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Jihadis kill 14: “We targeted the enemies at a time they were celebrating Christmas”

Dec 27, 2014 6:57 pm By Robert Spencer

Somali security forcesThe Islamic jihadis wanted to maximize the grief and pain of those whom they regarded as “enemies of Allah.”

“Islamist gunmen attack African Union base in Somalia,” by Abdi Sheikh and Fiesal Omar, Reuters, December 27, 2014:

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Eight Islamist gunmen infiltrated the main African Union (AU) base in Mogadishu on Thursday and killed three peacekeepers and a civilian contractor, the AU mission in Somalia said.

Somali militant group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack, which lasted several hours, and said it had killed 14 peacekeepers. Witnesses reported hearing bomb blasts and volleys of gunfire through the day.

“We targeted the enemies at a time they were celebrating Christmas,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, told Reuters.

In the past, al Shabaab has exaggerated the number of soldiers it has killed, while officials have played down losses.

The al Qaeda-aligned militants want to topple the Western-backed Mogadishu government and describe AU troops as “Christian enemies”. The Islamist group also wants to impose its own strict version of sharia law in the country….

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Filed Under: Al-Shabaab, Featured, Muslim persecution of Christians, Somalia Tagged With: African Union, Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab


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  1. particolor says

    Dec 27, 2014 at 7:54 pm

    That’s OK !! We will drop You a Return Present when You are Dancing around the SATAN in Mecca !!

    • terry says

      Dec 27, 2014 at 8:46 pm

      “The Islamist group also wants to impose its own strict version of sharia law in the country….”

      Mainstream media uses the same above-quoted line, word for word, with every other Islamist group trying to impose Sharia.

      Notice “its own strict version…”, as if that Sharia law only belongs to them, they invented it!!

      Sometimes I wonder if, in schools of journalism, students are taught that they’re not supposed to think about or analyse what they’re writing!

      • Jay Boo says

        Dec 27, 2014 at 9:01 pm

        Good point

      • St. Croix says

        Dec 27, 2014 at 11:01 pm

        Yes, I wonder what is the “lax” version of Sharia? You know, the user-friendly warm-and-fuzzy version?

        • particolor says

          Dec 27, 2014 at 11:17 pm

          “The Big Book Of Happiness ” No pages ? Just a Cover !!

        • Charli Main says

          Dec 28, 2014 at 5:43 am

          Easy.Look it up in the Kumbya Koran.
          You know, the one used by all those moderate, peaceful and tolerant Muslims living in your neighbourhood.

      • Michael Copeland says

        Dec 28, 2014 at 4:44 am

        The names, Abdi Sheikh and Fiesal Omar, writers of the Reuters article, are a sufficient clue. They are promoting the obfuscation of Sharia, and the notion that there are many “versions” of it. Strange, though, as Robert Spencer points out, when Sharia is imposed it is curiously similar in quite different parts of the world.

      • Angemon says

        Dec 28, 2014 at 6:09 am

        terry posted:

        “Mainstream media uses the same above-quoted line, word for word, with every other Islamist group trying to impose Sharia.

        Notice “its own strict version…”, as if that Sharia law only belongs to them, they invented it!!”

        That caught my eye too – I don’t remember any implementation of sharia law which doesn’t include stoning, chopping of limbs, or treating women and non-muslims as third class subhumans.

      • Shane says

        Dec 28, 2014 at 10:19 am

        They are taught in school to not defame Islam or insult Muslims. Christians are fair game for attack though.

  2. Salah says

    Dec 28, 2014 at 1:07 am

    “We targeted the enemies at a time they were celebrating Christmas,”

    Since the time of Muhammad, when it comes to fighting, cowardice has always been the Islamic norm.

    Narrated Ibn Aun:
    “I wrote a letter to Nafi and Nafi wrote in reply to my letter that the Prophet had suddenly attacked Bani Mustaliq without warning while they were heedless and their cattle were being watered at the places of water” Bukhari 3.46.717

    In this uniquely Muslim sense of the term, the word “moral” is defined as “whatever Muhammad does.” And since Muhammad was an immoral person, we should expect his followers to emulate him to the letter.
    There is NO MORALITY in Islam.

    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/12/perfect-man-of-islam.html

    • particolor says

      Dec 28, 2014 at 1:17 am

      How Brave they were ! Attacking a Church that was Bristling with Dangerous Bibles !!

    • Shane says

      Dec 28, 2014 at 10:21 am

      The Warlord and Pedophile Muhammad is considered the perfect example for Muslims to follow, which is why Muslim men feel no shame for abusing women.

  3. Barook says

    Dec 28, 2014 at 4:38 pm

    “Eight Islamist gunmen infiltrated the main African Union (AU) base in Mogadishu on Thursday and killed three peacekeepers and a civilian contractor, the AU mission in Somalia said.”

    I wonder which base they are talking about because the only main AU Base is within the Mogadishu International Airport. That’s where the African Union Forces operate from. The AU High Command for Somalia sits in this base. I lived and worked with the AU forces at the AU base in Mogadishu Airport. The main stream media should be more precise about the location.

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