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2022-04-24 Africa Horn
Ethiopia arrests 34 suspected Al-Shabaab militants
[Garowe] The Æthiopia National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), Æthiopia's main intelligence body announced on Saturday that 34 suspected members of the terror group al-Shabaab
...... the personification of Somali state failure...
 have been arrested and accused of terror plots during the holiday season.

In a press statement, NISS said the suspects were arrested during security operations carried out jointly with Somali and Oromia region's security forces.

"The suspects were secretly conspiring and preparing to conduct severe terror attacks in Æthiopia's capital Addis Ababa, Oromia, and Somali regional states at the time of their arrest," the statement said.

"Al-Shabaab had chosen the ongoing Islamic Ramadan and Orthodox Christian Easter fasting seasons to destabilize Æthiopia through terror attacks, but the plot has been foiled by the careful monitoring and operations of the security and intelligence bodies," the statement further said.

The NISS statement also said various types of small and heavy-sized weapons, as well as bank account documents, were seized from the home of the suspects.

Al-Shabaab is a bully boy Islamic rebel group mainly operating in conflict-wracked Somalia but has also been implicated in terrorist attacks in several other east African countries.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ]  Top
 File under: al-Shabaab (AQ) 

#1 and a pleasant Sunday to you, as well. Bless your heart.
Posted by Frank G 2022-04-24 00:14||   2022-04-24 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Bless your heart as well.
Posted by Xyz 2022-04-24 00:17||   2022-04-24 00:17|| Front Page Top

#3 I so like it when their spittle froths like that.
Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-24 00:20||   2022-04-24 00:20|| Front Page Top

#4 You’re still an asshole Frank G
A sensitive one no less.
Posted by Xyz 2022-04-24 00:27||   2022-04-24 00:27|| Front Page Top

#5 No spittle from me Skid.
I’m not deleting comments.
Frank G should not be a mod.
Posted by Xyz 2022-04-24 00:31||   2022-04-24 00:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Of course Frank G is an asshole. That’s baked into the cake for engineers and management types — a willingness to rub others the wrong way if that’s necessary to get the right job done right — and Frank G is both. Fred and the moderators knew this about him when we asked him to join the team.

I married an engineer/manager, though both were some years in the future when we met, back at my freshman orientation — in fact he was still technically pre-med at the time. And even then Mr. Wife was being called an arrogant asshole by those whose opinion didn’t matter to him. Not because he thought they were wrong but because as far as he was concerned they were fixating on the wrong thing: he cared about quickly getting the right answers to the important questions, not about whether anyone’s feelings were hurt by the process or the result.

So, dear Xyz, you need to decide whether you are going to continue fighting a battle you will not win, or choose to turn your attention to more satisfying pursuits.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-24 01:02||   2022-04-24 01:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Note that in all the above I didn’t mention that in pursuing your vendetta against Frank G you are acting the asshole yourself, which clearly thus far has not bothered you at all.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-24 01:05||   2022-04-24 01:05|| Front Page Top

#8 
Anybody thinks they can walk
into a joint and shit talk
'bout the manager and friends.

They're a spawn of socialism,
ye ask me. Deserve to be shot,
and forgat like last year's trends.
Posted by Dron66046 2022-04-24 03:20||   2022-04-24 03:20|| Front Page Top

#9 I feel so speshul and shit
Posted by Frank G 2022-04-24 07:06||   2022-04-24 07:06|| Front Page Top

#10 I feel so speshul and shit

Enjoy it during this short interval. The butthurt will always be with us.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-04-24 08:24||   2022-04-24 08:24|| Front Page Top

#11 If they consider you an asshole the you're doing something right Frank G.
Posted by Chris 2022-04-24 08:45||   2022-04-24 08:45|| Front Page Top

#12 It would appear that the Periwinkle Cluebat was just freshly oiled and came out swinging………
Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-04-24 09:45||   2022-04-24 09:45|| Front Page Top

#13 If someone tries to insult me I must first value their opinion otherwise I'm not insulted.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-04-24 10:10||   2022-04-24 10:10|| Front Page Top

#14 If you aren't sure yesterday was a garbage day, "but I thought this was Civil and Well Reasoned Discord?!" was played, and Herb was cited as a more capable commentor.

For the newer visitors, Lesser Herb: "Trump's State Department is going to incorporate Venezuela into The American Empire, and if you can't admit authentic Chinese food is superior to Panda Garden you are a dull stone for dullards and I would tell you so if I could put out the J and roll off the couch."
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-04-24 15:31||   2022-04-24 15:31|| Front Page Top

#15 ^LOL.
Posted by Frank G 2022-04-24 16:47||   2022-04-24 16:47|| Front Page Top

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16:57 trailing wife
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16:25 Grom the Reflective
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