Dec
04

Somalia – Somalia blames al-Qaida, Somali group for bombing (Deseret News)

Somalia blames al-Qaida, Somali group for bombing (Deseret News)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) The Somali government on Friday blamed al-Qaida-linked Islamic militants for a suicide…

Somalia Blames Al Qaeda Militants for Homicide Bombing (MalaysiaNews.net)
MOGADISHU, Somalia The Somali government on Friday blamed Al Qaeda-linked Islamic militants for a homicide bombing that killed 22 people in the capital, as government officials buried three Cab…

Press Releases: Somalia: U.S. Condemns Mogadishu Bombing (U.S. Department of State)
Somalia: U.S. Condemns Mogadishu Bombing Ian Kelly Department Spokesman Washington, DC December 4, 2009 The United States condemns in the strongest terms the December 3 rd suicide bombing in Mogadishu. At a university gathering, a suicide bomber murdered 22 students, teachers, journalists, and others. Three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government were among those killed. Those who …

Somalia blames al-Qaida, Somali group for suicide blast that killed 22 at graduation ceremony (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s security minister on Friday blamed al-Qaida-linked Islamic militants for a bomb attack that killed 22 people in Mogadishu.

Somalia blames al-Qaida, Somali group for bombing (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Somali government on Friday blamed al-Qaida-linked Islamic militants for a suicide bombing that killed 22 people in the capital, as government officials buried three Cabinet ministers killed in the attack.

Somalia blames al-Qaida, Somali group for bombing (The Daily Jeffersonian)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – The Somali government on Friday blamed al-Qaida-linked Islamic militants for a suicide bombing that killed 22 people in the capital, as government officials buried three Cabinet ministers killed in the attack.The bombing Thursday…

Somalia blames al-Qaida-linked militants for bombing (The Champaign News-Gazette)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) The Somali government on Friday blamed al-Qaida-linked Islamic militants for a suicide bombing that killed 22 people in the capital, as government officials buried three Cabinet ministers killed in the attack. The bombing Thursday ripped through a university graduation ceremony at an upscale hotel in Mogadishu, killing medical students, doctors, journalists and three …

Somalia leader deplores deadly suicide bomb explosion in Mogadishu (People’s Daily)
Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Thursday condemned the suicide bomb explosion in the Mogadishu hotel which left three ministers dead and many others injured. “We condemn that evil act perpetuated by people working on foreign ideas,” Somali President told reporters in Mogadishu hours after the blast. The Somali president accused the armed Islamist opposition factions of being …

Suicide bombing at graduation ceremony in Somalia kills 3 Cabinet ministers (Los Angeles Times)
The attack is a devastating blow to a transitional government as well as an indication of the reach of Islamist militants and Al Qaeda operatives. In a stunning attack on Somalia’s shaky government, a suicide bombing Thursday at a graduation ceremony in Mogadishu killed three Cabinet ministers and least 12 others, government officials said.

Blast kills 19 at graduation ceremony in Somalia (CNN)
A male suicide bomber dressed in women’s clothing killed three members of Somalia’s U.N.-backed interim government and 16 others Thursday when he detonated at a medical school graduation ceremony in Mogadishu, government officials and witnesses said.

Somalia blames al Qaeda, Somali group for bombing (CTV.ca)
The Somali government on Friday blamed al Qaeda-linked Islamic militants for a suicide bombing that killed 22 people in the capital, as government officials buried three Cabinet ministers killed in the attack.

Somalia blames al-Qaeda-linked group in deadly bombing (USA Today)
A male suicide bomber dressed as a woman attacked a university graduation ceremony Thursday, killing at least 15 people, including three Cabinet ministers and three journalists.