Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Blackhawk Up...Or...3 Cheers For Kenya

Last Updated: Tuesday, 2 January 2007, 20:52 GMT
Net tightens on Somali Islamists

Ethiopian helicopter
Ethiopian aircraft and artillery are backing Somalia's government
Kenya has beefed up its security and closed its border with Somalia to halt defeated Islamic militias driven from Kismayo in southern Somalia.

The Islamists say their retreat from advancing Ethiopian and Somali forces is tactical and warns of an insurgency.

A BBC reporter says helicopters and hundreds of army and police have deployed in the border town of Luboi.

The BBC's Bashkas Jugsodaay says a lot of Somali refugees are stranded at the border and are in a bad way.

Somalia's interim President Abdullahi Yusuf met Kenyan leader Mwai Kibaki in Mombasa to discuss security."

GO Kenya! Presumably they'll continue to kick islamic militias off the face of the earth as long as Bill Clinton stays away from the decision making.

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