Kenyan troops bogged down in Somalia one month on focus 11/14/2011

Kenyan troops bogged down in Somalia one month on

focus

11/14/2011
NAIROBI — One month into Kenya’s military offensive against Somalia’s extremist Shebab rebels, attacks have multiplied back home, aid agencies have expressed concern and troops are bogged down in mud.

Kenya, which has traditionally employed non-military means to try to solve two decades of anarchy in neighboring Somalia, deployed forces across the border on Oct. 14.

A series of kidnappings of foreigners on Kenyan soil and incursions by the al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab, who control much of southern Somalia, triggered Kenya’s unprecedented offensive..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111114com3.html