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| Some Shebab Islamists switching ties from Al-Qaeda to IS: Kenya |
| 2015-12-25 |
| [YAHOO] Kenyan police warned Thursday of the risk of attacks by Islamist Shabaab murderous Moslems claiming they had split into rival factions, with some shifting allegiance from Al-Qaeda to Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... . "They have split, and as a result of the split, particularly those ones along ideological lines or religious lines are very keen to promote that competition by proving a point," police chief Joseph Boinnet told news hounds Thursday, as Kenyans prepare to celebrate Christmas in the east African nation. "They plan to prove a point by staging attacks," Boinnet added, without giving more specific details. "That makes us in real and present danger of being hit by those murderous elements." The Shabaab, East Africa's long-time Al-Qaeda branch, is headquartered in Somalia where it is fighting to overthrow the internationally-backed government in Mogadishu, which is protected by 22,000 African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... troops, including Kenyan soldiers. The Islamists have lost much ground in recent years but remain a threat in both Somalia and neighbouring Kenya, where factions have carried out a series of attacks, including the killing of at least 67 people at Nairobi's Westgate Mall in 2013 and the massacre of 148 people at a university in Garissa in April. The holy warriors say the attacks are retaliation for the Kenyan military presence in Somalia and "war crimes" committed by Kenyan troops. |
| Posted by:Fred |