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| Africa: East |
| U.S. Embassy Links Terrorist Who Killed Himself to Al-Qaida |
| 2003-08-04 |
| EFL Two suspected terrorists targeted in a raid last week, one of whom killed himself during the arrest, were part of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network, the U.S. Embassy said Monday. The raid came in Kenya’s Indian Ocean port of Mombasa, sparked by the arrest early Friday of one of the suspects. (wack) "OK, I’ll tell you where they are." Acting on information he provided, Kenyan police went after the other suspect later that day at the edge of the maze-like warren of alleys in the city’s Old Town. As the suspect was being taken into custody he detonated a grenade, killing himself and a policeman. The U.S. Embassy said the suspects had "evident ties to the al-Qaida terror network" and praised the Kenyan police as "swift and fearless" in acting against them. While my sympathies go out the the policemans family, if he had been a bit less swift and a little more fearful, he might still be alive. The embassy statement Monday did not identify either man or give details on their alleged connection to al-Qaida. The arrested suspect remains in Kenyan custody. "(wack)I didn’t(wack)know he(wack)had a(wack)grenade!" A third suspect escaped in the chaos after the explosion during Friday’s raid, which took place just yards from Mombasa’s Central Police Station. Ah, the old hide next to the police station ploy. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Gitmo (all together now: "ooooooooooooowwww!") strikes again. |
| Posted by: ·com 2003-8-4 4:47:03 PM |