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100 dead after two car blasts in Somalia
According to the president of Somalia, two vehicle explosions occurred on Saturday in the country’s capital, Mogadishu, leaving at least 100 people dead and 300 injured.
The data were released by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday, along with a warning that “the number of both the dead and wounded continues to climb.”
The capital’s busy Zobe intersection was the target of the...
Somalian "Engineers" Astonish World Again with State-Of-The-Art Tank
9 years ago, Somalia shocked the world with a state-of-the-art helicopter! Best in the world… ever! Now again in 2019 we’re shocked by a new powerful tank.
Somalia has launched its first “military style vehicle”—built out of scrap by a local mechanic in Mogadishu and “inspired by the war on terror,” has made its appearance, according to a report in the Africanews service.
The...
Minnesota: Somali “Refugees” Stealing Hundreds of Millions in Welfare Swindle
Somali invaders in Minnesota—given “refugee status” by liberals and the US Government—are stealing hundreds of millions of dollars in welfare swindles and shipping the cash by commercial aircraft back to Somalia in suitcases to regions controlled by the Islamist al Shabaab organization, an investigation by KMSP-TV in that state has revealed.
According to the report, suitcases filled with cash...
US launches airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia using enhanced powers
US and Somali forces have conducted a joint operation against the Islamist group al-Shabaab, destroying a major training camp and command outpost days after a deadly attack on a military base in northern Somalia.
The compound was located near Sakow, in the Middle Juba region in southern Somalia where al-Shabaab is known to operate.
“On June 11, at approximately 2 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the...
Mexico Helping Unvetted African Migrants to U.S. Border, Many From Al-Shabaab Terror Hotbed
Hundreds of African asylum seekers have flooded Mexican border cities with the U.S. in an effort to get to California and Texas to obtain U.S. asylum — many of the unvetted migrants are from the terror hotbed of Somalia.
Rather than having to hide along the way, the African migrants have been getting a special permit from Mexico that gives them a free pass to the U.S. border.
The influx of asylum...
Kenya: Massacre survivor hid 2 days in closet
A survivor of the massacre at Garissa University College in Kenya was found on Saturday, two days after Al-Shabaab extremists slaughtered 148 people. Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, had cowered in a wardrobe for two days.
The student was finally coaxed from her hiding place in deep shock. She had covered herself with clothes and said she drank a bottle of lotion to stave off hunger and thirst, AP reports.
Cheroitich...
US forces target Al-Shabaab leader in Somalia, seize Al-Qaeda leader in Libya
US forces carried out two major operations in Africa on Saturday, targeting an al-Shabaab leader in Somalia in connection with the recent Nairobi mall siege and nabbing an Al-Qaeda leader in Libya wanted for the 1998 bombings of US embassies.
A US Navy SEAL team approached a seaside house in the Somali town of Baraawe before sunrise in hopes of targeting an Al-Qaeda linked suspect. The operation,...
Interpol issues alert for British suspect in Nairobi mall siege
Fake South African passport of Samantha Lewthwaite
Interpol has issued an arrest notice for a British woman who has allegedly been involved in a deadly siege on a shopping center in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
According to Interpol statement, the “red notice” or internationally wanted person alert for Samantha Lewthwaite was issued at the request of Kenya over charges of being in possession...
Islamic Terror Groups Are Targeting Christians All Over The World
Over the past couple of days, we have witnessed some absolutely horrific examples of Islamic terror groups specifically targeting Christians and those from other non-Muslim religions. Sadly, this is not a new phenomenon. Radical Islamic jihadists are constantly attacking churches and slaughtering Christians all over the planet. The recent events in Pakistan, Kenya and Egypt may have taken this persecution...
Nairobi mall siege: 200 hostages freed, military ‘in control’ of building
The Kenyan military has reportedly taken control of Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall. Over 200 civilians have been freed and over 60 killed during the three-day bloody hostage crisis in the Kenyan capital.
“We’re in control of Westgate,” Kenya’s interior ministry said in a post on Twitter. “We think that everyone, the hostages, have been evacuated but we don’t want to...
US drone shot down in Somalia
American Predator drone firing two Hellfire missiles.
Local fighters say they have shot down a suspected United States operated aerial vehicle in the south of Somalia near the capital, Mogadishu. Press TV reported.
Al-Shabaab fighters say the drone crashed into the sea after it was hit near the lower Shabelle region in Merka town, located south of the capital.
The fighters say six other drones have...
Somalia: Two Radio Stations Taken Over by Militants
Somalia's Al-Shabaab militia.
Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam extremists on Sunday, 19 September 2010, forcibly looted two independent radio stations, HornAfrik and Global Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), in Mogadishu.
The two Radio stations are an independent radio and televisions based in the capital.
Some of HornAfrik staff says armed militia from the Al-Shabaab broke into the premises of the radio...