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22Feb/130

KENYA: ODM GOON TURNS TO SERIAL KILLER

By Our Reporter

RESIDENTS of Kisumu East district have called on the area district security committee to crack down on an ODM goon who has now transformed himself into a serial killer in the area.

The residents who mostly reside in various parts of Kolwa say that the goon wears a Legio Maria sect catena at night while in the course of his reign of terror.

The terrified residents says that the goon whose name has been released wears the catena at night while caring an iron bar which he uses to silence members of the public. Many residents of Nyalenda where the hit man operates have called on the government to arrest the man who is a standard three drop out before he causes further harm to innocent members of the public.

He recently went underground after leading a vicious attack against supporters of Kisumu central aspirant Abdul Omar where CORD effect official John Kiarie was also manhandled. Supporters of Omar such as Martin Shikuku sustained deep cuts on the head following the ugly incident.

Kisumu police Chief Musa Kongoli promised to take stern action against the man.

Fearful members of the public say that the man who is a standard three drop out is out to harm everyone in sight once he is gripped by a strange spell of fits. Four people have been injured as a result of the attacks using an iron bar.

He normally hangs around Alfa house in the morning before teeming up with politicians and aspirants whom he extorts money from with menaces. Many leaders who have known his activities take cover once they spot him at various Hotels in Kisumu town.

ENDS.

14Dec/120

Kenya & Somolia: Al-qaeda backed Somali terrorists now pays handsomely for every Kenyan security officer killed by their agents

Writes Leo Oderea Omolo

The startling and shocking revelation was made on Wednesday this week that the Somalia based Al-qaeda terrorists groups operating inside Somalia is now offering colossal amount of money to the tune of USD 8,000 per head of any Kenyan security officer killed by its agents.

Making the revelation, the Garrisa regional commissioner Maalim Muhammed said the Kenya government got the information after intercepting secret Al-Shabaab communications.

‘The payment depends on the rank of the officer killed, the Commissioner said, during this year Kenya’s independence Day celebrations held at the Garrisa Primary School ground amid tight security.

Muhammed disclosed that the bounty was a desperate attempt by the militias to cause violence and mayhem and a dash for the money.

There has been increase in the incidents of hit-and-run attacks, which have resulted in several security being ambushed, shot and killed in Garrisa town and its environs. Garrisa is a frontier town in the North Eastern Province of Kenya, which has a porous border line with Somalia running close to 1000 kilometers.

The Commissioner further disclosed that member of the Kenya army and police as well as members of other security agencies were target for the cowardice attacks.

The Commissioner further disclosed to the bewilderment of the crowd that has dispatched several team of security personnel to carry out thorough surveillance along the border line and check the activity of the thousands of refugee influx into Kenya after the recent discovery that some of the refugee are the one smuggling deadly weapons into the country.

The government, he said, has recently acquired some of the most sophisticated state-of-the art electronic equipment for the purpose of intercepting the militias’ communications and messages as part of its effort to keep their activities on check.

The Al-Shabaab militia are said to be using very high frequency radio communications to plan attacks in Kenya, but the government of the plan is aware of the plan and would soon close down all the privately owned radio Communications in order to frustrate them.

It has been established that after losing key tows to the combined forces of Kenya,African Union, the Somali government including the economically important port of Kismayu, the terrorist groups have since resorted to urban-guerrilla tactics of hit-and-run inside Kenya.Their operations included setting explosives in towns, inside public passenger services vehicles, Christian churches and crowded locations within the capital city of Nairobi.

Other reports says the militias have infiltrated their agents into key town in Kenya, especially the urban centers which are located close to Kenya-Somalia border, and in the refugees camps, whose inhabitants are mostly people of Somali origins.

Al-Shabaan’s infiltrators are armed with deadly explosive, pistols, rifles even setting explosives inside passenger service vehicle and even killing passably

A Nairobi suburb of Earthlight, whose inhabitants are mostly Kenyan Somalis has of late become no-go-area following series of explosions which have resulted in deaths of many Kenya while more are.

