Kenya declares war on Al Shabaab!

Mateka wa kifaransa akata roho kwenye mikono ya magaidi wa kisomali
*alitekwa nyara na magaidi wa kisomali Lamu
*alikuwa na magonjwa ya saratani na shinkikizo la damu
*magaidi walikataa kumpa dawa
*wafaransa wasononeka

Frenchwoman kidnapped in Kenya and taken to Somalia dies
By the CNN Wire Staff
October 19, 2011 -- Updated 1109 GMT (1909 HKT)


Local Kenyan hoteliers hold placards supporting the return of kidnapped Marie Dedieu earlier this month.

(CNN) -- A Frenchwoman kidnapped from her holiday home in northern Kenya and taken to Somalia has died, the French Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

A gang of 10 armed men seized Marie Dedieu this month from her home on Manda Island, prompting a sea battle between Kenyan forces and her abductors. Kenyan officials sent mediators into Somalia a day later to negotiate her release.

Dedieu lived in a luxury home on the scenic Lamu archipelago for about six months out of the year. Kenyan officials and an acquaintance said the woman, in her 60s, used a wheelchair and was not in good health.

"The contacts through which the French government was trying to release Marie Dedieu ... have announced her death," the ministry said in a statement, adding the date and circumstances of the death cannot be specified.

The ministry said Dedieu's death "is almost sure" even if it does not have her body. "She was an ill and disabled woman," Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said. "This is therefore a deeply barbaric and violent act. France condemns firmly this act."

"Marie Dedieu's health, the uncertainty about the conditions of her detention, the fact that the abductors had probably refused to give her the medication we had sent her, make us think that this tragic end is unfortunately the most plausible one," the ministry statement said.

Dedieu's friends and relatives have been notified, it said.

"The French government wants to say that it is deeply moved, saddened and that it supports Marie Dedieu's relatives," the statement said. "The government also wants to express its indignation following the complete lack of humanity and cruelty from the abductors of our compatriot. We want them to be identified and brought to justice."

The statement said the government is requesting "the repatriation of our compatriot's body."
 
Eastleigh hapatakalika - aonya Orwa Ojodeh
*tutawafagia magaidi waliojificha katika kitongoji cha Eastleigh ambako wasomali wengi wa Kenya wana makazi yao
*operesheni hii ni mama wa operesheni zote zilizowahi kutokea awali
*vita hivi ni sawa na kupigana na mnyama aliye na mwili wake Kenya huku mkia tu ukiwa Somalia
*mbunge wa kisomali hajafurahishwa na usemi wa Ojodeh
*Bunge la Kenya hivi sasa linajadili vita dhidi ya Al Shabaab katika kikao cha faragha

Kenya to conduct swoop to flush out Al Shabaab
Naibu Waziri wa wizara ya mambo ya ndani Orwa Ojodeh

A ‘mother of all operations' would be conducted in Nairobi's Eastleigh estate to flush out any suspected Al-Shabaab members as the war against the rebel group intensified.

All flights and buses headed to and from regions bordering Somalia would also be screened to ensure that Kenyans are safe from any terrorist threats that may be posed by the al-qaeda-linked group.

Internal Security Assistant Minister Orwa Ojodeh told parliament that the war against the rebel militant group is like fighting ‘a big animal with its main network in Kenya and only a fraction of it extending into Somalia'.

"This is a big animal with its head in Eastleigh, Nairobi and the tail in Somalia," said Ojodeh, eliciting protests from MPs of Somali origin.

Eastleigh is a sprawling business and residential hub in eastern part of Nairobi, predominantly occupied by Somalis.

"We will do a massive operation to get rid of Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda here in Nairobi and I request that the police be supportive so that Kenyans are safe," said Ojodeh. "I know Kenyans might be uncomfortable with this, but after two weeks, things would be okay."

Ojode at the same time said flights headed to and from North Eastern, Upper Eastern, Upper Rift Valley and Northern Coast must obtain clearance certificate from the Kenya Police to operate.

Passengers would also be vetted and their identity verified.

The clearance certificate that would be operational for three months will be obtained at no fee.

