location: Mogadishu
notes: Defusal: Security forces thwart a large attack by suspected al Shabaab on a Mogadishu hotel on 14/07. Local government spokesman Abdifitah Omar Halane said that a car loaded with high-explosive bombs had been intercepted with an individual linked to Al Qaida affiliated al-Shabaab group. No violence reported.
target_text: location: Mogadishu, fatalities: 0