The Garrisa Commissioner said,” We have some businessmen, who have installed radio communications on their business premises, But the government has to review the system because the terrorists are known to be using the same communication gadgets to plan attack inside Kenya, adding that some radio communication owners were under probe because of their links with militia groups outside Kenya.

The Jamhuri celebrations were meant to mark Kenya’s 49 anniversary of independence and was held in every regional, divisions, districts and even in rural locations.

LAST MONTH THE Kenyan security agencies arrested six people in Garrisa.The men were suspected of conveying illegal weapons into the town. And were planning mayhem during the Xmas festivities..

According to the police sources in Garrisa the suspects wer3e arrested at a place called Ruqa along the Kenya-Somalia border, four of the suspects escaped, but upon checking their luggage, the police discovered hand grenades, two pistols, several AK47 assault rifles, and 86 rounds of assorted ammunition.

Meanwhile Kenya police has dispatched more security personnel to the Kenya-Somalia border to carryout thorough security surveillance on refugees arriving into the country.The police said they are concerned

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21Sep/120

Kenya & Somalia: Three Somali journalists killed in suicide bomb attack

Forwarded by Agwanda Saye

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Nairobi, September 20, 2012--Three Somali journalists were killed and at least four were injured in a suicide bomb attack in a Mogadishu café today, according to news reports and local journalists. The attack took place across the street from the National Theater, where a bomb blast in April wounded at least 10 journalists, news reports said.

Two unidentified men entered "The Village" café at around 5:30 p.m. and detonated bombs, killing a total of 14 people and injuring 20, according to news reports and local journalists. Ali Mohamud Rage, a spokesman for the militant insurgent group Al-Shabaab, said the bombing was carried out by supporters of the group, according to Agence France-Presse. "We did not directly order the attacks, but there are lots of angry people in Somalia who support our fight," AFP reported Rage as saying.

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28Aug/120

Kenya: Two Kenyan policemen killed as Muslim youth intensified rioting protesting the killing of the radical Islamic cleric

Reports Leo Odera Omolo

Two Kenyan policemen are feared dead and scores of other people injured in Kisauni suburb of the coastal port City of Mombasa after hand grenade is hurled at a contingent of policemen battling rioting youth protesting the yesterday morning shooting to death of the controversial Islamic cleric Sheikh Aboud Rogo by unknown gun-men

The hand grenade was hurled onto a police lorry carrying a contingent of policemen on patrol of the violence infested Kisauni suburb of Mombaa injuring 16 others

It has since been established that before his death in hails of bullets, the controversial Islamic preacher who is suspect of having close link with the Somalia based terrorist group of al-shabaab, which is bankrolled by the Alqaeda an international terrorist group had lived on fear of his life and safety.

On July 25, this year, the US administration of President barrack Obama in Washington had sactio six people, including Sheikh Rogo, Eritrean external security intelligence chief Twokle Habte Negash and senior military officer Taeme Abraham Coftom for their alleged roles in supporting Somalia’s militia group Al-Shabaab.

Sheikh Rogo was accused of raising funds for Al-Shabaab and helping recruits travel to Somalia to join the main groups fighting the Transitional Somali government inside Somalia.

The other two Kenyans were Omar Awadh who is currently awaiting trial in Uganda for his alleged role in a July 2010 attack on restaurants showing World Cup football matches in Kampala that killed 74 people.

Ahmed was arrested in Kenya in 2010 on suspicion of involvement I the bombing at a Nairobi bus terminal.

The US has since he frozen all assets of the six suspects in world-wide terrorism activities after they were accused of providing financial and logistical support to Al-Shabaab, which is blamed of numerous attacks against civilians in Kenya, Somalia and Uganda.

Eritrea has been accused of fomenting violence in Somalia, in part to keep its archival neighbor Ethiopia In constant check..

The slain Islamic cleric Sheikh Rogo had been a Muslim preacher in the Kena coastal port city of Mombsa ever since 1997 and was said to have introduced one Mohamed Kubwa Mohamed to Fazul Abdullah Mohamed and two others.

They wee late indicted by a US-based court as the masterminds of the August 1998 attack on the US Embassy in Nairobi and Dar –Es-Salaam simultaneously.

