NAIROBI , October 29, 2008 — The deadly coordinated suicide car bomb attacks against key targets in two Somali breakaway states Wednesday have the markings of Al-Qaeda, Jendayi Frazer , US assistant secretary of state for Africa, told reporters in Nairobi .

"Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but they have the markings of Al-Qaeda," she said after attending a summit on Somalia in the Kenyan capital.

"We believe that these senseless attacks highlight the determination of violent extremists to undermine peace and stability throughout Somalia and the Horn of Africa."

Frazer said Washington will continue to support regional efforts to combat terrorism.

"There is a serious terrorist threat in the Horn of Africa, concentrated in Somalia , Somaliland and Puntland and we have to address it as a region," she said.

Frazer called for action against Eritrea for hosting Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, an influential Somali cleric listed as a terrorist by Washington and who has rejected recent peace talks and ceasefires.

"What I can say is Aweys is sitting in Eritrea ... he is in the UN and US terror list. Eritrea is giving a safe haven to a terrorist, we need to act accordingly," she said.

"He is not for peace in Somalia , he is not for good governance in Somalia , he is making terrorism threats, we need to treat him accordingly," she told AFP.

Source: AFP

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