Wajir West MP, Adan Keynan and nominated MP, Mohammed Affey, accused Ojodeh of trivialising the issue yet it is a matter of national security.

The two MPs said they support the war against al shabaab but were unhappy with what they said were discriminatory security measures.

"We support the war in Somalia but our people should not be discriminated. It is against the Constitution," said Dujis MP, Adan Dualle.

But Ojodeh said the same Constitution calls on the government to protect the lives and property of its citizens and that is exactly what was being done.

The Standard Online
 
My thought and prayers are with the Kenyan army. Wipe out all terrorists.
 
ally kombo said:
............ hakuna watu wanaitwa ''muhammadan'' wewe kafiri mzushi ! ndio maana mnasema Mungu ana mtoto kwa uzushi wenu ! sijui alizaa na nani na mke wa mungu sijui na yeye Mungu ? hovyo kabisa hata akili za kukopa huna !
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Al Madrasat at work.
 
The long awaited liberation of Somalia is now here.....the ordinary Somalis have suffered a lot due to the greed and selfishness of warlords who pray for nothing but unstable Somalia ,so that they can continue to benefit from the chaos they create.Lives have been lost,many have become orphans,widows,widowers etc...the future of very promising,enterprising young men and women has been destroyed by this warlords...they have been pushed to live in refugee camps while they would be busy building a once prosperous country.The world sat ,just waiting for the problem to solve by itself!...

The alshabaab if really they are Muslims why did they bomb young children who were waiting to sit for an exam in Mogadishu recently!!??..for those who are against the clean up exercise Kenya has started in Somalia should remember that, the unstable Somalia has made us to bear the burden of hosting the largest refugee camp in the world at our own risk and sometimes expense....kenya negotiated peace in Somalia which led to the formation of the TFG and we hosted it for sometime in Nairobi before it relocated to Mogadishu...if it were not for Kenyan efforts to rally the world and AU the AMISOM mission comprising of Ugandan and Burundi solders would not have existed.

Many of you writing nonsense here should put yourself in our shoes(Kenyan) what would you have done!!?

The alshabaab are not Muslims but criminals using the good name of Islam to propagate terror..because their very activities betrays the very principles Islam stands for.The problem of alshabaab is not just a Kenyan problem but the world at large, look at the piracy along the Indian ocean,it has increased the cost of doing business,world leading cruise ships have been avoiding Tanzania and Kenyan coast for fear of being high jacked,do you know how much we(TZ and KEN) have been losing in terms of revenues form tourism!?..the alshabaab do not have any friends,for those claiming its a war against Islam..they do not even know you or regard you in any way..in fact Muslims have suffered a lot because of this group!

What the world failed to do for all this years ....Kenya is going to accomplish in a matter of days...we are going to make Somalia governable again whether our haters like it or not and do not compare this mission with the one America failed miserably, we are in Somalia to win, failure is not an option..our patriotic solders will soon be in kismayu and they will hand over the town to TGF.Before they embarked on this war they knew they are fighting an amorphous army... and they have the ability to tackle this little alshabaab headache.

Whether you support us or not we are already in Somalia na kazi inaendelea..but as i noted earlier,this terror gang regards no one ,for those wishing Kenyans failure ..know that Tanzania is not safe either..and when it strikes.....you never know who will be affected,it might be you,or any member of your family or friends..don't celebrate yet ....you should be alert !do not think its a Kenyan problem only its your problem too.......and since many of you see it as our problem, please let us solve it in our own way.....keep your opinions to yourself and watch the boys at work.He who wears the shoes knows where it pinches most......

For those who think its a religious war should remember kenya has the strongest Muslim consituencey ,infact the minister for defense is himself a Muslim,they would have resisted this excersie on religuious grounds, therefore those parading their ignorance and their miserable reasoning abilities here thinking kenya is being used to fight Islam should watch your mouth coz your allegations are baseless...
 
May be H. E President Mwai Kibaki is still going through the papers that shows this war is going to be tough as per article below before he comes out with a statement to his people:

1960's History and background of Kenya's conflicts:


Residents of Northern Frontier Districts desperately wanted to unite with Somalia and were prodded by Somalia government but Kenya would hear none of it, writes ALI ABDI

Rebels who fought Kenya during the country's first secessionist war in 1960s were trained in the same region terror mastermind Abdulla Fazul carried out his operations.

