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Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:11 pm
by Monk-of-Mogadishu
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... ab2046.c31

When Kenya is done, there will be no more port to fight over. :-O
(AFP) – 31 minutes ago

MOGADISHU — Kenya warplanes targeted the Shebab-held Somali port city of Kismayo on Sunday as troops advanced on the insurgents and the US warned of an imminent threat of attack on foreigners in Kenya.

Nairobi sent soldiers across the border a week ago to hunt the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab fighters it blames for the abductions on its soil of a British tourist, a disabled French woman and two Spanish aid workers.

"The aircrafts targeted Shebab positions including a military base and the seaport but we don?t know if there were any casualties," said resident Abdikarim Maolim.

"Residents are shocked and the city is tense," he added.

Ahmed Yasin, another witness said: "I saw the two planes flying at low level but high speed and after five minutes they dropped heavy bombs that rocked the city."

Shebab official Sheik Abddala Abu-Hassan said by phone that the raids had caused civilian victims but left their fighters unhurt.

This weekend the Kenyan army said troops were advancing in a three-pronged movement towards the city, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) from the Kenyan border.

The military has not said how many of its troops are deployed, but analysts estimate the number at between 2,000 and 3,000.

The radical Islamist Shebab, who deny kidnapping foreigners, has repeatedly warned of bloody retaliation against Kenya.

In response to the threats, officials have beefed up security in Nairobi's central business district and the US embassy there warned Americans of an "imminent threat" of attacks possibly targeting foreigners.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a US television interview: "We've been getting threats from Shebab against Americans and Westerners.

"It's a very dangerous, uncertain situation, and we want to be sure that whatever information we have, we immediately present to Americans who live, work or may be visiting in Kenya," she told ABC television.

The embassy statement said there was "credible information of an imminent threat of terrorist attacks directed at prominent Kenyan facilities and areas where foreigners are known to congregate, such as malls and night clubs."

Measures had been taken to limit official US government travel to Kenya, it said, warning Americans to also consider deferring travel to the country at this time.

A recorded message from the Shebab's leader Mohamed Abdi Godane said Saturday: "The Islamic regions in Somalia are all on high alert to prepare for the open war that is our response to the incursions by some neighbouring countries who are taking part in the global Christian invasion against Somalia."

Copyright © 2011 AFP. All rights reserved.

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:21 pm
by Cumar-Labasuul
If true, then who still supports the Kenyan invasion?

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:29 pm
by tightrope
THE KENYAN BANTUS ARE ASKING FOR TROUBLE! :down:

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:29 pm
by FBISOMALIA
TFG are you happy now ...!!!

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:30 pm
by anonymousfaarax
Yes they are tightrope :twisted:

Ilahay ha u sahlo the civilians who will get caught up in this.

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:32 pm
by anonymousfaarax
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/world ... fight.html

Other Nations Join Somalia Fight, Kenya Says

NAIROBI, Kenya — Foreign military forces have joined the offensive against the Shabab militant group in Somalia as Kenyan troops advanced toward the rebel stronghold of Kismayu from two different directions, a Kenyan military spokesman said Sunday.
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The spokesman, Maj. Emmanuel Chirchir, said that the United States or France, or possibly both, had stepped up airstrikes in the past few days, killing a number of Shabab militants. The French Navy has also shelled rebel positions from the sea, Kenyan officials said.

The United States and France have not confirmed involvement in Somalia.

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:37 pm
by metamorphosis
Why are we shocked now?

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:38 pm
by anonymousfaarax
US to assist Kenya’s fight against al-Shabaab

By Katrina Manson in Nairobi

The US is discussing how to assist Kenya militarily and financially in its fight against al-Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia, as Kenyan troops close in on southern rebel strongholds in its neighbour, a failed state prey to terrorism and piracy.

“We are talking with the Kenyans right now to figure out where they need help,” US ambassador Scott Gration told the Financial Times in an interview at his residence in Nairobi.

