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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A veiled woman and two other suicide bombers exploded cars outside the base of Somalia's weak government Thursday, killing eight people after Ethiopia took another step toward war with its Islamic rivals in the country.
Somalia's interim government blamed foreign al-Qaida fighters for the attack, which was believed to be only the second suicide bombing ever in the country.
The attack had the hallmarks of an al-Qaida operation. Suicide bombings carried out by multiple attackers have been widely used by Islamic extremists in Iraq and Afghanistan, both battlegrounds for al-Qaida, and terror leader Osama bin Laden has declared Somalia to be a battleground in his war against the West.
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