Local Somalis condemn suicide bombing in homeland  Issues Laura
Yuen · ·   1. Listen Story audio      Dec 15, 2009   Even
Somali-Americans hardened by the bloodshed of their homeland
were sickened by the latest attack, a suicide bombing in
Mogadishu on Dec. 3.  Many say the bombing was one of the
saddest moments in recent Somali history. The bomber killed at
least 22 people at a graduation ceremony for medical students.
Some people have even called the attack "Somalia's 9/11."  On
Sunday, about 100 Somali-Americans scrounged up their last
shreds of hope for their homeland as part of a community rally
in Minneapolis to condemn the violence and pray for the victims'
families.  Some of the peaceful protesters were young people
like Mukhtar Osman, who consider the bombing victims their own
peers.   Osman, a 26-year-old civil engineer from Minneapolis,
knew at least five people who were injured or killed in the
graduation ceremony, on a day that should have been one of the
happiest of their lives.  "I had a lot of