Kenya invaded Somalia in an unprecedented large-scale incursion last week following three separate kidnappings of foreigners holidaying or working in Kenya.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fa596eba-fd8e ... z1bduQeqcq

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:39 pm
by anonymousfaarax
metamorphosis wrote:Why are we shocked now?
Im not shocked but outraged.

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:43 pm
by Estarix
Kenya and its Somali stooges must be having a field day over this, ive previously warned that the invasion of an hostile nation such as Kenya would be a sign for worse things to come for Somalia.

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:46 pm
by tightrope
VOLTAGE'S DREAM OF "JUBBALAND STATE OF KENYA" COMING TRUE :down:

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:49 pm
by anonymousfaarax
Gobolka Jubbada hoose oo Diyaarado ay duqeyn ka geystay


Awdalpress – Kismayo – Goobo ka tirsan magaalada Kismayo, ayaa waxa duqaymo xoog leh ka geystay Diyaarado nooca dagaalka ah oo aan heybtooda la aqoon. Goobaha ay diyaaraduhu duqeeyeen ayaa waxa ka mid ah dekadda caalamiga ah ee magalaada Kismayo iyo saldhigga dhexe ee magaalada.

Diyaaradaha ayaa la sheegay in ay ka yimaadeen dhanka jaziiradaha ku yaal dhanka koonfur galbeed ee gobolka Jubbada hoose, waxana ay dhowr gantaal ku toogteen Saldhigga Dhexe ee magaalada iyo dakadda gudaheeda gaar ahaan meesha loo yaqaan indhobararka ee afaafka hore ee dakadda.

Dadka ku dhaqan Magaalada Kismaayo ayaa saxaafadda u xaqiijiyay duqeynta, iyaga oo sheegay in ay duqeynta si ba’an uga dhacday dakadda Caalamiga ah ee magaalad Kismaayo. Gantaallada ay ridayeen dayuuradaha ayaa si weyn looga maqlayey guud ahaan magaalada Kismaayo, lamana oga illaa imika khasaaraha rasmiga ah ee ay geysteen duqeymahaasi.

Ma jiraan masuuliyiin ka tirsan maamulka degmada Kismaayo oo ka hadlay duqeymahaasi, waxaana mar qura ay cabsiyi la soo daristay shacabka ku dhaqan magaalada Kismaayo oo iyagu dareemaya cabsi aad u weyn.

Duqeymahani ayaa ku soo beegmaya xilli deegaannada Jaziiradaha ee gobolka J/hoose ay soo buux dhaafiyeen maraakiib dagaal oo ay leedahay dowladda Kenya, kuwaa oo la sheegay in ay qeyb ka yihiin howlgallada ay dowladda Kenya ka waddo gobollada Jubooyinka.

Awdalpress

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:59 pm
by metamorphosis
anonymousfaarax wrote:
metamorphosis wrote:Why are we shocked now?
Im not shocked but outraged.
If you ever thought Kenya would come in Somalia and exclusively hunt for Al shaydaans without killing innocent people and destroying the country's already ravaged infrastructure, give yourself a 0 because you're stupid.

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 5:02 pm
by anonymousfaarax
metamorphosis wrote:
anonymousfaarax wrote:
metamorphosis wrote:Why are we shocked now?
Im not shocked but outraged.
If you ever thought Kenya would come in Somalia and exclusively hunt for Al shaydaans without killing innocent people and destroying the country's already ravaged infrastructure, give yourself a 0 because you're stupid.
Talk about putting words into my mouth. Xayawaan if you want to make a statement then go ahead but to come to me with your B.S f-king moron.

Re: Kenya bombs Kismayo port

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 5:11 pm
by metamorphosis
If you ever thought Kenya would come in Somalia and exclusively hunt for Al shaydaans without killing innocent people and destroying the country's already ravaged infrastructure, give yourself a 0 because you're stupid.[/quote]

Talk about putting words into my mouth. Xayawaan if you want to make a statement then go ahead but to come to me with your B.S f-king moron.[/quote]
Idiot, that was a general comment. I was talking to everyone who thought this invasion was just and would bring positive outcomes. doqon maskax yar baad tahay ee fikir intaadan wax soo qorin.