The late Sheikjh Rogo was once arrested in 2002 for allegedly playing a role in the Paradise Hotel bombing in Kikambala near Mombasa simply because the hotel is owned by Israeli investors. The attack on the hotel killed 13 people and left scored seriously injured and maimed.

Fazul Abdullah was killed when an American pilotless drone plane hit his hideout in Somalia last year.

During the hearing of the case almost two weeks ago, the court heard that assorted weapons of destruction allegedly found at his house were to be used to attack a Catholic church, Likoni Ferry and the Nyali Bridge in Mombasa. A police officer who has testified in the case told the court that police did not “plant” the weapons at the preacher’s house.

Mr Kamati said the raid by the police on Sheikh Rogo’s homestead on January 29, 2012 was conducted after a tip off given to Kilifi CID offices. The Islamic preacher who was out of a Kshs 5 million bond wit three sureties on similar amount also faced four other charges of being in possession, of an AK47 rifles, 113 rounds ammunition, two hand grenades ands of ammunition and that of being I possession of firearms without certificates and that of being n possession of explosives.

The hearing of the case was adjourned to October 15 this year. However the controversial Muslim cleric died in hails of bullets yesterday morning in the attack which also left his wife injured in her right knee.

The mainly youth supporters of the slain preacher rent their angers on Christian churches an public institutions run by the churches which they vandalized an destroyed property worth millions of dollars.

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2Jul/120

KENYA WILL BE BOMBED AS LONG AS IT’S MILITARY STILL FIGHTING AL SHABAAB

From: People For Peace
Voices of Justice for Peace
Regional News

BY FR JOACHIM OMOLO OUKO, AJ
NAIROBI-KENYA
MONDAY, JULY 2, 2012

Al Shabaab attack in Kenya will not end as long as Kenyan military are still fighting them in Somalia. This is because when Kenyan military forces stormed into Somalia eight months ago, the Al-Shabab vowed to get revenge by killing Kenyan civilians.

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It explains why in every attack even though the Kenyan Government says it will make sure that other attacks will not happen the attacks continue.

The summery of the attacks: On Sunday July 1, 2012 at about 10:30am four gunmen attacked the African Inland Church in Northern Kenya, Garissa town. It then followed the Catholic Church, 3 kms from the AIC church. 17 people have been confirmed dead and 50 more injured some very seriously.

On 29 June 2012 a number of humanitarian relief workers were kidnapped from Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya. There was also a reported bomb blast on 24 June 2012 in Mishomoroni, 10 km from Mombasa where a number of people were reported to have been injured.

There was again a reported grenade attack on a club in Mombasa on the evening of 15 May, where a number of people were injured. Again there was a reported grenade attack on a church near Nairobi city centre on 29 April, with one reported death and a number of injuries.

There were also a series of explosive devices detonated in the evening of 31 March: one in Mtwapa, a town 15km north of Mombasa, and others in a bar near Mombasa stadium. A number of people have been injured.

On 12 January 2012, terrorists attacked a police camp near Wajir using explosives and gunfire. At least five people were killed. On 31 December 2011, a hand grenade attack on a club in Garissa town killed five people.

On December 20, 2010 three people were killed and 39 injured by a bomb explosion at a bus station in Nairobi. The blast happened as passengers passed through a security checkpoint before boarding a Kampala coach, which was bound for Kampala in neighbouring Uganda.

Earlier, Uganda's police chief had warned of attacks by Somali militants. The Islamist group al-Shabab in July said it had carried out twin bomb blasts in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, in retaliation for Uganda's support for Somalia's government.

Most of the wounded were Ugandans travelling home for Christmas. The blast smashed the windows of the Kampala Coach Vehicle, and left blood stains and scattered bags on the ground nearby.

Officials in Uganda say the country is vulnerable to further attacks from al Shabaab who have vowed to keep striking until a Ugandan army contingent, leading an African Union-mandated force protecting Somalia’s government, withdraws. Al Shabaab is closely linked to al Qaeda.

On the weekend of 5-6 November 2011, there was a grenade attack on a church in Garissa Town that killed 2 people. On 28 October 2011, a police vehicle was hit in Garissa Town.

