Torres Wants It All

Chelsea striker Fernando Torres believes that the London side can win every single competition they are involved in. The Spain goal-getter has found the back of the net twice this season stated that the Premier League and Champions League were not their only targets. "To win everything and it can be realistic," said Torres. "We have a great squad and we have to think positively." "The main thing is to go step by step. We can't say we're just going to focus on the Premier League and Champions League." "We should just think about winning the next game, in winning the next three points, scoring goals, working hard and doing well when we have the chance," he added. "We want to finish with a trophy. The Premier League would be great, the Champions League even better, both of them massive and a few cups, why not?" Torres also admitted that the Premier League was the most competitive league in Europe and that five or six clubs could challenge for the title. "It's very difficult. The league is different than any other," he continued. "It's more competitive, there are not just two or three teams, there are five or six all with the chance if not to win, to qualify for the Champions League."

Uganda fears Kenya-style mall attack

Uganda has been on high alert over fears of an attack similar to the bloody mall assault by Somalia's al-Shabab fighters in neighbouring Kenya.
Uganda was on high alert on Friday over fears of an attack similar to the bloody mall assault by Somalia's al-Shabab fighters in neighbouring Kenya, where investigators continue to recover charred body parts.

At least 67 people were massacred in the upmarket Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi when gunmen stormed the crowded complex on September 21, firing from the hip and hurling grenades at shoppers and staff.

On Thursday, investigators found a charred skull in the wreckage of the mall, Kenyan police said, adding that DNA testing would be carried out to help identify it. Automatic rifles were also found.

The Kenya Red Cross lists 23 people as missing a month after the siege.

Fears are high the al-Shabab will follow through on their threat to launch further attacks, with the al-Qaeda-linked extremists this week bragging in propaganda posters at rallies in Somalia that "Westgate was just the beginning".

"Stay alert and watch each other's steps and activities, as we are still threatened by terror," the Ugandan police said in a message, as armed security forces patrolled outside shopping centres in the capital Kampala.

It followed a message Tuesday from the US embassy in Uganda which said it was continuing "to assess reports that a Westgate-style attack may soon occur in Kampala".

The embassy said there was no further information on the timing or location of any attack.

Al-Shabab insurgents claimed the Westgate attack, saying it was in revenge for Kenya military action against the group in southern Somalia.

African Union
Uganda also has troops in Somalia with the African Union force that is battling the al-Shabab, and has been attacked on home soil by the extremists before, in 2010 bomb blasts that killed 76 people.

The warnings come as a Norwegian citizen of Somali origin was reported to be suspected of being one of the attackers who stormed the Westgate.

The 23-year-old was named by the BBC as Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow.

Dhuhulow was born in Somalia, but he and his family moved to Norway as refugees in 1999, according to relatives who spoke to the BBC.

However, other relatives denied it was Dhuhulow who appeared in security camera footage of the attack.

Last week, Norway's PST intelligence agency said it had launched a probe after it obtained information about the possible involvement of a Norwegian of Somali origin in both planning and carrying out the attack.

Norwegian investigators have been sent to Nairobi to work with their Kenyan counterparts.

Witnesses in the mall described how the fighters stormed the complex around midday on September 21 when it was crowded with shoppers.

Cold executions
The gunmen coldly executed scores of people, with witnesses recounting how in some cases they called out to those wounded, then finished them off at close range.

The siege was declared over four days later.

Kenya's security forces were initially praised for bravery in battling the insurgents, but were later heavily criticised after shopkeepers entering the mall after the siege said their stores had been systematically looted.

A propaganda video released this week by the al-Shabab praised foreign fighters, showing several insurgents it said had come from Britain and who had been killed in battle.

The video was apparently made before the Westgate attack as it made no reference to it, although it highlights the "suffering of Muslims in Kenya" as well as other countries.

The film, narrated by a man in a military jacket, face hooded in a black mask and speaking with an apparently British accent, claims fighters from multiple nations including Ethiopia, Eritrea, Lebanon, India and Pakistan had all fought with the force. - AFP

Arsenal get Ozil boost for Norwich clash

London - Arsenal's record signing Mesut Ozil should be fit to face Norwich City when Arsene Wenger's table-topping team returns to Premier League action on Saturday following the international break.

The German international midfielder, who joined Arsenal for £42.5 million at the end of the transfer window, took a knock to the knee playing for Germany against Sweden on Tuesday but Wenger said he was expected to be fit and could line up alongside Santi Cazorla, for the first time.

Cazorla, who has recovered from an ankle injury, has not played since Arsenal beat Tottenham ...

Arsenal get Ozil boost for Norwich clash

London - Arsenal's record signing Mesut Ozil should be fit to face Norwich City when Arsene Wenger's table-topping team returns to Premier League action on Saturday following the international break.

The German international midfielder, who joined Arsenal for £42.5 million at the end of the transfer window, took a knock to the knee playing for Germany against Sweden on Tuesday but Wenger said he was expected to be fit and could line up alongside Santi Cazorla, for the first time.

Cazorla, who has recovered from an ankle injury, has not played since Arsenal beat Tottenham ...