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Somali Militant Calls for Attacks on AU Forces

HeadlineSep 21, 2009

A top militant leader in Somalia has called for more suicide attacks against African Union peacekeepers in the country. On Thursday, twenty-one people, including seventeen African Union troops, died in Mogadishu in a twin car bomb attack. It was the deadliest strike on AU forces since their deployment in Somalia in 2007.

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