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| Kenya Warplane Crashes in Somalia, Islamists Claim Shot Down |
| 2014-12-05 |
| [AnNahar] A Kenya military plane crashed Thursday in war-torn southern Somalia, the army said, blaming "technical problems", while the Shabaab fighters boasted they had shot it down. Kenyan troops entered southern Somalia three years ago to fight the al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabaab rebels, later joining an African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... force. They have carried out recent heavy air strikes against Shabaab bases in southern Somalia after the gunnies carried out a string of attacks inside Kenya including two recent massacres of over 60 people. The Kenyan warplane "while returning from a combat mission in Jamaame, southern Somalia, developed technical problems and crashed in the general area of Kismayo," Kenyan army front man Colonel David Obonyo said in a statement. But after the Kenyan military statement, Shabaab front man Abdiaziz Abu Musab told Agence La Belle France-Presse his fighters had shot the plane down. "We have destroyed the fighter jet and the body of the pilot," Musab said. It was not possible to independently verify the reports. The Shabaab are fighting to overthrow the country's internationally-backed government. After they executed 36 non-Moslem quarry workers in a Kenyan border town on Tuesday, President Uhuru Kenyatta vowed to "intensify the war on terrorism", calling the Islamists "deranged animals" and blaming them for the death of more than 800 Kenyans. The Shabaab in turn warned they would be "uncompromising, relentless and ruthless" in further attacks. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 The warplane developed a technical problem immediately after it was struck by a number of rounds of bullets. From a shutter gun. Or two. Or more. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2014-12-05 22:04 |