A very good illustration of the issue between those who practice a religion of peace and those who have coopted that religion and rain death down upon all who stand in their way.
Interesting the defintion of 'defending'. From Aweys perspective anyone who stands up and says - we oppose you, are in fact, attacking Islam. (Pay close attention Europe and America.)
You do not negotiate with people who view you as an impediment to their survival. The West, and Africa, has tolerated the evil of these murderers for too long. Because many who practice the faith seek peace and argue the religion is entirely based upon peace, we relent, until the next evil doer pokes his ugly head up and says slaughtering people is acceptable and must be done as it is in defense of their warped view of Islam. These sorts need to be given their greatest hope and dream - to meet Allah, and let him sort them out, before they take the lives of any more innocents.
Radical Somali leader defends peacekeepers' killings
(CNN) -- A radical Islamist leader in Somalia said Sunday that a suicide attack that killed 21 African Union peacekeepers was the right thing to do.
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys said Thursday's attack was meant to defend Islam.
"The Islamic religion permits such kinds of attacks if they are against known enemies and in the defense of the religion, but there are people who distort that explanation," Aweys said, addressing hundreds of people during a religious sermon at Elashabiyaha, a suburb of Mogadishu.
Suicide bombers, disguised in two U.N.-marked vehicles, rammed through the security gate of the mission's headquarters, which is attached to Mogadishu's airport.
They detonated explosives just as Somalia's transitional government and mission representatives concluded a high-level meeting inside the compound, said Nicolas Bwakira, the African Union's special representative for Somalia.
The attack killed four Somali civilians and 17 Ugandan and Burundian soldiers, including the mission's second-in-command, Burundian Maj. Gen. Juvenal Niyonguruza, he said.
The force commander, Ugandan Maj. Gen. Nathan Mugisha, was among the 40 wounded. He assumed command of the African Union Mission in Somalia -- known as AMISOM -- last month.
Al-Shabaab, the Islamist militia with ties to al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the African Union.
The strike happened days after U.S. special forces targeted and killed a senior al Qaeda operative in southern Somalia.
Analysts hailed the death of Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan as a major blow to al Qaeda's efforts to work with Al-Shabaab to try to gain a foothold in the lawless country.
Aweys condemned the killing of Nebhan.
"The U.S. government is responsible for all problems on the Muslin nation particularly on the Somalis," he said.
The African Union has a 3,400-member peacekeeping force in Somalia, made up of troops from Burundi and Uganda. It operates under a U.N. mandate to support Somalia's transitional federal government.
The peacekeeping force is charged with protecting key government and strategic installations in Mogadishu, including the port, airport and presidential palace. It is the de facto military force of the weak, transitional Somali government.
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