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Africa Horn
Kenyan fighter jets bomb Somalia
2011-12-04
[Iran Press TV] Kenyan fighter jets have bombarded a civilian refugee camp in southern Somalia, killing and wounding dozens of people, Press TV reports.

The Arclight airstrikes targeted the civilian refugee camp in Gedo region of Ceel Ade village on Friday afternoon, a Press TV correspondent reported on Saturday.

Mohamed Abdi Kalil, the head of Gedo region, confirmed the attacks and the casualties.

Kenya invaded Somalia and sent its troops to the neighboring country almost two months ago in order to wipe out the al-Shabaab group.
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
An unnamed Kenyan military front man announced that he would investigate the incident.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Closer to 16-17 F5s. They've lost 2 in Somalia already.
Posted by: Pappy   2011-12-04 22:03  

#4  Grom, the question should be: Kenya has an Air Force?
Posted by: Charles   2011-12-04 15:56  

#3  From wackypedia, of note:

* 12 Harbin Y-12
* About 3 dozen MD-500's of various types, some armed.
* About 50 armed "Harbin Z-9" helicopters, which seem to be a Chinese development of a French airframe, most of which have been delivered _this year_.
* 3 CASA CN-235; I imagine they could roll bombs out the back ramp.
* About 20 F-5's and 12 Tucano's, some Tucano's apparently armed. (It's the previous version of the plane Colombia's using so effectively against FARK, oops I mean FARC....)

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-12-04 13:40  

#2  Barely. A handful of F-5s and some armed trainers.
Posted by: Pappy   2011-12-04 11:49  

#1  Kenya has fighter jets?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-12-04 07:21  

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