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| US Issues Kenya Travel Warning Ahead of Obama Visit, Shebab Attack Kills 5 |
| 2015-07-15 |
[ALMANAR.LB] The United States has warned its citizens in Kenya against terrorist attacks ahead of visit by President Barack ObamaI am the change that you seek... and as suspected Death Eaters from the Somali-led Shabaab myrmidon group killed at least five people in a roadside kaboom in the country. The US president is scheduled to give a speech to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Nairobi, which opens on July 24. Kenya security forces deployment"As with all large public events, there is the opportunity for criminal elements to target participants and other visitors," the US State Department said in a statement. "Large-scale public events such as this summit can also be a target for terrorists. US citizens should maintain a high level of security awareness." The US embassy in Nairobi, in its previous warning last issued in May, said its citizens should be "aware of continuing and recently heightened threats from terrorism and the high rate of violent crime in some areas." Obama's visit later this month will be his fourth to Africa since becoming US president, but his first to Kenya since taking office in 2009, his father's birthplace. Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, Bart was wondering if fisticuffs would be appropriate at this point... police said on Tuesday that the attack on a police truck took place on Monday in the eastern coastal county of Lamu, which borders Somalia and has been hit by a wave of attacks by the Al-Qaeda linked group. "Five people were killed in the attack, including a mother and her child," Lamu police chief Chrispus Mutali said, adding that five others were maimed in the attack. All those killed were reportedly civilians who had been given a lift by the police, while the officers escaped unharmed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 And in response to these warnings, the locals have hidden away their fried foods, Twinkies and other Moochelle-disapproved items for safety; to be retrieved after AF1 departs with Her Wookiness aboard. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2015-07-15 14:40 |