The thick forested area between the Juba River and Indian Ocean in Somalia, not far from Kenya-Somalia border provided a perfect secret military training field away from the ears of Kenyan leaders who were then busy negotiating for the country's independence.
Somalia had attained independence earlier in 1960.

Thousands of men between 18 and 40 years trooped to Qoqane and Ras Kamboni in the Kismayu belt to plan warfare to destabilise Kenya two years before its independence.

It is the same area Fazul, the leader of Al-Qaeda in East Africa who was killed in June operated and planned terror attacks in the region including the twin attacks on US embassies in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam in 1998 and the July, last year, Kampala bombing.

The mission was to ensure that Kenya gave up the colonial Northern Frontier Districts (NFD) that comprised Isiolo, Marsabit, Moyale, Garissa, Wajir and Mandera to Somalia.



Discontent was widespread in NFD and coupled with political activities in the Horn of Africa and the Cold War led to the demand by local leaders to secede from Kenya and unite with Somalia.

Somalia meanwhile was not happy that the Ogaden and Haud regions were ‘given' to Ethiopia by the colonial powers and was pushing to get ‘back' the NFD.

A new party, Northern Province People's Progressive Party (NPPPP), was formed to demand that NFD should secede from Kenya.

Mohammed Guyo, the then regional representative for Isiolo South at the Embu based assembly said thousands of youth had been taken to Somalia years before Kenya's independence, for military training with the help of then Somalia Prime Minister Ali Sharmake.
Guyo said the young men, drawn from the six districts in the region were taken to the Kenya-Somalia border by the local pro-secessionist leaders and thereafter to camps in places like Qoqane by the Somalia military commanders.

"Most of the youth from my area voluntarily joined the movement and were helped to travel to bases in Somalia. The first group of graduates came back in 1961 to wage the Shifta war," Guyo told The Underworld in an interview.

Another veteran we traced to Bula Pesa in Isiolo Central said the youth were trained by Somalia and the then Soviet Union commanders in lower Juba region.

"I was with 600 colleagues from Isiolo at the Qoqane camp where we trained in using automatic rifles, mortars, grenades and landmines. We also received guerrilla tactics like how to hit a police post and stealing arms," said the veteran who declined to be identified for fear of reprisals.

He said they trained for six months before they were dropped at the Dadaab border by the Somalia soldiers and handed over to pro-secessionists officials. Later, the youth travelled by road or foot to their respective districts.

"In Isiolo, we operated from bushes near Garba-Tulla, Modogashe, Sericho, Merti and Isiolo town. For food, we relied on supplies provided by locals and sometimes used force to get ration," he said.

When the result of the referendum where locals voted to join Somalia was ignored by both Britain and Kenya, the secessionist movement undertook a guerilla war against the Kenyatta government.
Extracts from the Kenya national archives on the Shifta insurgency indicated that on November 22, 1963, Britain declared that there would be "no altering Kenya's frontier without the decision of the new Kenyan Government".

The first high profile victims of the rebels were the first African DC Dabaso Wabera and paramount chief Haji Galma Dido, both Borana who were assassinated by armed bandits while en route to Sericho in Isiolo South for a public function to urge locals not to back the secessionists.

This heightened tension in Isiolo.

Kenya soon after detained 20 pro-secessionists leaders-mainly drawn from NPPPP at Manyani in Voi and Kajiado.

Those detained included Wako Happi (Isiolo), Alex Kholkhole (Marsabit) and Dekho Istanbul (Garissa), all top officials of the party.

This was followed by mass resignation of chiefs and political leaders who resolved not participate in regional and General Elections in Kenya.

Half of the region did not participate in the first election in the country.
Military operations

In Isiolo, the Meru and Turkana communities took part in the violence-riddled exercise that saw Lawi N'Kubitu elected as Senator. Scores of locals and security personnel died during the exercise.

Britain undertook a military exercise dubbed "Operation Sharp Panga" in the region in March 1963, with more than 4,000 soldiers to secure its interests in post-independent Kenya.

