The chef of Mogadishu
One bomber set himself off in the dining room itself, killing 20 of Ahmed’s customers. Standing in that room, watching Ahmed’s workmen clean up, I realised what the term ‘pink mist’ really means. The bomber’s solid body had expanded outwards into an aerosol cloud of human particles that now covered every square inch of ceiling, walls and floor. The workmen were using trowels and shovels to clean up.
‘They’re scrubbing it, to get rid of the blood and human remains. When they’ve done that they’ll put on four or five coats of white paint,’ said Ahmed…
‘I’m not going anywhere,’ said Ahmed when I saw him last, in October.
Days later, Al Shabaab launched a fresh attack on Ahmed. Two bombers tried to enter one of his restaurants again. When a policeman stopped them, they blew themselves sky high, killing nobody else but sending a message: they are still after Ahmed.
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Feel the Muslim peace…
Akzed on November 28, 2012 at 4:47 PM
This guy is on the front lines against terrorists. We should be helping people like that at every opportunity.
kaltes on November 28, 2012 at 4:55 PM
No,, the term pink mist is reserved for our Snipers.
wolly4321 on November 28, 2012 at 5:02 PM
The ppl they are targeting are Muslims too. It’s like saying Crusader’s were the real Christians. Terrorists are terrorists regardless of religion.
Salahuddin on November 28, 2012 at 5:08 PM
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They were and they backed up thier words with deeds.
LincolntheHun on November 28, 2012 at 5:45 PM
Why do people equate the Crusaders with terrorists? They are nothing alike. The later crusades were just back-stabbing mercenary warfare that had little to do with religion, but the early crusades (the real crusades) were something for Christianity to be proud of. It was a series of defensive counter-attacks against what was otherwise constant muslim expansion and aggression against Christian nations. There were several times where muslim armies threatened Europe itself and might have conquered significant parts of it but for losing critical battles in france and austria/hungary.
The crusades were pretty awesome and Christians should be proud of them. If you want to compare them to Muslims, compare them to their contemporaries, don’t presume to compare them modern day terrorists. Comparing a person from nearly 1,000 years ago to someone today is just stupid. People back then lived in a very different world.
kaltes on November 28, 2012 at 6:58 PM
From the article. No, none of the rest of the article is funny at all. But this part was hilarious.
tom on November 28, 2012 at 7:28 PM