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2010-07-19 Africa Horn

The African Bin Laden behind the Uganda bombings

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Posted by ryuge 2010-07-19 04:58|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

The Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, whose security forces yesterday arrested 20 people in connection with the bombings, has called for more troops to be sent Somalia[...]

But many fear that would play directly into Godane's hands, allowing him to raise the spectre of a foreign "invasion" against which more Somalis would flock to the Shebab. Such a scenario could ignite a region-wide conflict, pitting the mainly Christian nations of the rest of East Africa against the predominantly Muslim population of Somalia.

Not if we hand Ahmed his head.

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2010-07-19 07:09|| 2010-07-19 07:09|| Front Page Top

#2 When is the West going to realize that we can't just fight against jihadists in Afghanistan and Iraq, that we need to 'engage' them wherever they are? Why haven't we flattened a couple of dozen Somali villages, and told the rest that if they don't get rid of al-shitabaab, we'll flatten more? Have we become "too civilized" to fight back against these barbarians?

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-07-19 12:28|| 2010-07-19 12:28|| Front Page Top

#3 1. Life in Africa is cheap.

2. Life in Somalia is really cheap.

3. Assuming that flattening "couple of dozen Somali villages" is going to have an effect is an exercise in fantasy.

Have we become "too civilized" to fight back against these barbarians?

No - you've become too 'civilized' in assuming that such actions would work.

Posted by Pappy 2010-07-19 20:38|| 2010-07-19 20:38|| Front Page Top

#4 WORLDNEWS/TOPIX > ALL AFRICA > UGANDA: ONE DAY AL QAEDA, AL SHABAAB WILL SURELY RULE THE WORLD.

ARTIC = A number of Local Bloggers accuse the Govt of falsely blaming AL SHABAAB for the deadly KAMPALA TWIN SUICIDE BOMBINGS ["false flag"]in order to justify Govt-led crackdowns for purposes, agendums other than ANTI-TERROR SECURITY; + AL QAEDA + AL SHABAAB HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN, LOCALLY OR GLOBALLY???

* SAME > UGANDA: WHY THE WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS FROM SOMALIA IS REASONABLE FOR NOW; + UGANDAN GOVT. MAY ATTACK AL SHABAAB SOMALI MILITIA, espec Army Generals = Top Mil Leadership.

ARTIC = US, UN-led/dominated + $$$ funded AMISOM Mission is seriously limited + a FAILURE due to lack of resources to succeed, + claims of subordination to the larger Agendas of Non/Anti-African Foreign Power(s) = UN Major Members-States. ORDINARY OR MAINSTREAM UGANDANS IN FAVOR OF DEFEATING AL SHABAAB THREAT TO SOMALIA + REGION, + ALSO TO NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF FOREIGN MILFORS [Non-African, Local]INSIDE NEIGHBORING SOMALIA ["African for Africans, Somalia for Somalis", etc].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-07-19 23:19|| 2010-07-19 23:19|| Front Page Top

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