| Submit your comments on this article |
| East/Subsaharan Africa |
| Suspect terrorists sent back to Kenya |
| 2002-12-04 |
| Nine foreigners branded by police as terrorist suspects and deported to Jordan were disowned by the Middle East state and returned to Kenya, it was revealed yesterday. I'll bet that just made their day... Police have held the nine men - now said to be Iraqis - in their cells for almost a year after they were disowned by Jordan, commissioner Philemon Abong'o said. Being held in jug in Kenya for almost a year is not high on anybody's list of things to do in this life. There are worse things, but most of them involve broken bones... In addition to the nine, six other foreigners – two Iraqis, three Syrians and a Jordanian – are either in police custody awaiting deportation or already sent home, Mr Abong'o said. His disclosures came as the Government issued a terse statement attempting to play down yesterday's exclusive report in the Daily Nation that Kenya's security agencies - the police, military and intelligence service - were warned of a possible terrorist attack at the Coast last March eight months before the Paradise Hotel was blown up by three suicide bombers. At about the same time, two missiles were also fired at an Israeli charter jet at Mombasa airport. "The Government would like to state that any security information received was promptly acted upon and this resulted in the arrest of several suspects, some of whom were taken to court and deported for being in Kenya illegally," said the unsigned statement from the President's office. They're trying to play down the appearance of ineptitude — probably justifiably in this case. Kenya's the most successful sub-Saharan country I can think of. In fact, I can't think of another one. That's probably why the Bad Guys are trying to flood it with nutbags. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Being successful in the third world is often related to tourism, something Kenya and Bali hold in common. Coincidence? Egypt, Tunisia, ...... |
| Posted by: john 2002-12-05 00:38:03 |
| #2 Why not send them to Iraq? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-12-04 22:02:46 |
| #1 umm... Botswana? South Africa? |
| Posted by: blooKat 2002-12-04 18:49:01 |