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Somali forces end Al-Shabaab siege of Mogadishu hotel; 9 dead
After action report, such as it is, following yesterday’s attack. [Garowe] Security forces drawn from different departments have successfully ended the siege at Afric Hotel ...in yesterday’s report given as Hotel Afrik in Mogadishu, which came under attack from al-Shabaab ...... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...bully boys, who stormed at it around 5 pm local time, catching guards off guard. Col Sadik Dodishe, the spokesperson of the police, said security forces managed to kill four al-Shabaab hard boyz who had stormed the hotel, disrupting peace for several hours. The names of the hard boyz could not be established at the time, but they were all confirmed dead. The attack, Dodishe said, left five civilians dead and scores injured, in what becomes one of the deadly attacks this year within the capital, Mogadishu. Among those killed was General Mohammed Galal, a former operative within the regime of Siad Barre. "There is normality now within the capital city," he said, adding that: "Our security forces managed to kill the four attackers who raided the hotel. There is calm and people should go on with their lives are we investigate the attack and being more culprits into the book." Eyewitnesses said that the attackers first detonated a bomb outside the hotel before storming inside as they fired indiscriminately. Security forces responded in time and managed to rescue tens of people who were within the premises. Authorities said that there was a meeting involving senior government officials that were taking place at the time of the attack. The al-Shabaab bully boys, who have been causing havoc in the country, grabbed credit for the attack but did not immediately reveal their target. Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble sent condolences to the affected families and asked the people to work closely in a bid to end terrorism in the country. He condemned the hard boyz for causing mayhem in the country which has struggled with instability for five decades. "My heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of the heinous terror attack in Hotel Afrik including Gen Mohammed Nur Galal who served his country with valor for over 50 years. This attack is yet another reminder of the savage enemy we face. We must unite against terror," he noted. Another Garowe article adds: ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... and Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... , which are some of the close development partners of Somalia, have condemned the ye attack, terming it "cowardice". The two nations have borne the brunt of al-Shabaab ...... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... attacks in Somalia, with the group often targeting their nationals. For the past year, the al-Shabaab turbans have been losing ground in several former strongholds following operations by the Somali National Army, the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Mission Forces in Somalia, and the US Africa Command. However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... the terror group still controls large swathes of rural central and southern Somalia. Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-02 |
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