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| Africa Horn |
| Islamists spotted at Kenyan border |
| 2007-03-05 |
| (SomaliNet) Twenty suspected members of a radical Islamic militia that was driven out of the Somali capital late last year have been spotted along the Kenyan border, and were suspected of trying to enter the country, Kenyan police said. The report, dated Thursday, said the men had "sophisticated machine guns" and were getting their food and water supplies from the southern town of Kolbio, near the Kenyan border. The report comes as this restive Horn of Africa nation appears to be sliding back toward chaos, less than three months after the Somali government, with the help of troops from neighboring Ethiopia, drove out the Islamic militants. Four mortar explosions rocked the Somali capital Friday, wounding six people — including two children — a day after an advance team of African peacekeepers arrived in the country, witnesses said. |
| Posted by:Fred |