Kenya's government officials have placed the African country on high alert following a terrorist bombing on Thursday believed to have been the work of a Somalia-based group affiliated with al-Qaeda. Ten Kenyan soldiers were wounded after a military vehicle was targeted by a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) while traveling in the northeastern section of Kenya. Abey Moallim Hassan, a Kenyan official in the district, stated that one of the wounded soldiers was in critical condition. Asked about who was behind making of the IED and the attack, Hassan stated that no groups so far have officially claimed responsibility, but Somalia's al Qaeda-linked group Al Shabaab may be responsible, since the terrorist group has made threats against the Kenyan government. While fighting against Somalia's transitional government and the national military and police forces, Al Shabaab has been in combat against African Union peacekeepers, some of whom come from Kenya, Ethiopia and other countries. "An investigation is underway and the government will release a report when it's available," officials announced. Kenyan security forces began search operations immediately and arrested at 10 Somalis in connection with the attack. Somalia's Al Shabaab frequently sends warning messages to Kenyan government officials, and they are expected to initiate future IED and suicide bomb attacks. The group stated it is angry with Kenya for training and coordinating forces loyal to the transitional federal government of Somalia to open a new battle front in the southern regions, warning that Al Shabaab would no longer tolerate what they called Kenya's provocative and aggressive acts against them. http://ads.undertone.com/l?bannerid=213780&campaignid=37548&zoneid=14218&UTL IA=1&UTCBLOCK=86400&UTSCCAP=5&cb=29b84eddd16f46ebafa94f59d83ee950&bk=lm9zwv& id=f176545la8s8jmk96eg979w9y http://tags.bluekai.com/site/450 Kenya has a practically unprotected border with Somalia and the group's threatening messages have created strong fear of attacks by Al Shabaab, sparking the government to announce that its security was put on high alert Continue reading on Examiner.com <http://www.examiner.com/public-safety-in-national/terrorism-kenya-on-high-a lert-after-terrorist-bombing#ixzz1OKQpDRYW> Terrorism: Kenya on high alert after terrorist bombing - National public safety | Examiner.com <http://www.examiner.com/public-safety-in-national/terrorism-kenya-on-high-a lert-after-terrorist-bombing#ixzz1OKQpDRYW> http://www.examiner.com/public-safety-in-national/terrorism-kenya-on-high-al ert-after-terrorist-bombing#ixzz1OKQpDRYW [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
