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Kenya Islamists 'Kill 50' As Hotels Set On Fire
Sky News ^ | Monday 16 June 2014

Posted on 06/16/2014 6:16:21 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom

Suspected Islamist insurgents in Kenya have raided a police station and set on fire at least three hotels and a petrol station, reportedly killing at least 50 people. [...]

Witnesses said the gunmen targeted non-Muslims and those who did not speak Somali. [...]

"They were shouting in Somali and shouting 'Allahu Akbar' (God is Greatest)." [...]

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; kenya; religionofpeace

1 posted on 06/16/2014 6:16:22 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
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To: ConservingFreedom

If obama had a son....


2 posted on 06/16/2014 6:17:48 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: ConservingFreedom

“Unexpected” by the U.S. “Government”.


3 posted on 06/16/2014 6:21:17 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
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To: ConservingFreedom

Is Obama a Sunni or Shiite?


4 posted on 06/16/2014 6:21:49 AM PDT by Rapscallion (Obama stands for the corruption of America in all aspects.)
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To: Rapscallion
"Is Obama a Sunni or Shiite?"

Shiite minus two letters.

5 posted on 06/16/2014 6:28:11 AM PDT by Mich Patriot (Pitch black is the new "transparent.")
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To: ConservingFreedom

The world is learning that Islamic culture is not compatible with modernity. Western leaders must come to the realization that the institutions and values that emanated from the European enlightenment are alien to Islam. They are not “just like us”. Only them will policies become more rational and effective.


6 posted on 06/16/2014 6:30:06 AM PDT by allendale
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To: Rapscallion

Obama doesn’t believe in any god.


7 posted on 06/16/2014 6:31:27 AM PDT by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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To: left that other site

Israeli ambassador to UN: Iran is the world’s primary sponsor of terrorism By MAYA SHWAYDER
06/15/2014 11:29

It’s odd how all the facts behind the terrorists, and their drug distribution business, doesn’t seem to make news. These “terrorists” wouldn’t function for very long without government complicity. The same applies for all cartels.

http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/Israeli-ambassador-to-UN-Iran-is-the-worlds-primary-sponsor-of-terrorism-359366


8 posted on 06/16/2014 6:31:35 AM PDT by mgist (.)
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To: Rapscallion
Is Obama a Sunni or Shiite?

Supposedly around 11% of Kenyans are muslim.
A little less than 75% of them are Sunni.
Less than 10% are Shia.


9 posted on 06/16/2014 6:32:48 AM PDT by Iron Munro (The Obamas' Black skin has morphed into Teflon thanks to the Obama Media)
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To: allendale

Madness, madness, and more madness.


10 posted on 06/16/2014 6:34:35 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: SatinDoll
Obama doesn’t believe in any god.

Except himself.

11 posted on 06/16/2014 6:36:25 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: ConservingFreedom
"They were shouting in Somali and shouting 'Allahu Akbar' (God is Greatest)."

Well, this is clear evidence, as we all know, that this is another unfortunate incidence of "workplace violence".

12 posted on 06/16/2014 6:38:15 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwelld)
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To: ConservingFreedom
One article last night stated that they were inspired by the success of ISIS in Iraq.

ISIS/ISIL stands for Emperor Zero and the House of Sauds Al Qeada Army.

13 posted on 06/16/2014 6:38:39 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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http://nyyrc.com/blog/2014/05/the-nigerian-connection-boko-haram-obama-and-qatar/

“Instead, ignoring what Boko Haram pronounces its goals to be, the Obama administration portrayed it as a diffuse organization with no clear agenda that was ascendant due to the policies of the Nigerian government (which is under Christian leadership). As the Boko Haram threat got progressively worse, the State Department and the White House theorized that it could be defused by better government engagement with the Muslim population in Northern Nigeria, and that designating Boko Haram as a terrorist organization—which would have triggered our law’s array of counterterrorism tools and squeezed the organization financially—would raise its prestige while encouraging more government repression against Muslims.”

It’s hard to fathom how the State Department could fail to see the hallmarks of al Qaeda in Boko Haram, whose very name means “western education is forbidden [according to Islam].” If there is still any doubt, Boko Haram made it clear when they hoisted the al Qaeda flag over the kidnapped children. Perhaps this stance by Hillary should not perplex us. It was Hillary, after all, who insisted that the United States had a right to arm the Libyan rebels in overthrowing Gaddafi, despite the fact that many of them were essentially al Qaeda. Since then, Libya has failed to stabilize, while becoming a hotbed for drug trafficking Islamic cartels. (Drug trafficking is another signature of Islamist movements, especially al Qaeda. This theme will be expanded on and explained below.)

And yet Hillary’s State Department’s obliviousness was not an oversight – it appears to be State Department policy. For in May 2013, the Nigerian government conducted air strikes against Boko Haram positions in northeastern Nigeria. Secretary of State John Kerry, at once, urged restraint, cautioning the Nigerian government of Goodluck Jonathan “to respect human rights and not harm civilians.” Let us recall the number of civilians that Obama has effectively ordered killed each year by U.S. drone strikes in the alleged hunt for al Qaeda terrorists (who seem to be more menacing than ever): 2,400 have been killed in drone strikes from 2009 through the end of 2013, many of them civilians. With hypocritical allies like Clinton, Kerry, and their boss, Obama… good luck, Jonathan. You definitely need it.

The Libyan Arms Grab
What could explain the sudden prominence and threat of Boko Haram, which was, up until 2011, not viewed as an existential threat to Nigerian society? There rise seems to coincide with the fall of Gaddafi and the dispersing of his massive weapons caches. Note that in Iraq, when Saddam Hussein was defeated, it was the very Iraqi weapons which were formerly under state control that fueled the al Qaeda insurgency of the Islamic State of Iraq, or ISI (no pun intended on the part of the author). Several sources, including Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh, suggest the the Obama administration, specifically the CIA acting under the aegis of the Hillary’s State Department, was using the compound in Benghazi as an arms shipment point to rebels (i.e., al Qaeda et al.) in Syria. Would it not make perfect sense that the some of the weapons went south, into Nigeria? And into the Central African Republic, which has also seen a horrific spike in violence since 2011?

What is the Obama administration doing in Africa? It is a question worth considering. Additional food for thought comes from Mali. In 2012, the United States, along with the United Kingdom and France, sanctioned the government of Mali following a military coup. The coup in Mali was a direct result of the previous government’s impotence in effectively thwarting Islamist insurgencies in the north, such as al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Why would the United States and other NATO allies sanction a government that was fighting al Qaeda from overtaking their country?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s dictum applies: “Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.” Is Obama really arming and supporting al Qaeda?

The remainder of the article will explore this proposition and offer evidence of why this conclusion looks likely.


14 posted on 06/16/2014 6:51:57 AM PDT by mgist (.)
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To: ConservingFreedom

Tha gangster cult called Islam strikes again and we still allow these fiends to immigrate here.


15 posted on 06/16/2014 7:12:36 AM PDT by ZULU (Impeach Obama NOW.)
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To: mgist

Agreed.

Follow the money.


16 posted on 06/16/2014 7:35:35 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: mgist

The Obama administration is doing in Africa exactly what it has done all over the world. Picking a local drug cartel, aligning with it, supporting it while firing drones and/or attacking its rivals. Therefore, some Al Qaeda get the stick and some Al Qaeda get the carrot.


17 posted on 06/16/2014 8:02:23 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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