Somalia leader: al-Qaida behind bombing that killed 20, including national security minister

September 26th, 2009 Ethiopia: Somalia looks like a lost causeUNITED NATIONS — Somalia is being hijacked by al-Qaida-linked terrorists who are better organized and more highly motivated than the ineffectual government in Mogadishu, and Sudan could be the next nation to fall under their influence, Ethiopia warned Saturday. "It is time that we abandon the fiction that this is a war just among Somalis.

September 25th, 2009 Seattle FBI investigating Somali suicide bombingNAIROBI, Kenya — FBI are investigating whether an American Somali was involved in a suicide bombing on a peacekeeping base in Somalia that killed 21 people, a family friend said Friday. Abdirahman Warsame told The Associated Press that FBI agents in the city of Seattle took DNA samples from Mohamed Mohamud, cut off his phone lines and warned him not to speak to the media.

September 21st, 2009 10 killed in Somalia border fight, witnesses sayMOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali insurgents attacked a town near the border with Ethiopia, killing at least 10 people, witnesses and officials said. Daud Omar, a resident in the Somali border town Yed, said militants from the al-Shabab insurgent group clashed with government soldiers late Sunday.

September 17th, 2009 Al-Qaida and Taliban militants killed recentlyFour top al-Qaida and Taliban figures have been killed in the past two months. — Sept. 17: Noordin Muhammed Top, identified by authorities as the leader of al-Qaida in Southeast Asia, died in Indonesia during a gunfight with police seeking suspects in the July bombings of two Jakarta hotels.

September 16th, 2009 Slain al-Qaida suspect's mother asks to see bodyMOMBASA, Kenya — The mother of a top al-Qaida fugitive who was killed in a U.S. raid in Somalia demanded Wednesday to see her son's body while a Somalia-based group claimed him as their leader and confirmed his death.

September 16th, 2009 Slain Somali suspect's mother demands to see bodyMOMBASA, Kenya — The mother of a top al-Qaida fugitive who was killed in a U.S. raid in Somalia is demanding to see her son's body.

September 15th, 2009 Somali official: terror suspect killed in US raidMOGADISHU, Somalia — One of Africa's most wanted al-Qaida suspects has been killed in a U.S. raid in southern Somalia, the deputy mayor for security affairs in Somalia's capital said Tuesday.

September 15th, 2009 Somali insurgents vow to avenge US raidMOGADISHU, Somalia — A senior commander of Somalia's insurgency has vowed to avenge the U.S. raid that killed one of Africa's most wanted al-Qaida suspects.

July 12th, 2009 Minn. mom says missing son, 20, killed in SomaliaMINNEAPOLIS — The mother of a 20-year-old Somali man missing from Minneapolis says her son has been killed in Somalia. Abayte Ahmed (ah-BYE'-tee ah-med) said Sunday through an interpreter that she and her husband identified their son, Jamal Bana (BAH'-nuh), in a photo showing a dead body in Somalia.

June 24th, 2009 Hardline Somali leader vows to fight foreignersMOGADISHU, Somalia — A hardline Somali rebel on a U.N. list of terror suspects called the country's Western-backed government powerless Wednesday and vowed to fight any foreign troops who try to prop up the administration.

June 18th, 2009 Somali security minister killed in explosionNAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia's national security minister and at least 24 other people were killed in a suicide attack Thursday in western Somalia, and an extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al-Qaida claimed responsibility. President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed accused al-Qaida of being behind the bombing, which also killed a senior Somali diplomat.

June 18th, 2009 20 killed in explosion in SomaliaMOGADISHU, Somalia — A medical official says 20 people have been killed in an explosion in a western Somali town. Dr. Abdirahin Omar Amin of Belet Weyne Hospital says some people died immediately and others died when they got to the hospital.

June 18th, 2009 20 including Somali official killed in bombingMOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide bombing outside a hotel in western Somalia killed at least 20 people Thursday including the national security minister. The Somali president accused al-Qaida of being behind the attack.

June 18th, 2009 Somalia's president says al-Qaida is behind attackMOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's president says al-Qaida is behind a suicide bombing that killed the national security minister in a western Somali town. Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed says a senior Somali diplomat also died in Thursday's attack in Belet Weyne that killed at least 20 people.

June 1st, 2009 4 police officers killed in Somalia roadside bombMOGADISHU, Somalia — Police in Somalia say a roadside bomb in the capital has killed at least four police officers and several civilians. Somali police chief Abdi Hassan Awale said it was not immediately clear how many civilians died in Monday's attack in Mogadishu.