We knew they were masterminding eight cars ... they are left with six more cars. That is cowardice."
Inda'ade said the bombings would not stop the government launching fresh attacks against al Shabaab, which Washington says is al Qaeda's proxy in the failed Horn of Africa state.
"People will see what we'll do to them. They are not Muslims ... We know each other. Let's wait and see what happens next."
Al Shabaab gunmen, including foreign fighters, have attacked and looted U.N. compounds in Somalia in recent months.
Thursday's attack was the worst on the 5,000-strong AU force of soldiers from Uganda and Burundi. Its Ugandan commander was also wounded in the explosions.
At least 10 of the dead AU peacekeepers were from Burundi's army, which urged the AU on Friday to toughen AMISOM's mandate to let it conduct offensive operations against the rebels.
"The current mandate hampers our job. We want the AU to change it and let our troops chase the insurgents to their last hideout," said its spokesman, Major General Lazard Nduwayo.
"UNGODLY AND INHUMANE"
Thursday's blasts at the heavily guarded heart of the mission followed one of the capital's most violent months in 20 years. Fighting in Somalia has killed more than 18,000 civilians since the start of 2007 and left 1.5 million more homeless.
Western security agencies say the lawless nation has become a safe haven for militants, including foreign jihadists, who are using it to plot attacks across the region and beyond.
Al Shabaab said the strike was in revenge for the killing in southern Somalia of one of Africa's most wanted al Qaeda suspects in a helicopter raid on Monday by U.S. special forces. Continued...
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