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Africa Horn
Somalia insurgents accuse Kenya over border security
2009-03-09
MOGADISHU - Islamist insurgents controlling southern Somalia have accused Kenyan troops of crossing into their territory and warned the east African nation to stop troop movements along their common border. “Kenya has been making false allegations of facing danger from the border, and that is a great danger to the region’s security and stability,” the Islamists said on their web site.
As opposed to the Islamic crazies ...
“We believe that they intend to destroy the Islamic administration implemented in Somalia,” said al Shabaab, a hardline Islamist group opposed to a new moderate president.
Not a bad idea, but the Aethiops couldn't do it and the Kenyans likely can't do it either ...
The group has been angry at Kenya since it helped capture Islamists trying to flee Ethiopian and Somali government troops in early 2007.

Kenya closed the 1,200-km (745-mile) border after the Ethiopians chased the Islamic Courts Union from Mogadishu early in 2007, but the flow of refugees increased despite the closure.

In December, al Shabaab crossed into the country through the remote border town of El Wak and kidnapped two Italian nuns who were held in Mogadishu for 101 days.

KenyaÂ’s foreign minister said earlier the government was on high alert and was increasing security at the border. He said the border would remain closed until there was stability in the failed state. Opening the border would expose the country and the region to instability, he said.
Posted by:Steve White

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