A report of some rare good news out of the outhouse of Africa.An al Qaeda commander from Yemen who led a group of foreign fighters battling the Somali government
Somalia has a government? Who knew?
and African Union forces has been reported killed in Mogadishu.
The commander, Rajah Abu Khalid, was reported to have been critically wounded during heavy fighting in the Somali capital on Saturday. Khalid was moved to a Shabaab-run hospital in the town of Jowhar, north of Mogadishu, where he died,
What a surprise, given the superb care available.
Wasn't a level I trauma center then, was it ...
a commander of the al Qaeda-linked Shabaab terror group told Sunatimes.
A Somali commander confirmed Khalid's death, and said he was among 13 foreign fighters
Quite a large number and proportion of foreign fighters; there's more to this story than meets the eye. ANU might/must be getting some expert 'advice.'
killed during heavy fighting in the capital. Over the weekend, 25 people have been killed in Mogadishu in clashes between Shabaab and African Union and Somali forces. Both the Somali government and Shabaab claimed victory in the weekend's fighting.
Khalid is said to have replaced Abu Musab, another foreign Shabaab and al Qaeda leader who was killed during fighting in Mogadishu several months ago.
Wonder who will grab the banner and leap forward into the breach.
There's a theme here if the local #3 is discerning enough to figure it out ...
| The theme being that Somalia is the only place in the world where it's safer to be a #3 instead of #1? This is going to play merry hob with training schedules around the world, as the volunteer #3s flood in. |