The attack occurred four weeks after the Shabab laid siege to the - TopicsExpress



          

The attack occurred four weeks after the Shabab laid siege to the Westgate mall in Nairobi, the capital of neighboring Kenya, which brought worldwide attention to the ferocious militant group. Inside Somalia, the Shabab have long posed a significant threat, carrying out large-scale attacks in Mogadishu at a United Nations compound, a court complex and a popular restaurant. In a statement, Somalia’s prime minister, Abdi Farah Shirdon, confirmed the attack, saying the bombing had killed “a number” of Somalis and calling Shabab fighters “brainwashed.” The Shabab rose to power as a nationalist movement resisting the United States-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia in 2006. The group grew to control large swaths of the country, including Mogadishu, but Somali troops and African Union forces have beaten it back in recent years.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 23:54:22 +0000

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