In December 1963, Kenya's Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta declared a state of emergency in NFD and deployed the military to crush the secessionist soldiers it dubbed as Shifta (bandits).

The Government undertook several military operations to defeat the pro-secessionists soldiers who were backed by Somalia.

The military initiatives included Operation Maliza Shifta (destroy bandits), Operation Fagia Shifta (clear the bandits) and Operation Shambulia Sana (reinforce the effort).

The operation by the military took the shape of ‘search and destroy' where troops specifically hunted down the rebels and their sympathisers in areas like Isiolo and Garissa.

Routine use of automatic rifles in 1963 was replaced by explosives like mortars, grenades and landmines on§ both sides up to 1967 when the war ended.

Records put the death toll in the region at thousands but NGOs say more than 10,000 lives were lost.

Guyo said key roads like the Isiolo-Modogashe-Wajir section were heavily mined where both civilian and military vehicles were hit leading to deaths of hundreds.

He said the bandits also targeted civilian homes and business premises that were raided for food and money. Regular and Administration Police posts were attacked for fuel and arms.

"Whenever I visited my home in Garba-Tulla, I used to spend the night at the local police station because I was among the leaders hunted down by the rebel soldiers," said Guyo.

However, the rag-tag militia was not capable of kicking out the Kenyan military from the region and their aim was to create chaos and destabilise the region in a bid to make Kenya give up and let NFD unite with Somalia.

The end

The war ended formally in 1967 and was followed by the Arusha Conference of October 23, 1967, that was attended by regional leaders Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia) Julius Nyerere (Tanzania), Milton Obote (Uganda), Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya) and Mohammed Egal (Somalia).
Parties at the conference agreed that emergency regulations imposed on either side of Kenya-Somalia borders be suspended and diplomatic, economic and trade ties be restored
Source: The Standard | Online Edition :: Kenya&




19/10/2011 Debate in Parliament Nairobi A ‘mother of all operations' would be conducted in Nairobi's Eastleigh estate to flush out any suspected Al-Shabaab members as the war against the rebel group intensified.




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All flights and buses headed to and from regions bordering Somalia would also be screened to ensure that Kenyans are safe from any terrorist threats that may be posed by the al-qaeda-linked group.
Internal Security Assistant Minister Orwa Ojodeh told parliament that the war against the rebel militant group is like fighting ‘a big animal with its main network in Kenya and only a fraction of it extending into Somalia'.


"This is a big animal with its head in Eastleigh, Nairobi and the tail in Somalia," said Ojodeh, eliciting protests from MPs of Somali origin.

Eastleigh is a sprawling business and residential hub in eastern part of Nairobi, predominantly occupied by Somalis.

"We will do a massive operation to get rid of Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda here in Nairobi and I request that the police be supportive so that Kenyans are safe," said Ojodeh. "I know Kenyans might be uncomfortable with this, but after two weeks, things would be okay."

Ojode at the same time said flights headed to and from North Eastern, Upper Eastern, Upper Rift Valley and Northern Coast must obtain clearance certificate from the Kenya Police to operate.

Passengers would also be vetted and their identity verified.

The clearance certificate that would be operational for three months will be obtained at no fee.

Wajir West MP, Adan Keynan and nominated MP, Mohammed Affey, accused Ojodeh of trivialising the issue yet it is a matter of national security.

The two MPs said they support the war against al shabaab but were unhappy with what they said were discriminatory security measures.



"This is a big animal with its head in Eastleigh, Nairobi and the tail in Somalia," said Ojodeh, eliciting protests from MPs of Somali origin.

Eastleigh is a sprawling business and residential hub in eastern part of Nairobi, predominantly occupied by Somalis.

"We will do a massive operation to get rid of Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda here in Nairobi and I request that the police be supportive so that Kenyans are safe," said Ojodeh. "I know Kenyans might be uncomfortable with this, but after two weeks, things would be okay."

