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Africa Horn
Al-Shabab seizes control of UN compound
2010-04-09
Al-Shabab fighters have seized a compound housing the United Nations Operations in town of Wajid, in Bakool region, in southern Somalia.

Hundreds of heavily armed al-Shabab fighters entered the compound on Thursday, disarmed around 150 security guards and ordered them to leave the area, a Press TV correspondent reported.
Hope they weren't paying those boys much.
The fighters confiscated equipment and foodstuffs from the United Nations' World Food Programme, and stopped civilians from entering the compound.

Al-Shabab said that they have made the UN compound their main base from where they will henceforth conduct their activities.

Reports say that the fighters have also seized control of a local airstrip that is used by UN agencies to distribute humanitarian aid in southern regions of the country.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Nope. But paid for by American tax dollars since no one else is stupid enough to feed Somalis.

So we won't have to pay for it anymore. That's a good thing, isn't it?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2010-04-09 11:51  

#5  I have to think that even the mighty Uruguayans would have done better than that ...
Posted by: Steve White   2010-04-09 10:28  

#4  Run by some American kid, right?

Nope. But paid for by American tax dollars since no one else is stupid enough to feed Somalis.
Posted by: ed   2010-04-09 09:32  

#3  Run by some American kid, right?
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2010-04-09 09:14  

#2  Wow. The Viet Cong never even made it into the chancery of the U.S. embassy in Saigon on the opening night of Tet.

Not only did these al-Shabab guys make it in, but they disarmed U.N. security, took their stuff, and are running the compound?! What a fiasco.
Posted by: American Delight   2010-04-09 06:52  

#1  History repeats
Posted by: newc   2010-04-09 02:36  

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