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U.S. Embassy Press
Release
Nairobi, February 26, 2009 – United States Ambassador Michael
Ranneberger today visited the fifteen Burundian troops who were wounded
in Sunday’s suicide bomb attack on their base in Mogadishu, and
subsequently evacuated to Nairobi. The Ambassador was joined by
counterparts from the European Union, the Somali Embassy in Nairobi,
AMISOM, and senior staff from Nairobi Hospital.
Ambassador Ranneberger offered condolences for the eleven soldiers who
perished in the attacks. He also thanked the troops for their service to
Somalia, noting that they are a credit to Burundi as they work to
rebuild Somalia. Ambassador Ranneberger reviewed the measures the
international community is taking to support the Transitional Federal
Government, so that the Somali government can ultimately provide for its
own security. Finally, the Ambassador remarked with admiration that one
of the wounded soldiers told him that, if given the opportunity, the
soldier would return to Somalia to finish his mission.
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