11 peacekeepers killed in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb. 22 -- Twin explosions Sunday killed 11 Burundian troops at a compound used by African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, Somalia, authorities said. Terrorist al-Shabaab, an Islamic extremist group with ties to al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack.Terrorist Al-Shabaab spokesman, Terrorist Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansoor, said one of their fighters detonated a jacket laden with explosives inside the Burundian base and another suicide bomber exploded his car.In addition to the 11 Burundian soldiers killed, 15 more were wounded, the Los Angeles Times said. The newspaper reported that Mansoor, speaking to reporters by telephone, said, "Go home, otherwise you will meet our hell." AUSomali jihad ultimatum: Government has 120 days to fully implement sharia -- or else and United Nations officials condemned the attack."They are trying to destabilize the situation and take away attention from the good news," said Susannah Price, a spokeswoman for the U.N. special representative to Somalia.AU officials initially said the attack wasn't carried out by suicide bombers but by mortars fired into the compound.Terrorist Mansoor called them "martyrdom operations" carried out by "Mujahedeens," or holy fighters, It was the second suicide attack in Mogadishu this month. A bomber killed 20 civilians Feb. 2 when the attacker apparently missed the intended target, The Burundian troops are part of a 3,500-member peacekeeping contingent in Mogadishu, . The attack came a day after the Somali government swore in new somali government fragments further,minister of energy and petrol Abduwahid Elmi resigned 34 new ministers, Somali Taliban Government cabinet name talaban minister says ‘foreign troops are not needed in Somalia’pictures of suicide man.. from habar-gidir , (usc\usc.sna\icu\shabaab\Islamist all hawiye group of Ahlusunna Terror Sympathizers websitehttp://www.waagacusub.com/news/23.02.09.6khawaarij.htm
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