Somali Shebab vow terror campaign against Kenya
Somalia's Shebab Islamists threatened Wednesday to step up
militant attacks against Kenya, after Nairobi refused to pull its troops out of
Somalia. The Al-Qaeda linked Shebab claimed responsibility for last week's
attack on Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, in which at least 67 people died,
with 39 more listed as missing by the Red Cross. Kenya invaded southern Somalia
to attack Shebab bases two years ago, and later joined the 17,700-strong
African Union force deployed in the country. Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta
on Tuesday said troops had been sent to Somalia to restore order to their
anarchic neighbour, and they would not leave until the job was done.
"We will not be intimated, we will not be cowed,"
Kenyatta said. "We will stay there until they bring order to their
nation." In turn, the Shebab said it was "fully determined to
intensify attacks inside Kenya until the last KDF (Kenya Defence Force) boots
exit Somali soil", saying it had the "right to defend our land and
our people from enemy aggression."
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