Somalia
MOHAMED KUNO KILLED & 18 MORE IN MOGADISHU HOTEL BOMBING
Mohamed Kuno has several aliases but is best known as Mohamed Dulyadin, which means ambidextrous in the Somali language but also as uses the name Gamadhere. His exact age is not known but is thought to… Continue reading
UK NATIONAL, ABDUL QADIR MUMIN, LEADS ISIS IN SOMALIA
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Somali born Abdul Qadir Mumin, age unknown but probably now in his late 50s’, arrived to UK in 2005/6 and became a visiting speaker at a Mosque in London occasionally attended Mohammed Emwazi, known as… Continue reading
THE WEAPON’S TRIAL TO YEMEN & SOMALIA
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The USA Navy said in a statement Monday04/04/2016 it has seized a weapons shipment in the Arabian Sea from Iran likely heading to war-torn Yemen.
The Navy said that the USS Sirocco on 03/28/2016 intercepted and seized the… Continue reading
HASSAN DHOORE, AL-SHABAB KEY FIGURE, KILLED
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An USA UAV strike in Somalia, on Thursday 03/31/2016, has targeted a key leader of the al-Shabab militant group Hassan Ali Dhoore who was involved in two attacks in Mogadishu more than a year ago, Pentagon spokesman… Continue reading
OVER 150 AL-SHABAB KILLED BY U.S AIRSTRIKE
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An USA airstrike has killed more than 150 al-Shabab militants in Somalia, the Pentagon said on Monday 03/07/2016 evening. Spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said the strike hit a training camp where a “large-scale” attack was being planned. “Initial assessments… Continue reading
ABOUT 180 KENYAN TROOPS KILLED IN SOMALIA IN 01/2016
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At least 180 Kenyan soldiers were killed in Somalia in an extremist attack on their base in the town of El-Ade in the Gedo region of southwestern Somalia, on 01/15/2016, by al-Shabab, Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said, which… Continue reading
A SUICIDE BOMBER FAILED TO DOWN MOGADISHU FLIGHT
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An explosion and fire blew a gaping hole in Flight D3159, travelling from Somalia to Djibouti with 74 passengers , on Tuesday 02/02/2016, at about 14,000 feet, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Mogadishu’s international airport,… Continue reading
– BEACHSIDE RESTAURANT STORMED IN MOGADISHU
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Up to 20 people were killed, on Thursday 01/21/2016 evening, when al-Shabab suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a seafront hotel and restaurant in the heart of the Somali capital. A car packed with explosives rammed into the Beach View… Continue reading
– MAALIK JONES INDICTED FOR SUPPORT TO AL-SHABAB
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A former Baltimore, Maryland, resident Maalik Alim Jones. 31, who left the U.S. for Somalia in 2011 to become a member of a specialized fighting unit within al-Shabab was indicted Monday 01/11/2016 on charges related to aiding the… Continue reading
– 15 KILLED IN AL-SHABAB’S MOGADISHU HOTEL RAID
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Al-Shabab Islamist militants have attacked, on Sunday 11/01/2015, a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, popular with Somalia’s members of parliament, killing at least 15 people. The Gunmen used two car bombs to blast their way into the… Continue reading