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August 24, 2010

CS Monitor: Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab blamed for Somalia suicide bombing

by Mike Pflanz
The Christian Science Monitor

Nairobi, Kenya - A suicide strike by two bombers suspected to have belonged to an Al Qaeda-linked group in Somalia killed at least 32 people Tuesday, including six legislators from the country's Western-funded parliament.

Somali Minister of Information Abdirahman Omar Osman immediately blamed Al Shabab, the country's leading Islamist insurgent group, for the attack. Although Somalia now has a parliament and international military assistance, the central government's control over the country is nominal.

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