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| Kenya was warned before attacks... |
| 2002-12-04 |
| The Kenyan Daily Nation reported yesterday that Kenyan security forces knew terrorists were planning to carry out an attack in a coastal area and that a bomb had been smuggled into the country. The warnings were sent in March 2002 to senior military officials, the police and intelligence organizations, the report said. The Kenyan Interior Ministry has denied receiving warning of an impending attack. The newspaper quoted sources as saying that the first warning was received on March 11 and referred to the Al-Ittihad al-Islami organization, affiliated with Al-Qaida, and it was planning to attack western targets in Kenya. The second warning came the following day, and said that six explosives experts had left Somalia for Kenya to attack U.S., British and German targets on the Kenyan coast. The third warning was received on March 27. The fourth and last warning was received the following day and said that the two terrorists were on their way to Kenya. Authorities had details and photos of the two, believed to have been responsible for last week's deadly terror attack. The problem there is that the warnings were received last March. That's eight months ago. Think real hard, and you still won't be able to remember which other warnings were issued in March, even if you're in the security business. The number of false alarms that come out also makes things harder. The Kenyans denying they ever got the warnings is just silliness on their part. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |