Once again it appears as if the jihadis are stronger than government forces. Who is funding them? Who is arming them? We are. CNN reported in 2018: “The murderous al Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab is making millions of dollars each year by exploiting foreign aid money sent to Somalia by the very western nations who are trying to eliminate the terror group.”
“At least 6 killed in a militant attack on a hotel in Somalia,” by Omar Faruk, Associated Press, March 11, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A car bomb exploded Tuesday at a hotel in the central Somali city of Beledweyne in a militant attack that killed at least six people, including two prominent traditional elders, according to witnesses.
The explosion targeted the Cairo Hotel, which houses traditional elders and military officers currently involved in coordinating the government’s offensive against the militant group al-Shabab….
“Six people, including two well-known traditional elders, were killed in the attack,” said Muhsin Abdullahi, a resident who spoke to The Associated Press by phone. He added that several wounded were hospitalized….
“Somali and AU forces end 15-hour siege at Hotel Cairo in Beledweyne after Al-Shabaab attack,” Hiraan Online, March 12, 2025:
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali government forces, supported by African Union troops, successfully ended a 15-hour siege at Hotel Cairo (Qahira ) in Beledweyne, which had been attacked by Al-Shabaab militants early Tuesday morning. The assault, which began with a large car bomb explosion, resulted in at least seven confirmed deaths, including traditional elders, military officers, and civilians. Several others were injured in the attack.
The siege occurred as government officials and traditional leaders were meeting at the hotel to discuss plans for an upcoming military offensive against Al-Shabaab in central Somalia. The city of Beledweyne, located about 335 kilometres (208 miles) north of Mogadishu, is considered a key location in the ongoing battle against the militant group, which controls parts of rural Somalia and seeks to establish a strict interpretation of Islamic law. The hotel, located in the heart of the city, has served as a focal point for political discussions and planning in the region.
The attack began with a bomb explosion followed by gunmen storming the hotel, triggering intense clashes between the militants and Somali security forces. According to witnesses, explosions and gunfire rocked the area as the attackers, who were reportedly armed with heavy weaponry, engaged in a standoff with security forces. Large parts of the hotel were left in ruins as government troops cornered the gunmen….
Troybeam says
What to do, that is an easy answer: they hunt you ….you hunt first take no hostages as they would do the same. Do this if you want to live otherwise you might not.
Luchtpint says
All hail to Somalis !
In November 2009, for The Spectator website, Rod Liddle offered “a quick update on what the Muslim savages are up to,” a brief article about the stoning to death of a 20-year-old woman in Somalia after she was accused of adultery, and the similar death of a 13-year-old the year before. He made remarks, considered sarcastic, that read:
“Incidentally, many Somalis have come to Britain as immigrants recently, where they are widely admired for their strong work ethic, respect for the law and keen, piercing, intelligence.”
somehistory says
ilhan elmi’s daughter, by her own admission, is a member of the (terror group) “students for palestine.” That group has been working with the goons which include the syrian who was recently arrested and is set for deportation. They make the point that they are a ‘part of hamas.’
Someone should be asking the alias ‘omar’ about what’s happening in the country she represents in Congress….and about the activities of her own daughter.
If all of the so-called judges who have been sticking their noses about, would stop the stopping, perhaps al shabab would not have the funds to buy the weapons.
Back in 2010, the FBI knew….and worried about….somali terrorists coming to the States. al shabab was handing money out to the young mozlums in somalia in order to get them to join the terror group.
Perhaps they were using U.S. money at that time. They might soon be without US. money if things were set right.
But it’s an evil and crooked world.
RegT says
The FBI didn’t worry much, as they had to know BHO was importing them into the U.S. and placing them where they could do the most harm. Small towns in New England have had large numbers of them dumped in their small communities where they intimidate and attack local citizens. From what I have read there are a number of towns in New Hampshire where the natives have just about lost control of their own lives.
somehistory says
Because of my courses in anti-terrorism, I used to get emails from the FBI. The reports back then were that the somalis of al shabab were arriving in South America and crossing the border into the U.S. just as the millions of illegals were doing during biden’s thing.
Those were in addition to the ones bo was deliberately inviting and allowing to enter the country *legally.*
The honest agents at the FBI, and there were some and still are some, were *worried* about those terror members crossing the Southern border.
And, I too, have read of what they have done to towns on the northern east coast. Taking over, committing crimes of violence in parks, etc.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Looks like a great place to send Gazans
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Looks like a great place to send Gazans
40 rounds says
Wow, before I read the article, I thought it was Minneapolis
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Minneapolis and Mogadishu may just as well be sister cities 😈
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Minneapolis and Mogadishu may just as well be sister cities 😈
tgusa says
“Officials meet in hotel to discuss strategy against jihadis, jihadis besiege hotel, murder seven people”
Looks like they have a mole in their officially official officialdom.