Al-Shabab warns Museveni of more attacks
By Our Staff Writer
8th Sept 2010
The Al-Shabab Mujahidin Movement has threatened to attack Uganda again, the Somali Shabeelle Media Network has reported.
Al-Shabab, the Islamic militant group that claimed responsibility for the twin bomb blasts that claimed the lives of 76 people on 11th July warned the Ugandan government against deploying additional troops in Somalia. The group warned that it would carry out more attacks in Kampala if the government continued deploying troops to Somalia.
Shaykh Fu’ad Muhammad Khalaf, a senior Al-Shabab official who was addressing a congregation at the Dabaqeyn Mosque in the Suuqa Xoolaha neighbourhood of Mogadishu’s Huriwa District, made the threatening remarks and issued a warning to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his government.
He said accused President Museveni of being “…the obstacle that is preventing Somalia from attaining any stability”. Shaykh Fu’ad threatened that if more Ugandan troops continue arriving in Somalia, they will carry out more attacks that are similar to the ones carried out in Kampala on the 11th of July.
Shaykh Fu’ad, in his message to Museveni, said he was cautioning him about the deployment of additional troops in Somalia and called for the immediate withdrawal of those that are already in the country.
The statement by the Al-Shabab official calling for the withdrawal of Ugandan troops comes soon after the government of Uganda announced that it had deployed an additional 750 soldiers in Somalia. The government also said it was planning to deploy another 10,000 in the near future to engage Al-Shabab in fighting.
