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Mogadishu explosions target solar-powered street lights
2013-07-17
MOGADISHU -- Explosions hit Mogadishu leaving several solar powered street lights destroyed on Monday, Garowe Online reports.
What idiot came up with putting solar powered street lights in Mog? Must have been a western NGO idiot...
Three of nearly dozens of street lights lined along MogadishuÂ’s 30th Street, one of the cityÂ’s busiest roads, were destroyed. Local sources said "no one was targeted" as the explosive devices were detonated at recently installed street lights in Mogadishu.

“I heard very big blasts after Fajr [morning] prayer and they rocked in Al Baraka village of Hodon district, we went out to see what happened but we saw the wreckage of the solar powered street lights” witnesses reported.

Nobody claimed its responsibility but Banadir regional administration accused Al Shabaab extremists of detonating the blasts. A spokesman for Banadir regional administration said: “Al Shabaab will take the explosion’s responsibility because they so far targeted those street lights and they oppose their installation for public safety."

The targeted road connects four districts in Mogadishu and local residents welcomed the installation of solar powered street lights to increase public safety and businesses stay open late.
Posted by:Steve White

#7  Juice cooties brought this to mind. Strangely, it fits:

Midnight
And I'm a-waitin'
On the twelve-0-five
Hopin' it'll take me
Just a little farther down the line


Moonlight
You're just a heartache in disguise
Won't you keep my heart from breakin'
If it's only for a very short time


Playing with the queen of hearts
Knowin' it ain't really smart
The joker ain't the only fool
Who'll do anything for you
Laying out another lie
Thinkin' 'bout a life of crime
'Cos that's what I'll have to do
To keep me away from you


Honey, you know it makes you mad
Why is everybody tellin' everybody
What you have done
Baby, I know it makes you sad
But when they're handin' out the heartaches
You know you got to have you some


Playing with the queen of hearts
Knowin' it ain't really smart
The joker ain't the only fool
Who'll do anything for you
Laying out another lie
Thinkin' 'bout a life of crime
'Cos that's what I'll have to do
To keep me away from you
Posted by: Dopey Sinatra   2013-07-17 14:54  

#6  Essentially.

Yeah, that and the fact the photoelectric effect is totally un-Islamic. Juice cooties and all that, you know.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-07-17 13:40  

#5  Battle space prep

Essentially.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-07-17 11:30  

#4  If you wanna commit a dastardly deed, you wanna do it in the dark.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2013-07-17 11:30  

#3  Street lights prevent crime. Battle space prep.
Posted by: Iblis   2013-07-17 10:59  

#2  Free lights at night, Why, THAT'S UNISLAMIC we have the right to slaughter anybody we want to, WITHOUT detection.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-07-17 06:53  

#1  Good, Let the animals destroy everything.
No Benefits for you.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-07-17 06:42  

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