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A member of the Somali security forces flees the site of a car bomb in central Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 18, 2013.
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A woman reacts near the site of a car bomb in central Mogadishu on March 18, 2013.
Reuters reports — A car bomb exploded near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, killing at least 10 people in a blast that appeared to target senior government officials, police said.
The suicide attacker detonated explosives while driving along a boulevard that runs between the palace and the national theatre, a route lined by tearooms that were engulfed in fire moments after the blast, senior police officer Abdiqadir Mohamud said. A public minibus driving along the road burst into flames.
"The suicide car bomber targeted a senior national security officer whose car was passing near the theatre," Mohamud told Reuters. "Most of the people who died were on board the minibus - civilians. This public vehicle coincidentally came between the government car and the car bomb when it was hit." Read the full story.
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An injured man sits on the road near the presidential palace in Mogadishu on March 18, 2013.
A car bomb explodes near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing at least 10 people. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
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Al-Queda
Ya think?!
On another note, too bad they don't give live demonstrations by the teacher at Suicide Bomber School....
"Pay attention class!!!"
"I can only do this once!!!"
Oh-Bomb-Ah
A few days ago the Somali national police warned about a possible terror attack in the capital, the police cheif however said that the security services were on full alert and was ready to prevent any attack in the capital city. But they failed to stop. Western countries must educate them, how to secure a city etc.
Just how does one 'secure a city'? If some guy wants to detonate his truck, he's probably gonna detonate his truck. I think the only reason this stuff doesn't happen in the US alot is because the reactionaries don't have enough money to catch a plane . . . and you can't walk.
I'm not sure we would be able to 'secure our cities' if we really had to.
Al Shabaab (Al Qaida)
Note the individual in the last picture in plain clothes carrying what appears to be a short barreled assault weapon. Probably checking the effectiveness of HIS bomb. Of course, the policeman in the first picture was running away from the area, because he was clueless as to what else to do.