Seven people were killed June 3 when a suicide car bomber drove through a roadblock guarding Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi's home and rammed the vehicle into a wall.

It was at least the third attempt on Gedi's life since he returned to Somalia in May 2005.

"The objective of the insurgents or the terrorists is to stop or delay the national reconciliation conference. We will not do it. We will continue," Gedi said outside his home, which was damaged in the blast. "We will try to pacify the capital before the conference."

The Japan Times Weekly: June 9, 2007
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