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| Uganda suicide plot meant to kill more Americans |
| 2010-08-14 |
| The confessed mastermind of bomb attacks against World Cup soccer fans said he had hoped to kill many more Americans in the explosions in which 76 people, including one American, died last month. Instead, FIFA chose to bore Americans to death. Reporters learned at a press conference in which four arrested suspects appeared that the death toll from the three explosions would have been much higher if one of them hadn't backed out at the last minute. Haruna Luyima, the younger brother of the confessed plotter, said he had been tasked with planting a fourth device at a dance hall. Hard to find good help these days. Not much glory if you can't even get to work. "But when I reached there I wondered why so many people watching football on television should be killed over nothing," the 27-year-old said. At the Thursday news conference at military intelligence headquarters in Kampala, Luyima said he placed the laptop bag containing the bomb in a flowerbed and fled without detonating it. NCAA footballs fan agree. Officials found it the day after the July 11 attacks on crowds of people watching the World Cup final on TV. It's not the game that gets 'em. It's the beer commercials. Al-Shabab, a militant Somali group with links to al Qaeda, has claimed responsibility for the attacks and said it targeted Uganda because Ugandan troops belonging to an African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in Somalia have killed Somali civilians. Isah Ahmed Luyima said he masterminded the bombings and recruited his younger brother and a friend to help. A fourth man in custody who claims to be a member of al Qaeda allegedly made mistakes in the planning and was sidelined. All four men are in custody. Shoulda chosen to watch the game. Now, no TV. Luyima, a 33-year-old Ugandan and former university librarian, said he joined al-Shabab insurgents in 2009 and fought alongside other foreign fighters against the AU peacekeepers who are protecting the beleaguered UN-backed government in Somalia. One of those poverty stricken third worlders who chose to even up the score though jihad. Oh, wait... Most of the dead in the bombings in Kampala were Ugandans watching the final game of the World Cup. All four have admitted to taking part in the attack, according to Ugandan officials. Nothing spoils a good game like jihad |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The Vuvuzela has finally proven useful! It was so annoying that it drove away many people, so there were fewer casualties than expected when they bombed the WC pubs. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-08-14 15:08 |