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Somalia attack results in deaths and injuries, reports say; Americans said to be among casualties
fox ^ | 05/13/2019 | Danielle Wallace

Posted on 07/13/2019 7:52:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Attackers first deployed a suicide bomb at the entrance gate to the Asasey Hotel in Somalia’s port city of Kismayo on Friday evening. At least four gunmen then stormed the hotel, which is frequented by politicians, patrons and lawmakers.

At least 14 hours passed before Somali troops shot dead all four attackers inside the hotel compound, Col. Abdiqadir Nur, a local police officer, told the Associated Press.

Reports on the death toll were conflicting. Initial reports said 12 people died in the attack. The president of Somalia’s Jubbaland region told Reuters on Saturday the death toll had risen to 26 people, including Americans, a Briton, Kenyans and Tanzanians.

The number of injured ranged from 40 to 56, according to reports.

Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack. Al-Shabab, which is allied with al-Qaeda, often uses car bombs to infiltrate heavily fortified targets like the hotel in Kismayo, which has been relatively quiet in recent years.

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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alshabab; djibouti; eritrea; iran; islam; islamic; jubbaland; muslim; muslims; somalia; sudan; yemen
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To: BenLurkin

Was Omar seen dancing in the streets after this news?


21 posted on 07/13/2019 10:25:58 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Starboard

Were it not for the importation of Somalis, MN would have become a red state by now.


22 posted on 07/13/2019 10:49:42 AM PDT by rhinohunter (Dear Mr. Trump: I'm still not tired of winning)
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To: rhinohunter

Minnesota is Africanized


23 posted on 07/13/2019 10:52:48 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12)There were Democrat espionage operations on Republican candidates)
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To: Levy78

Who knows, maybe she knew about it beforehand. I wouldn’t put anything past that evil witch.


24 posted on 07/13/2019 11:07:52 AM PDT by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
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To: BenLurkin

Send Omar back to her land of plenty and human rights


25 posted on 07/13/2019 12:19:05 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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To: Starboard

So I’ve heard. And many of these poor, war ravaged refugees have the funds to vacation back to the s**hole they were so desperate to escape despite all of them being unemployable.


26 posted on 07/13/2019 2:51:02 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: BenLurkin

What the hell are ya doing there in the 1st place?


27 posted on 07/13/2019 3:08:52 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Molon Labe' baby, Molon Labe)
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To: BenLurkin

Retaliate by dropping liberal Minnesotans on them. /sarc


28 posted on 07/14/2019 6:09:33 AM PDT by Salman (The Democrat agenda in one word -- revenge.)
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To: Salman

Works for me


29 posted on 07/14/2019 6:40:51 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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