Blog 2 - Car Bomb Kills 5 Outside Airport in Somalia

Summary:      
 
  On Thursday, February 13, 2014, there was a major explosion located in Mogadishu, Somalia. Located by the entrance of the international airport right beside a restaurant, a car loaded with explosives blew up. This explosion left at least five people dead and twelve injured. Witnesses made statements that the attack seemed to be planned for a passing United Nations convoy. This attack was later owned up to by the Shabab, which is a militant Somali Islamist group. The Shabab is trying to control Somalia bit by bit. The constant attacks from the Shabab has left Mogadishu scarred. Last week they banned the use of Internet.

Analysis:
  This article shows how power and control is becoming a serious problem. Violence and control issues are becoming more and more of an issue as time goes on. Mogadishu has a mayor, Mohamud Nur, who since taking office has had various reforms to improve the cities security. So, if Mohamud is all about the safety of his city, why is he allowing this militant group to cause harm to the citizens and people traveling through their city? It doesn't make sense to me. We have to take responsibility of ourselves and become more aware of our surroundings. If the people of Mogadishu were more aware of the car resting by the entrance of the airport, maybe this explosion could have been prevented. Airports have security, so as a part of monitoring who is coming in and out of the airport they should be monitoring what is happening around the perimeters of the airport as well.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/14/world/africa/car-bomb-outside-airport-in-somalia.html?ref=world