Gunmen kidnap Somali minister of state in Uganda

[CoolPoisons]

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped Somalia's state minister for defence during a visit to Uganda on Tuesday, bundling him into a car in the capital Kampala, relatives and a Somali government minister said.

Sheikh Yusuf Mohammad Siad, a former warlord also known as "Inda'ade" or "white eyes," was snatched from a home where family members were staying. Uganda provides about half the troops for an African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia.

"Unidentified armed men forced him into a car then drove him away. He was in Kampala visiting his children," a relative who asked to be identified as Ahmed told Reuters in Mogadishu.

"I'm afraid the kidnappers are Islamists. He will not survive. There are many al Shabaab members in Kenya and Uganda," he said, referring to the Somali Islamist insurgent group.

Somali Security Minister Abdullahi Mohamed confirmed his colleague had been abducted in Kampala and said the Somali government hoped Inda'ade would be freed soon.

"It is not clear who is behind it, but Uganda's government is investigating this shocking incident," Mohamed told Reuters.

Ugandan government officials could not immediately be reached for comment. Uganda's army spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Felix Kulayigye, said he was checking the reports.

(Reporting by Elias Biryabarema and Justin Dralaze in Kampala, Abdi Shiekh in Mogadishu and Abdiaziz Hassan and Sahra Abdi in Nairobi; Writing by Daniel Wallis; Editing by Charles ceeb)

[muslim-man]

Payback time for indacade

[ModerateMuslim]

great news. hope they behead the munafiq.

[Crazy Cat Lady]

[abdikarim86]

these terrorists are organised

[Shirib]

waan ku bariyaa please explain that to me please, I beg of you

[Shirib]

BTW, he is detained by Ugandan officials,

http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2009/Oct/u ... apped.aspx

[ModerateMuslim]

BTW, he is detained by Ugandan officials,

http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2009/Oct/u ... apped.aspx

so does this mean that he won't be beheaded? damn!

[Shirib]

BTW, he is detained by Ugandan officials,

http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2009/Oct/u ... apped.aspx

so does this mean that he won't be beheaded? damn!

I know sad news indeed

[AbdiWahab252]

Indocaade is misunderstood

[ModerateMuslim]

AW,

you know that he has a lot of sacad blood in hands, right?

[AbdiWahab252]

AW,

you know that he has a lot of sacad blood in hands, right?

SomaliStar,

True, but unlike Indocaade, I am not willing to let others gang up to beat him unless they too are madarkicis hiiraab.

[Kanada]

FUKK i got too excited

[ModerateMuslim]

AW,

you know that he has a lot of sacad blood in hands, right?

SomaliStar,

True, but unlike Indocaade, I am not willing to let others gang up to beat him unless they too are madarkicis hiiraab.

damn is all i can say!

[Faranacab]

Indocaade is misunderstood

What was he doing in Kambala anyway?