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January 2nd, 2014 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Three successive explosions, killing at least 11 people and injuring 17 others, have gone off at the Jazeera Hotel, one of the most secure areas in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Abdikadir Abdirahman, the director of a local private ambulance
service, reported the death toll to Reuters.
Two bombs, which exploded almost simultaneously in the hotel,
were followed by heavy bursts of gunfire by Somali security
forces.
“First we heard a big crash and the security forces
immediately opened fire,” said Abdullahi Hussein who lives
just 300 meters behind the hotel. “After a few minutes
another explosion took place and there was more gunfire.”
The third explosion, which took place about an hour after the
first two blasts, was caused by a car bomb which went off while
the vehicle was being searched by the military.
Harun Maruf, a Voice of America journalist in Mogadishu, wrote on
Twitter that security sources say the first blast was caused by a
suicide bomber who drove his vehicle into the hotel’s gate.
It is believed that Khalif Ereg, the Mogadishu intelligence chief
who survived an assassination attempt in March 2013, was staying
at the Jazeera Hotel, although it is not clear if he was the
target in the bombing, Maruf wrote.
Sources: Ex #Mogadishu
intelligence Chief Khalif Ereg who survived an attempt in March
2013 was at the hotel. Unclear if he was the target.
— Harun Maruf (@harunmaruf) January
1, 2014
The Jazeera Hotel, where the blasts happened, is considered to be
one of the best-guarded places in Somali capital. It is located
not far from the country’s international airport.
Somali PM Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed condemned the attack and
expressed condolences to the victims and their families.
“This year, 2014 is going to [see] the strengthening of
Somali forces and the elimination of the extremists,” Ahmed
said in a statement.
Last nights attempted attack on AlJazeera Hotel will only
strengthen our fight against #terrorism
http://t.co/zx3oBuanIL
#Mogadishu
#Somalia
— @SomaliPM (@SomaliPM) January
2, 2014
The Somali rebel group Al-Shabaab, which has been carrying out a
campaign of terror attacks in Mogadishu over the last two and a
half years, has claimed responsibility for the blasts. The bombs
targeted intelligence officials who were meeting at the Jazeera
Hotel at the time of the attacks, the group said.
“The apostates are the eyes and the ears of the invaders…
These attacks serve as a well-deserved punishment for their role
… in their crusade,” Al Shabaab spokesman Ali Mohamud Rage
said in a statement.
Suicide bombers attacked the Jazeera
Hotel in September 2012, trying to assassinate the then
newly-elected President Mohamud, who was giving a news conference
there. He and the Kenyan FM who was visiting Mogadishu were
unhurt in that assault.
The Somali capital has been frequently targeted by fighters from
the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic extremist rebel group Al-Shabaab,
which ruled Mogadishu from 2006 until August 2011. When African
Union (AU) and Somali forces pushed them out of the city in 2011,
the extremists launched regular attacks on the country.
In April 2013, two car bombs exploded outside the city’s Supreme
Court before gunmen stormed the building and opened fire. A large
explosion in an area near the Mogadishu airport followed hours
later.
Source Article from http://rt.com/news/somali-capital-blasts-hotel-061/
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