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Somalia: Al Shabaab Carry Out Suicide Car Attack in Afgoye

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Al-Shabaab militants.

Afgoye — A car full of explosives was smashed into a base used by Somali forces in the town of Afgoye, by an Al Shabaab agent on Saturday , Radio Garowe reports.

The suicide attack Saturday afternoon was claimed by Al Shabaab, who said that they had killed over dozens of people in the attack in the Afgoye corridor, which is located 30 kms from Mogadishu.

According to local sources, the car was packed full with explosives and the blast could be heard in neighboring districts.

Although the number of casualties has not been independently verified, authorities say that there were no casualties but forces stationed at the base sustained injuries in the suicide attack.

The town of Afgoye had been a strategic location for the terrorist organization that fled after allied forces entered the city. This is the first suicide attack in the Afgoye corridor which was recently captured by Somali and African Union forces.

Earlier this week the town was visited by Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who had been attacked on an earlier visit to Afgoye earlier this month.

President Sharif had visited the town after there were reports of civilian abuses committed by Somali forces. The president met with elders and community leaders in the town and promised to resolve the abuse cases.

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  • ras sideeq
    Jun 18 2012, 11:04

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WE SEE MANY THAT DOUBTS MAN CAPABILITIES THEY SEE THE MANY ACCOMPLISHMENST OF THE ANCIENT BLACK C IVILIZATIONS THEY ACREDIT IT TO OUTER SPACE BEINGS OF ANOTHER DIMENSION THIS AIS ALL FOOLISHNESS FOLLY OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. A THE FIRST OF THE CREATED WERE OF EXTRAORDINARY INTELLGENCE WE WERE TAUGHT OF EVERYTHING THE EARTH POSSESED AS WE TOO ARE OF THE EARTH SO IT WAS EASY TO MAKE CONNECTIONS THE LESSONS WE WERE TAUGHT WERE FROM NO OTHER THAN THE "MOST HIGH " HIMSELF". THERE WER NO BOOKS AND WE MUST REMEMBER THAT WE WERE CREATED PERFECT "OUR LORD" MAKES NOT MISTAKES WE WERE IN THE ORDERE OF THE MOST HIGH HIMSELF; THIS WAS THE CREATION OF THE BLACK PEOLES OF THE EARTRH. THIS IS WHY TODAY WHEN CERTAIN ARTIFACTS AREBEING STUDIED AND THEY SEE THE BUILDINGS OF PYRAMIDS WITH OUT THE TOOLS THEY PERCIEVE TO BE THE ONLY WAY THESE THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN BUILT. THEY THEN ASSERT THIS NOT TO BE THE WORKS OF MAN BUT FROM SOME SUPER HUMANS WHO CAME FROM OUTER SPACE THIS HOW MUCH THEY LACK THE TRUTH AND THE KNWOLEDGE. THE IDEA THAT WE WERE NOT THE MASTERS OF OUR DESTINY WERE NOT THE MASTER ARCHITECTS OF ALL CIVILIZATIONS IS A FALACY "WE ARE THE TRUE KINGS" IN ALL WAYS SCIENCE AND HISTORY TEACHES US THIS. "WE ARE THE CIVILIZED"

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