Ojode at the same time said flights headed to and from North Eastern, Upper Eastern, Upper Rift Valley and Northern Coast must obtain clearance certificate from the Kenya Police to operate.
The Standard | Online Edition :: Kenya to conduct swoop to flush out Al Shabaab&
 
are we sure that al-shabab are involved, so far they have not claimed responsibility, they might have bad reputation bse of piracy and govern on strict sharia bt any gang can easily be involved with kidnapping...
 
it can also b planned, so as to be to put the blame on alshabab.....thou it is just a guess
 
ally kombo said:
............... unapiga pale panapo uma! ukiunga mkono ........... basi una hatia!
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If you really believe in this.., and thinking the all world is against you.., then your fighting a loosing battle and you don't even know your enemy..!!

My advice you are your own worse enemy and your hatred is blind your judgement.., you need to take a good look at yourself if you think it is okay to blow out innocent people in the name of whatever you believe in..!!!
 
Some say Kenya should have fought this intelligently and not using armies....!! (maybe...)

But who knows they have not tried that but it has not worked out...; maybe what Kenya is doing is to wipeout the unstructured and chaotic system with no any structured leadership.., and making sure than Somalia gets a good government with law and order so that Somalis can go back home and build their country, Also this will ensure that no more bandits are erupting from everywhere like mushrooms.. Also remember with good governance this Alshababis or any other bandits can be stopped within the country.

You know if your neighbor has got mice and they are coming into your house and causing havoc, sometimes the best thing to do is to give your neighbor some poison to kill them or even going inside his house and help him kill them.
 
Vijiweni Nairobi watu mchecheto
*Gumzo la kwenye mikahawa ni kuhusu Al-Shabaab
*Wengine wanaunga mkono maamuzi ya serikali na wengine wanapinga
*Wingu la uoga na wasiwasi latanda jijini Nairobi
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Hapa hakuna cha ajabu.Hata hapa JF ni kama hivyo na wanaounga mkono serikali ya Kenya ni wengi lakini kwa uwezo wa Allah hawa walio wengi ndiio watakaoshindwa hatimae.
Mateka wa kifaransa akata roho kwenye mikono ya magaidi wa kisomali
*alitekwa nyara na magaidi wa kisomali Lamu
*alikuwa na magonjwa ya saratani na shinkikizo la damu
*magaidi walikataa kumpa dawa
*wafaransa wasononeka
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Hii si chochute ukilinganisha na unyama wa Marekani huko Guantanamo na Abu Ghuraib.
 
Ami umeibukia mitaa gani tena?
 
Askari Kanzu said:
Ami umeibukia mitaa gani tena?
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Unadhani nilikuwa nimepotea!.Leo nilikuwa natembelea miji kadhaa ya Kenya nikagundua kuwa kweli Kenya imeamua kuingia vitani kwani miji mingi askari wamepungua,wamepelekwa Somalia.Ni dalili ya woga na wala si ushujaa.Unapigana na mtu mwenye njaa na asiyekuwa na silaha lakini unajifungasha na kila kitu kupambana naye.
Nani atasema Hillary Clilnton au Obama akienda maeneo ya vita lakini akatangaziwa baada ya kuondoka kwamba ni ushujaa; huo ni dalili ya woga tu.
 
ami una hisa al shabab? naona 24 upo kweney hii thread tukikupa bunduki utaenda vitani au bomu ualivaa?
 
Like ethiopia and US failed .kenya also will. Al shabab is not a convetional army this will be trick to defeat totaly and people in nyayoland be carefull epuka sehemu za misongamano these al shabab guys could go on a suicide mission deep inside nai
 
Buda from which wikipedia are you reading from?????it's seems we are reading from different scripts...check out the stats for the Kenya Defence Forces....man we have the muscle and don't you know that Kenya is the Super power in East and Central Africa(just refreshing your brain).....And by the way the same wikipedia says your airforce has a majority of grounded Chinese made aircrafts...hebu checky details za Kenya Airforce....in fact thnks to our airforce we have already taken 3 towns 400 km into Somali...within four days and i reckon by Monday the Kenyan flag will be flying high on the seaport of Kismayu.........BY THE WAY OUR AIRFORCE MOTO IS "TUKO IMARA ANGANI"..........KAF/LAB/8764/07
 
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