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Somalia suicide car bomb attack rocks capital, leaving at least 78 dead
CNN ^
| December 28, 2019
| Omar Nor, Raja Razek and Lauren Said-Moorhouse
Posted on 12/28/2019 6:12:58 AM PST by BenLurkin
At least 78 people are dead and 125 more injured after a massive car bomb exploded at a busy intersection on the outskirts of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday, according to Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan, founder of a local free ambulance service.
Earlier, government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar told CNN that the attacker drove his vehicle into the "Ex-control Afgoye" checkpoint, a well-known junction that links the south of Somalia to the capital.
Mukhtar added that university students were among the dead.
The attack happened during rush hour in the Somali capital at about 8 a.m. local time, and both civilians and soldiers are among the dead, police said.
Police conduct security searches at the checkpoint, but there is also a taxation office located nearby and the area is heavily populated with civilians and security forces.
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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2020election; carbomb; clintonnonnews; cnn; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; islam; laurensaidmoorhouse; mediawingofthednc; omarnor; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; rajarazek; smearmachine; somalia
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posted on
12/28/2019 6:12:58 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Let me guess. It was.....well, you know. It was them.
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posted on
12/28/2019 6:14:57 AM PST
by
Mark17
(Father of Air Force Officer in pilot training. Air Force aircraft, go much faster than Army tanks)
To: BenLurkin
The religion of blow them to pieces.
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posted on
12/28/2019 6:19:42 AM PST
by
FatherofFive
(http://www.jamborette.org.uk/Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
To: FatherofFive
Gee I guess we should bring more of them to Mississota to live.
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posted on
12/28/2019 6:23:40 AM PST
by
oldasrocks
(Heavily Medicated for your Protection.)
To: BenLurkin
So our leaders welcome them to Maine and Minnesota, where they can elect luminaries likecIlhan Omar.
To: BenLurkin
If this were left to the deranged Ilhan Omar and her brand of hate, Minneapolis would quickly descend to the level of violence of Mogadishu.
To: BenLurkin
Some people did something.
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posted on
12/28/2019 6:35:13 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: BenLurkin; All
Minneapolis IS eventually going to be, ‘Mogadishu on the Mississippi.’
Y’all know that, Right?!?!
*SPIT* Dammit, 0bama! You POS! *SPIT*
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posted on
12/28/2019 6:44:13 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/28/2019 6:44:37 AM PST
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: BenLurkin
The number of dead is always reported.
But....We rarely learn about those who are **permanently** and horribly crippled, or those who painfully die from their injuries days, weeks, and months later.
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posted on
12/28/2019 6:45:53 AM PST
by
wintertime
( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
To: BenLurkin
I saw this was a CNN article and read it to find the Anti Trump smear tucked in there somewhere....
Surprisingly I found none...someone is fired....
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posted on
12/28/2019 6:54:04 AM PST
by
Popman
To: Mark17
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posted on
12/28/2019 6:59:14 AM PST
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: Pollster1
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posted on
12/28/2019 7:03:02 AM PST
by
Mark17
(Father of Air Force Officer in pilot training. Air Force aircraft, go much faster than Army tanks)
To: BenLurkin
“Back Hawk Down” happened in 1993.
Why almost 27 years later U.S. officials and media cannot blame the culture of Somalia and how its dominant religion informs that culture for what continues to go wrong in Somalia? Ignorance? Or just refusal to admit the truth.
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posted on
12/28/2019 7:03:42 AM PST
by
Wuli
To: wintertime
I Feel sorry for those who have to clean up the mess.
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posted on
12/28/2019 7:06:40 AM PST
by
FES0844
To: DIRTYSECRET
Who cares? Maybe a Somalia who died could have invented the cure for cancer, the warp drive for interstellar travel, cost free energy, the possibilities are endless....
But they died dreaming of jihad or sex with a goat....
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posted on
12/28/2019 7:07:32 AM PST
by
Popman
To: FatherofFive
The religion of blow them to pieces. Of course it was, it fits their pattern. You knew that of course. The only question is this: will the lying, liberal lamestream media fail to report on yet another islamic terrorist attack? (of course they will.)
The media will somehow find a way to blame this on President Trump for killing the head of ISIS, bag-dahdi which is causing all these attacks to occur. Watch.
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posted on
12/28/2019 7:09:54 AM PST
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: FatherofFive
But we’re supposed to turn in our guns.
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posted on
12/28/2019 7:10:21 AM PST
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: Wuli
Why almost 27 years later U.S. officials and media cannot blame the culture of Somalia and how its dominant religion informs that culture for what continues to go wrong in Somalia? Ignorance? Or just refusal to admit the truth. I'll take "refusal to admit the truth" for 400, Alex.
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posted on
12/28/2019 7:10:52 AM PST
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: BenLurkin
Awww. So sad.
Lets bring another 100,000 to the USA!
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posted on
12/28/2019 7:15:34 AM PST
by
PGR88
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