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| 'Swede dead' after US strike in Somalia | |
| 2007-06-03 | |
| A Swedish citizen has been reported killed in Somalia following an American air attack against alleged Islamic extremists in the rebel Puntland region. The governor of the Barri Region, Mussa Jelle Yusuf, told news agency AFP that the Americans were targeting "an al-Qaeda hideout." The dead Swede was said to be among a number of citizens of western countries killed in the attack. The Swedish Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that it did not have any official information about a missing Swede in the region. Foreign Ministry spokesman André Mkandawire told Svenska Dagbladet that it could take time to get information, as Sweden's nearest diplomatic mission to Somalia is in Kenya. He said the Foreign Ministry did not have current records of the number of Swedes in Somalia, but added that "we discourage people from going there, due to the current situation." Thanks, Sweden!
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| Posted by:mrp |
| #7 I was worried for a moment it might have been a member of the Swedish Bikini Team. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2007-06-03 20:35 |
| #6 I had a story a few weeks ago about the pregnant daughter of the head of the Swedish Muslim Association who was arrested at the Somali-Kenya border where she had been with her 'fiancee', a Swede of Lebanese extraction. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-06-03 13:56 |
| #5 All jihad vacations should end this way for the useful idiots... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-06-03 12:47 |
| #4 Wouldn't it be beautiful Karma if the "Swede" killed was one of these three? |
| Posted by: tipper 2007-06-03 12:39 |
| #3 Dollars for dimes says the "Swede" was a Somali who stayed in Sweden long enough to afford to perform Koran jihad obligations |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-06-03 12:07 |
| #2 They weren't just from Sweden.They were also from America, Britain, Sweden, Morocco, Pakistan and Yemen, |
| Posted by: tipper 2007-06-03 11:03 |
| #1 Anybody wanna bet that the deader will turn out to be Mohammed (AKA 'Sven') the Swede? |
| Posted by: WTF 2007-06-03 09:38 |