Somali leader escapes suicide attack


	Somali leader escapes suicide attack

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9-18-2006 4:53 PM

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<STRONG>MOGADISHU, Somalia</STRONG> The president of Somalia narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by a suicide car bomber outside the Parliament building in Baidoa on Monday, officials said.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2006/09/18/news/capital.php"><DIV>
The blast and a subsequent gun battle killed 11 people, including the brother of President Abdullahi Yusuf.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2006/09/18/news/capital.php"><DIV>
"This is the first suicide bomber in Somalia," the foreign minister, Ismail Mohamed Hurre, said in Nairobi.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2006/09/18/news/capital.php"><DIV>
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in Baidoa, the only town controlled by the government.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2006/09/18/news/capital.php"><DIV>
But it will aggravate tensions between the weak administration and an Islamic militia that has seized control of much of southern Somalia, the Council of Islamic Somali Courts.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2006/09/18/news/capital.php"><DIV>
Islamic leaders denied having anything to do with the attack. Hurre said he could not rule out involvement by the council, accused of having ties to Al Qaeda.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/20F5ADFB-352F-4116-BB64-EB2B65B91103/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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