Thursday, March 26, 2009

When the bombing wounded Interior Minister of Somalia.

When a roadside bomb ticking bomb slightly injured by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Somalia Abdukadir Ali Omar, said AFP. According to the testimony ochevitsev during the explosion killed a bodyguard and two bystanders Minister.
The attacks, which had been the Minister of the car occurred during a visit to one of the suburbs of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
At this time in Somalia in fact there is no centralized state, the country continues to multi-year civil war. Since 2006, control of Mogadishu by Ethiopian troops, after their departure on Jan. 16, 2009 the city seized the rebel Union of Islamic Courts - a moderate wing of the Islamist Alliance for the Liberation of Somalia.
After capturing the capital of the Islamists to Somalia on 31 January the Parliament elected the new president of the country. He became the leader of the Union of Islamic Courts, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed. However, radicals have opposed the new president and declared that the struggle will continue, as it is, they believed, was "selling out the U.S.." At the same time, an international terrorist organization Al-Qaeda declared jihad Ahmed.
Under pressure from the leaders of the Union of Islamic Courts, March 10, 2009 the government voted for the imposition of Sharia in the country. It was noted that the adoption of Sharia law would help win popular support and undermine the influence of radical Islamists. Government representatives expressed a willingness to change in accordance with the rules of Sharia and the constitution of Somalia.
According to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in 2008 the number of Somalis seeking refuge in other countries, has increased compared to 2007 nearly doubled - from 12,336 to 21,823 people.

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