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Obama: Uganda Bombings Indicate Vision
of 'Destruction and Death'

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    14 July, 2010 (VOA)
    - U.S. President
    Barack Obama says
    the bombings in
    Uganda that killed 76
    people watching the
    World Cup final on
    television show
    extremist militant
    groups have a vision
    of "destruction and
death" for Africa.

In an interview with the South African Broadcasting Company,
scheduled to air Wednesday, Mr. Obama contrasted this vision with
one of a unified, modernizing Africa.

He also said the deadly bombings indicate the Islamist extremists
who have claimed responsibility are not considering long-term
consequences as they wage ideological battles and kill innocent
bystanders.

The Somali Islamic militant group al-Shabab says they were behind
the bombings at two sites in Uganda's capital, Kampala.  The al-
Qaida-linked group said the attacks were revenge for Uganda's
participation in an African Union peacekeeping force that supports
the Somali government, and that more attacks would follow.

Authorities say they have arrested four foreigners in connection with
an unexploded suicide bomb vest found at a third site.  They would
not say their nationalities.

Most of those who died Sunday were watching the World Cup on
big-screen televisions at a rugby club in Kampala.  The others died
in a blast that targeted an Ethiopian restaurant.

Al-Shabab had never before mounted a major terrorist attack
outside Somalia.  And the White House says the FBI is helping
Ugandan authorities in the investigation.

Ugandan police say a Ugandan Muslim militant group - the Allied
Democratic Forces - may have had a role in Sunday's attacks.

Police said at least 60 of the victims in Sunday's bombings were
Ugandans.  The others included people from Ethiopia or Eritrea, one
American aid worker, an Irish woman and one Asian. .

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