Current Spate of Suicide Bombings in Mogadishu are Meant to wipe out Young Somali Intellectuals and Educators:
Somalia is entering an era of spate in suicide bombings only seen only in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan that is carried out by Al-Shabab terrorist militants. Yesterday's suicide blast that killed at least three Ministers, one critically injured and injured scores of others that reached fifty people including young promising graduating students at Banadir University, doctors, professors, parents, journalists and ordinary people at Hotel Shaamo in Mogadishu is an indicative of the seriousness of the situation in Somalia and the way international terrorists and their hosts Al- Shabab and Hizbul Islam are wrecking havoc in Somalia. These terrorist are targeting Somalis of all walks of live including clan elders, moderate religious leaders, doctors, professors intellectuals, businessmen, journalists and young promising Somalis students who are trying to build a future for themselves and their families in the midst of chaotic situation in their homeland with no peace in sight.
This recent lapse of security demonstrated the weakness of the TFG in general and the lack of proper training for their police force and security personnel to ensure the security of senior government officials. In addition, Banadir University officials that planned the graduation ceremony and the Shaamo management in coordination with security personnel and the police force would have at least prepared and put in place some sort of security plan to prevent such eventuality. The fact that four prominent and highly qualified ministers and other dignitaries are attending the ceremony a security perimeter would have been setup to ensure the security of the ministers and all participants. Yesterday's suicide bombing that targeted young graduating doctors and educators at Banadir University was the beginning of new strategy by extremists to target intellectuals and would undoubtedly if not eradicated and fought in cooperation by all Somalis would usher the Somali people in utter destruction not seen in the last twenty five years of war in Somalia. However, the incident crossed all bounds of human decency and illustrated the wickedness, cruelty and brutality of foreign terrors hiding in Somalia and their hosts Al- Shabab and Hizbul Islam.
It is well known fact that Al- Shabab and Hizbul Islam militants vowed to kill any one remotely associated with the Transitional Federal Government and the fact that all ministers and parliamentarians are under consistent threat, and a number of ministers and senior government officials were killed in similar suicide bombings the most recent was Omar Hashi in Beletweyn, as such a precaution would have been taken. The government of Sheikh Sheriff needs to make a serious overhaul in all security details of the senior officials if his administration if it wants to survive in this volatile and dynamic situation is Somalia. The security of Mogadishu needs to tackled immediacy to ensure the functioning of the weak Transitional Federal Government
All peace loving and law abiding Somalis in Somalia, Somaliland, and Puntland including Djibouti, with the assistance of the Somalis in the Diaspora must act swiftly in concerted effort to identify, expose and brought to justice those helping and perpetuating this barbaric, inhumane, unislamic, heinous crimes that has no place in Somali tradition. Somalia and Somaliland without a delay ought to cooperate to stop this madness to curb and eventually stop the perpetuation of Al Shabab and Hizbul Islam's influence in Somalia before it becomes endemic all over the Somali territories including Somaliland and Djibouti. It is their best interest and the interest of all Somalis to fight in unison those spreading extremist ideology that has no place in our peaceful Islamic tradition. Similarly, it's vital and necessary that Somali Islamic scholars and Imams in all mosques add their voices and denounce in the strongest terms as they occupy a special place in the society to challenge this distorted ideology that has no place in our cherished Islam and educate the people to understand the correct tenant of our religion. A new campaign of discussions, meetings and conferences should be held in mosques, universities, schools community centers as well as in media Including ( Television, Radio, and the Internet) all of to define the position in Islam in this new phenomena of jihad of killing innocent people and suicide bombing.
fowzi kamal
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