[ti:Bombings in Uganda Raise New Worries About Group in Somalia]
[ar:Steve Ember]
[al:IN THE NEWS]
[by:www.21voa.com]
[00:00.00]This is IN THE NEWS
[00:04.93]in VOA Special English.
[00:07.52](SOUND)
[00:12.60]Ugandans buried their dead
[00:14.54]this week after bombings
[00:16.34]that killed more than
[00:17.88]seventy people in Kampala.
[00:20.67]The victims, including an American,
[00:23.62]were watching the World Cup final
[00:26.30]on television Sunday
[00:28.14]at two social places in the capital.
[00:32.14]The group al-Shabab says
[00:34.67]it organized the attacks
[00:36.77]because Uganda supplies troops
[00:39.81]to support the temporary
[00:41.70]government in Somalia.
[00:43.89]Al-Shabab is tied to al-Qaida
[00:47.62]and aims to make Somalia
[00:50.07]into an Islamic state.
[00:52.76]It controls large parts
[00:54.86]of Mogadishu and the south.
[00:57.36]Al-Shabab means "The Youth" in Arabic.
[01:01.84]The Kampala bombings were its
[01:05.03]first attacks outside Somalia
[01:07.27]-- and its leader called them
[01:09.16]"just the beginning."
[01:10.95]On Thursday several Mogadishu
[01:14.77]radio stations broadcast a message
[01:17.36]from Ahmed Abdi Godane,
[01:20.20]also known as Abu Zubayr.
[01:23.04]He said attacks will continue
[01:26.02]as revenge for the deaths
[01:28.61]of Somalis killed
[01:30.45]by African Union peacekeepers
[01:33.30]in Mogadishu.
[01:34.99]Human rights groups have condemned
[01:38.22]all sides in the Somali capital
[01:40.81]for causing civilian deaths.
[01:43.71]Officials say the African Union
[01:46.59]will hold its big meeting
[01:48.66]in Kampala this coming week
[01:51.44]as planned.
[01:53.14]Somalia is expected
[01:55.13]to be a major issue.
[01:56.53]More than six thousand peacekeepers
[01:59.71]from Uganda and Burundi
[02:02.25]are in Mogadishu
[02:04.15]to protect the airport,
[02:05.94]seaport and other places.
[02:08.84]The United States has provided
[02:11.98]them with light weapons,
[02:13.67]training and other support.
[02:16.55]Al-Shabab has also made new threats
[02:20.20]to target Burundi's capital, Bujumbura.
[02:23.63]But Uganda is the main provider
[02:26.48]of troops to the African Union
[02:29.06]Mission in Somalia.
[02:30.96]Uganda plans to send
[02:33.00]two thousand more troops.
[02:35.40]And President Yoweri Museveni
[02:38.13]recently joined other east African
[02:41.37]leaders in calling for a mission
[02:43.86]with twenty thousand troops.
[02:46.29]He says Ugandan troops
[02:49.18]in Somalia have been involved
[02:51.62]only in defensive duties.
[02:53.71]Now, he is calling for
[02:56.15]an offensive against al-Shabab.
[02:59.04]But several Ugandan
[03:01.18]and other east-African politicians
[03:04.07]and commentators have
[03:06.51]urged Uganda to withdraw.
[03:08.96]Uganda's main opposition leader
[03:12.04]this week asked why Uganda
[03:14.58]and Burundi are providing troops
[03:17.62] while other African leaders
[03:20.00]ignore the problem.
[03:22.10]For three years, al-Shabab
[03:24.44]has led militants in battles
[03:27.08]-- mostly against the peacekeepers
[03:29.92]-- for control of Mogadishu.
[03:32.21]Only a few city blocks remain
[03:35.59]under government control.
[03:38.09]Uganda sent the first troops
[03:41.13]in March of two thousand seven
[03:43.51]to help secure the capital.
[03:45.95]That was after Ethiopia's military
[03:49.73]ousted Islamists from power.
[03:52.12]The bombings in Kampala have led
[03:55.83]to a number of arrests.
[03:57.62]An unexploded suicide bomb vest
[04:01.50]was found at a third location,
[04:03.89]a disco club.
[04:05.78]President Obama says the attacks
[04:08.37]show that extremists have no respect
[04:11.60]for African lives or efforts
[04:14.14]for a better future.
[04:15.84]He told the South African
[04:17.93]Broadcasting Corporation
[04:19.44]that al-Shabab and other terror
[04:22.67]groups must be stopped.
[04:24.46]BARACK OBAMA: "If al-Shabab takes more
[04:26.70]and more control within Somalia,
[04:28.29]it is going to be exporting
[04:30.08]violence the way it just did in Uganda."
[04:32.18]The United States is helping Uganda
[04:34.62]investigate the attacks.
[04:36.37]The United States is also
[04:38.81]offering support
[04:40.26]to other countries in the area
[04:42.89]to help prevent other attacks.
[04:45.83]And that's IN THE NEWS
[04:47.72]in VOA Special English.
[04:50.42]I'm Steve Ember.
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