13 killed in Mogadishu violence triggered...

[axmadgurey]

The story is all over the news.

Check this story and photo on Garowe.

http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/pub ... mber.shtml

I heard this story and watched it on Jazeera and was a bit puzzled. Do they look like they have any burn marks evidence of explosion? I don't think so. Their vehicle doesn't even have any dark marks. The story, on the other hand, mentions that after the explosion there was a 30 minute battle in which AMISOM tanks were used.

After the explosion AMISOM forces opened fire and killed and injured many. This is not a new tactic and has been used by AMISOM and the Ethiopian forces before. Whenever they are attacked or exploded, they open fire at whatever moves and take it out on the people. That also seems to be apparent in the picture. Check it out again...the cause for the death of those people definately doesn't seem to be from an explosion but rather could be from gunfire.

In addition, after the explosion, AMISOM continued their "peacekeeping" mission by bombing various places in Mogadishu including Bakara market for over two hours causing many casualties.

ps Isn't it ridiculous how they said that they know it was a foreigner because they found his arm and it was light skinned. First of all, that huge explosion is not going to effect his skin color? Second, don't these people know that somalis come in all colors and shapes and sizes.

Another lesson in not believing everything you read.