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Washington, December 5, 2009 — The United States on
Friday vehemently condemned a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu that
killed at least 23 people, including three Somali government ministers.
"The United States condemns in the strongest terms the December 3rd
suicide bombing in Mogadishu," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said
in a statement.
"Those who committed this attack choose death and destruction and have
no interest in rebuilding the country," Kelly said.
"We look to Somalis everywhere to support efforts to end the violent
conflict that has engulfed their homeland for nearly two decades," the
spokesman said.
"The United States, with the international community, will partner with
the Somali people to help them achieve that goal."
Washington joined the international chorus of condemnation of the
attack, which dealt an unprecedented blow to Somalia's feeble
transitional government, and President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed blamed it on
the Islamist insurgency.
A bomber reportedly dressed as a woman carried out the attack at a
medical student graduation ceremony in a Mogadishu hotel, which also
killed three journalists and left dozens of people injured.
Source: AFP
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