Al-Shabab Militants Issue New Threats Against Kenya
Somali-based, al-Qaida-affiliated Islamist militant group al-Shabab has issued a new threat against neighboring Kenya.
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Al-Shabab said in an English-language statement that it will continue to target Kenyan towns and cities until Kenyan troops are out of Somalia.
It said that if the Kenyan government continues to maintain its “invasion” of Muslim lands it will continue to strike inside Kenya.
“Know that we will continue to defend our lands and our people from the aggressive Kenyan invasion. We will continue to concentrate our attacks on Kenyan towns and cities as long as Kenyan forces continue to occupy our Muslim lands,” the group said.
Al-Shabab has been fighting Somali government and AU peacekeeping operations in the country more than 15 years.
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