[AnNahar] Uganda has intercepted communications between The details of the plot were revealed a week after 10 members of Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab rebels were remanded in jug after appearing in court on terror-related charges that prompted a major security swoop in the Ugandan capital.
Speaking to news hounds late Monday, police Inspector General Kale Kayihura said investigations has uncovered links between the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan Moslem rebel movement, and the Shabaab as well as Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
"We intercepted communication between the Death Eaters who were in the cells here and who were writing to al-Qaeda of the Maghreb to attack Luzira (prison) and save them. They were begging them," Kayihura told news hounds, referring to the maximum security jail.
Kayihura assured Ugandans they were safe, but urged heightened vigilance.
"We must not sleep and we must make it part of our regular program to sensitize the people about the threat," he said.
Police reportedly uncovered explosives in the capital on September 13, just hours after the U.S. embassy in Uganda told its citizens to stay indoors because of fears of an "imminent" attack.
Uganda, a key troop contributor to the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
force fighting in Somalia, has been targeted by Shabaab rebels in the past. During the World Cup final four years ago, Shabaab faceless myrmidons killed at least 76 people after setting off kabooms that destroyed two restaurants in Kampala.