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2012-07-02 Africa Horn

Gunmen Attack Churches in Northeast Kenya

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Posted by Fred 2012-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: al-Shabaab

#1 Up until this point they have been hitting small local pubs in Kenya with grenade attacks. Typically a car pulls up, a guy runs to the front door and tosses a grenade inside, then they exit quickly. Usually the targets are places with local citizens and relatively poor security. This switch to hitting churches is a concern - primarily because it's what Boko Haram has been doing in Nigeria. But the attack in Garissa happened in the far north of Kenya - well away from major population centers. Watch to see if this pattern is repeated by Al Shabaab (against churches) in major cities.

Posted by Raider 2012-07-02 10:03|| 2012-07-02 10:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Islamists know major cities can not survive without agricultural products from the country side. This is a first attempt to subdue the Christian country side and then lay seige to major cities.

Posted by Thriling Jomons3297 2012-07-02 11:23|| 2012-07-02 11:23|| Front Page Top

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