Kenyan Motives in Somalia Predate Recent Abductions
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Published: October 26, 2011
"The Kenyan government revealed on Wednesday that its extensive military foray into Somalia this month to battle Islamist militants was not simply a response to a wave of recent kidnappings, as previously claimed, but was actually planned far in advance, part of a covert strategy to penetrate Somalia and keep the violence in one of Africa’s most anarchic countries from spilling into one of Africa’s most stable." (New York Times)
"Somalia has been a thorn in Kenya’s side ever since Kenya became independent in 1963, and the two countries have followed wildly different paths. Somalia has become synonymous with famine, war and anarchy, while Kenya has become one of America’s closest African allies, a bastion of stability and a favorite of tourists worldwide." (New York Times)
Kenya is going to send its troops to Somalia, but "Many analysts wonder how Kenya will be able to defy history and stabilize Somalia when the United Nations, the United States, Ethiopia and the African Union have all intervened before, with little success. They argue that the Kenyan operation seems uncoordinated and poorly planned, with hundreds of troops bogged down in the mud from rains that fall at this time every year." (New York Times)
Kenya is feared of the Shabab who have pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda committed a terrorism in Somalia and who may be going to 'punish' Kenya. Now, people in Kenya are suffered from terrorism and do not go to such as shopping mall and night club.
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