Posted on 07/18/2019 7:57:48 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Hodan Nalayeh spent the last days of her life doing what she loved most: sharing a side of Somalia rarely depicted in the West. On Twitter, she posted photos of young boys grinning on the island of Ilisi, fresh fish and lobsters pulled straight from the Indian Ocean and a colorful sunset from the port city of Kismayo.
It was an incredible day to witness #Somalias beauty, the Somali-Canadian journalist wrote.
Then, on Friday, al-Shabab militants stormed the Asasey Hotel in Kismayo, killing at least 26 people, including Nalayeh, 43, and her husband, Farid Jama Suleiman. An additional 56 people were wounded. It took around 14 hours for Somali security forces to regain control of the hotel, where several tribal elders and another journalist, Mohamed Sahal Omar, were also killed. At least one American was among the dead, the State Department confirmed.
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As insensitive as it sounds, what did she expect?
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
A fatal “they never learn” moment!
She had a great idea: let’s return to the third world hell hole of our birth, and show the world the natural beauty of our native land. Then she was killed by radical islamists, the current version of the plague on earth. If only she had taken an American congress critter or two with her. Islam is not peaceful. It is simply another 5 letter word for satan.
Well, being murdered is pretty "uplifting".
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