The attack reportedly targeted a government convoy carrying foreign aid workers. It was not immediately clear whether foreigners were among the casualties in the attack, which is said to have destroyed at least four cars in the targeted convoy.
No group has grabbed credit for the attack yet, but Somali authorities are blaming the al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
krazed killer group. The al-Qaeda aligned outfit is Somalia's most prominent and influential Islamist krazed killer unit. The group, branded as a terrorist organization by the United States and most of the international community, is the military wing of the Islamist movement ousted by Æthiopia-backed Somali forces in 2006.
Until recently, al-Shabaab and other allied groups controlled large areas in southern Somalia where they enforced strict Islamic laws or Sharia. But Somali forces, backed by 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...
peacekeepers, managed to seize control of most of the rebels-held regions in recent months, except some pockets in rural southern and central Somalia.
Notably, Sunday's attack came just days ahead of an international conference on Somalia in London. The conference, which opens on Tuesday, will be co-hosted by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and British Prime Minister
David Cameron... has stated that he is
certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is
not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as
certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
.