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2012-07-01 Africa Horn

Gunmen kidnap aid workers from Kenya camp, driver killed

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Posted by Fred 2012-07-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: al-Shabaab

#1 I may be preaching to the choiur here ... but how come these humanitarian agencies keep driving into high-risk zones with no weapons and no armed security. This makes no sense. Somebody needs to kick the a** of the high-level execs in these groups. It's not a game when people wind up as hostages with Al Shabaab or the Somali pirates.

Posted by Raider 2012-07-01 20:02|| 2012-07-01 20:02|| Front Page Top

#2 I may be preaching to the choiur here ...

Yes you are, Raider. And there's nothing to be done about it, because they fuss so when either kept out or given too strong an armed guard.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-07-01 21:18|| 2012-07-01 21:18|| Front Page Top

#3 That's OK. The fewer of them in the gene and voting pools, the better.

Posted by gorb 2012-07-01 21:28|| 2012-07-01 21:28|| Front Page Top

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