[SHABELLENEWS] A Puntland...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
military court in the coastal city of Bosaso has sentenced five alleged Al shabaab to death after being convicted of plotting suicide kaboom in the town.
The five men are, Abbas Ibrahim Yare (26), Ibrahim Mohammed Anshur (20), Dhaqane Aden Abdi (20), Aden Nur Aden (27), Nur Abdi Aden (22).
Colonel Abdifatah Hajji Aden, the chairman of Puntland military court has announced the final decision of the court.
"The military court of Puntland has today sentenced the 5 men to death penalty, after being found guilty of being planning attacks in Bosaso town and they confessed to it," said Aden.
The judge stated that the convicted men can still take an appeal if they are not satisfied with the verdict against the five Al shabaab members who were captured last April in Bosaso.
The European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
, the United Nations
...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense...
and human rights
...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless...
campaigners have all urged Somalia authorities to reinstate the moratorium and stop the frequent executions.