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BBC NEWS Ugandan troops to stay in Somalia Uganda will not withdraw its peacekeepers from Somalia despite an attack on a convoy of soldiers while on patrol in the capital, Mogadishu. Army chief Aronda Nyakairima said the "terrorist attack" would not deter them from pacifying Somalia. Four soldiers were killed in the deadliest attack since 1,600 soldiers were deployed to Somalia in March. Meanwhile, a roadside bomb has exploded near the convoy of Somalia's prime minister but no-one is reported hurt. "One of two men suspected of planting the bomb was captured on the site," government spokesman Abdullahi Muhyidin Mohamed told Reuters news agency. Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Ghedi's convoy was targeted near the former parliament building as he returned from the airport, where the plane carrying the bodies of the dead soldiers was taking off for Uganda. It is the third apparent attempt to kill him since he took office in 2004. At least two Somali police officers have been shot dead since Wednesday as they took part in a clear-up operation in the main Bakara market. The government says al-Qaeda operatives are working in Somalia. 'Noble action' AU commission chairperson Alpha Omar Konare condemned the attack on the peacekeepers and urged the Uganda soldiers to remain engaged in the "noble action" of helping Somalia. "It is a terrorist attack to try and intimidate our force. But those are kicks of a dying horse," Gen Nyakairima said. A proposed force of 8,000 Africa Union troops is due to take over security duties from the Ethiopian army. Ethiopia's troops have been in Mogadishu since December at the invitation of Somalia's transitional government fighting Islamist insurgents and clan militiamen. The attack came a day after Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf held talks with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni in Kampala over the mission. Mr Konare appealed to the western government to support the AU mission to enable it carry out its mandate in Somalia. Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria and Burundi have pledged to deploy troops for the AU mission but they are yet to announce the dates. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/6665011.stm Published: 2007/05/17 10:31:16 GMT C BBC MMVII <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=11648958/grpspId=1705447214/msgI d=32989/stime=1179403028/nc1=3848621/nc2=3848528/nc3=3848644> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
