At least 30 killed in Somalia 'hotel' attack

Somali insurgents disguised in government military uniforms stormed a Mogadishu hotel on Tuesday and killed at least 30 people, including 4 lawmakers, laying bare how vulnerable Somalia's government is, even in an area it claims to control. The insurgents methodically moved room to room, killing hotel guests who tried to bolt their doors shut, Somali officials said. When government forces finally cornered the insurgents, two blew themselves up with suicide vests. The attack shows that "operational momentum has shifted to the insurgents, who can go anywhere they want except where the African peacekeepers are deployed," said J. Peter Pham, senior vice president at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy.