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US warns Somali militants may kidnap Americans |
2007-10-03 |
![]() The warning is based on a tip Kenyan police passed along to embassy officials. Kenya closed its border with Somalia in January during fighting that pitted Islamic militia against Somali government troops and their Ethiopian allies. The U.S. blames the al-Qaida terrorist network for the 1998 attack that destroyed its embassy in Nairobi and for a 2002 car bombing of a beachfront hotel in southeastern Kenya. |
Posted by:Steve White |