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2012-08-29 Africa Horn

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Posted by Fred 2012-08-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: al-Shabaab

#1 If it was a state-sanctioned killing - it was a bit too obvious in broad daylight. Also, lacking in precision - 15 or 16 shots by an AK is far more than necessary.

The response of the rioters seems to be a direct provocation by Al Shabaab. Evidently they wield more influence in the suburbs of Mombasa than the Kenyan authorities were willing to admit.

Posted by Raider 2012-08-29 10:20|| 2012-08-29 10:20|| Front Page Top

#2 So is Kenya gonna be the next Nigeria?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-08-29 12:01|| 2012-08-29 12:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Evidently they wield more influence in the suburbs of Mombasa than the Kenyan authorities were willing to admit

The area known as Old Mombasa and the neighborhood around it is 'Arab'; i.e. muslim. It's always been problematic.

Posted by Pappy 2012-08-29 13:56|| 2012-08-29 13:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Roland searched the continent for the man who'd done him in
He found him in Mombassa in a barroom drinking gin
Roland aimed his Thompson gun - he didn't say a word
But he blew Van Owen's body from there to Johannesburg

Posted by mojo 2012-08-29 14:17|| 2012-08-29 14:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Thank you for the literary contribution mojo. Next time I'm in Mombasa I'll have to keep my eyes open for a good Tommy gun - out of respect for poetry, of course :-)

Posted by Raider 2012-08-29 16:13|| 2012-08-29 16:13|| Front Page Top

#6 that'd be the Late Warren Zevon's Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner

Posted by Frank G 2012-08-29 16:47|| 2012-08-29 16:47|| Front Page Top

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