Shebab threaten more attacks

Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab yesterday vowed further attacks to follow two deadly bombings in Uganda, as Kampala said it would send more troops to boost the African Union force in Mogadishu.

The bomb attacks on crowded entertainment spots in Kampala where crowds were watching the World Cup final on Sunday killed at least 73 people and underscored the risk posed by the Somali rebel movement to the entire region.

"What happened in Kampala is just the beginning," elusive Shebab leader Mohamed Abdi Godane, also known as Abu Zubayr, said in an audio message broadcast on several Mogadishu radio stations. The Shebab - fighting Somalia's Western-backed transitional government - say the blasts were in retaliation for the presence of more than 3,000 Ugandan troops in the embattled African Union mission in Somalia (Amisom).

"We are telling all Muslims and particularly the people of Mogadishu that those martyred in Amisom shelling will be avenged," he added.