The Monitor (Kampala) report by Tabu Butagira, Kololo - Uganda: Terrorism Threat is Real, Says Museveni - excerpt:
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday confirmed reports that security organisations are on high alert to tackle terrorist groups believed to be planning attacks in urban areas."Groups of urban terrorists may try to disturb (Uganda)," Mr Museveni said at celebrations to mark 46 years of Independence at Kololo. "But we shall deal with them using the vast security networks that we used during the (November 2007) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and other occasions.""Our involvement in peacekeeping operations in Somalia has made some characters there unhappy. Osama bin Laden and his group may try to cause trouble, and there is a possibility that some of them would want to disturb us," Maj. Gen. Kayihura said.Uganda has provided troops to the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia to help restore normalcy in the volatile Mogadishu city, but the forces have lately become targets of attack by Islamic Courts militia who once controlled large parts of the country a few years ago.Daily Monitor has learnt that Ugandan intelligence agencies are frantically following a tip from their Kenyan counterparts that a man believed to be a suicide bomber from Somalia could have slipped into the country through Entebbe Airport at the end of last month.
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday confirmed reports that security organisations are on high alert to tackle terrorist groups believed to be planning attacks in urban areas."Groups of urban terrorists may try to disturb (Uganda)," Mr Museveni said at celebrations to mark 46 years of Independence at Kololo. "But we shall deal with them using the vast security networks that we used during the (November 2007) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and other occasions.""Our involvement in peacekeeping operations in Somalia has made some characters there unhappy. Osama bin Laden and his group may try to cause trouble, and there is a possibility that some of them would want to disturb us," Maj. Gen. Kayihura said.Uganda has provided troops to the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia to help restore normalcy in the volatile Mogadishu city, but the forces have lately become targets of attack by Islamic Courts militia who once controlled large parts of the country a few years ago.Daily Monitor has learnt that Ugandan intelligence agencies are frantically following a tip from their Kenyan counterparts that a man believed to be a suicide bomber from Somalia could have slipped into the country through Entebbe Airport at the end of last month.
Uganda army warns Somali on terror
THE army yesterday warned the Somali community living in Uganda to cooperate with security agencies to avert the looming terror attack. The warning comes at a time when Uganda has been put on high terror alert following intelligence reports that al-Qaeda regional linkman Fazul Abdallay plans a strike. A source attached to the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) yesterday told The New Vision that there were reports that al-Qaeda agents were trying to use some ‘desperate’ Somali refugees in Kisenyi, a Kampala suburb. “We have heard reports that some people are planning to use some of you (Somali) to cause mayhem. But be warned that this will backfire on you. Support the relevant security agencies with information regarding any intent from subversive elements,” said Lt. Timothy Tumusiime, the civil military relations officer. Tumusiime, who addressed over 50 Somali clan heads and leaders at a security meeting held in Kisenyi, urged the leaders to ask their colleagues to cooperate with security agencies. “Do not be lured into causing terror in Kampala. Let us live together or we shall all perish like fools. Desist from terrorism activities while living here,” he said, adding that “Our gallant soldiers are dying in Somalia because we want peace. We do not want a similar situation here.” more..http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/654241
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