Somali national security minister Omar Hashi Aden and Ambassador Abdikarin Farah Laqanyo among 25 killed in suicide attack

Somalia's national security minister and at least 24 other people have been killed in a suicide attack in western Somalia, and an extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al-Qaida claimed responsibility.President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed accused al-Qaeda of being behind Thursday's bombing, which also killed a senior Somali diplomat.In March, Osama bin Laden, urged Somalis to overthrow Ahmed, calling him a tool of the United States in an audiotape that outlined al-Qaeda's ambitions in Somalia."It was an act of terrorism and it is part of the terrorist attack on our people," Ahmed told journalists in Mogadishu, his country's capital. "Al-Qaeda is attacking us."The African Union, Arab League, the UN and a regional grouping condemned the attack in a joint statement."This deplorable attack once again demonstrates that the extremists will stop at nothing in their desperate attempt to seize power from the legitimate government of Somalia by force," the statement said...MORE..http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/06/18/somalia-attack.html