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Africa: Horn
Somalia's Prime Minister Escapes Attack
2005-11-07
Gunmen threw grenades and a land mine exploded near a convoy carrying Somalia's prime minister on Sunday, but the leader escaped unharmed, officials said. At least five bodyguards were killed and 14 other people wounded in the attack. The attack occurred shortly after Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi arrived for a visit to the Somali capital — a stronghold of powerful warlords-turned-Cabinet ministers and Islamic extremists opposed to his divided transitional government, according to the Horn Africa radio station.
"Honey, I'm going to Mogadishu for a cabinet meeting. Don't wait dinner for me!"
"Okay, dear! Wouldja drop this life insurance payment off on your way?"
The explosions narrowly missed the vehicle carrying Gedi and Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Aidid. The victims were bodyguards in the car behind the leaders, said Mohamed Ali Americo, a senior official in the Somali prime minister's office. One bodyguard died at the scene. Two others inside Gedi's vehicle were also wounded in the attack, said businessman Mahamud Ahmed Ali.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Puntland: are the citizens called Punters?
Posted by: Red Dog   2005-11-07 21:06  

#7  The negotiated government purports to govern all of Somalia, including Puntland and Somaliland, neither of which apparently consent to be governed from Mogadishu.

Somaliland and Puntland seem to have less propensity for lunacy, probably no more than, say, Djibouti or Eritrea.
Posted by: Fred   2005-11-07 20:16  

#6  I am sorry but I am a bit confused...
Is this
Puntland - somalia
somalialand - somalia
or AQ land - somalia
or something I ain't heard of - somalia
Posted by: 3dc   2005-11-07 17:34  

#5  no Minister of Social Cohesion? peasants!
Posted by: Frank G   2005-11-07 16:10  

#4  No. Just a prime minister.
Posted by: Fred   2005-11-07 15:18  

#3  Gunmen threw grenades and a land mine exploded near a convoy carrying Somalia's prime minister on Sunday, ..

Somalia has a government???
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-11-07 14:24  

#2  What's a more useless job then prime minister of Somalia?
I dunno. Maybe being a deputy prime minister of Somalia?
Posted by: tu3031   2005-11-07 10:25  

#1  The victims were bodyguards in the car behind the leaders, said Mohamed Ali Americo, a senior official in the Somali prime minister's office.

Hey boss, cut us some slack. They switched the vehicle march order at the last minute, how the f*** were we to know!
Posted by: Besoeker   2005-11-07 01:41  

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