On 27 October 2011 there was an attack on a vehicle in Mandera. Several people were killed. On 24 October 2011, there was a grenade attack at a bar near the business district in Nairobi. Several people were injured. An explosive device was also thrown at a bus stop in central Nairobi. One person was killed and several injured.

On 13 October 2011, two aid workers were kidnapped from Dadaab refugee camp. On 1 October 2011, A French national was kidnapped at a beach resort close to Lamu, 150km from the Kenya-Somalia border. On 11 September 2011, Two British nationals were attacked at a beach resort north of Lamu, near the Kenya-Somalia border. One was killed and the other kidnapped.

Cases of kidnapping have increased since mid-2009 in Nairobi and some other major towns. Some have been opportunist crimes linked to car-jackings, while others appear to have been more organised.

That year in October a resident British national was kidnapped and two other incidents towards the end of 2009 involving resident European nationals. On 13 June 2010 six people were killed and over 100 injured following explosions at a rally in Uhuru Park in central Nairobi.

Although not limited, other areas that are at risk include Kibera, Mathare, Huruma, Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Mukuru Kwa Reuben, Korogocho, Kariobangi, Kangemi, Mwiki and Kawangware.

Apart from revenge other terrorist attacks in Kenya are widely believed to be the revenge, especially the 1998 United States embassy bombings for American involvement in the extradition, and alleged torture, of four members of Egyptian Islamic Jihad who had been arrested in Albania in the two months prior to the explosions. At least 200 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured in Kenya and Tanzania.

Fr Joachim Omolo Ouko, AJ
People for Peace in Africa
Tel +254-7350-14559/+254-722-623-578
E-mail omolo.ouko@gmail.com

Peaceful world is the greatest heritage
That this generation can give to the generations
To come- All of us have a role.

26Jun/120

Kenya: War on Terror

From: ANTONY MBAYAKI

Dear all

The war on terror is on and many of our people ar ebeing hurt. Is there something we can do ? the answer is yes.

Here is the plot.

Pray for each of your neighbours or friends, or bloggers, including atheists. especially if potential of being turned terrorists is high. Ask God to delete terroristic mindsets in them, incase they are terrorists. ask God to foil their plans incase they are. ask God to foil any plans of them or their descendants being recruited in terrorism. ie Close that door. Tell God to hit at the demons of terrorim in your town/village/country.

It is demons that generate the ideas of hurting people. God knows exactly who is involved or who pulls the real strings. They could even be people in high places in USA or Russia or Medina. Somali alla shababu could just be pones.

The prayers could kinda take 2 minutes. You can even do one neigbor/friend/blogger a day. or one in the morning another when taking 10oclock tea another when you are praying for lunch etc. My believe is; this is the formula to solve the terrorist attacks to humans once and for all.

Antonio wa mfalme mwema
Voice from desert fo Tekoa where giant killers are drilled.

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21Jun/120

Burundi reporter sentenced to life imprisonment

Fordarded By Agwanda Saye

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A Burundian appeals court must reverse the ruling against a journalist sentenced to life in prison on vague terrorism charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A High Court in the eastern town of Cankuzo today found Hassan Ruvakuki, a reporter for local radio station Bonesha FM and French government-funded broadcaster Radio France Internationale, and 13 other defendants guilty of "participating in terrorist attacks" under the country's penal code, Patrick Nduwimana, the interim director at Bonesha FM, told CPJ.

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15Jun/120

Kenya: Arrested German terrorist suspected for a series of bombings in Nairobi is now awaiting for his deportation

Writes Leo Odera Omolo

PLANS are under the in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi to have a German national suspected to have been behind the series of bombings including that of a business premises housing fashionable shops in Nairobi’s Central Business District {CBD} last month.

The powerful explosion went off during the busiest hour of lunch time. It claimed the life of one Kenyan woman trader, and injured more than 30 people. Indorgan is also expected to stand trial in terrorism related activities back in to native home Germany.

Although he was a member of the outlawed Alqaeda backed Al-Shabaab Islamist militia terrorist group operating inside the neighboring Republic of Somalia. He was briefly in Kenya illegally. And back in his Germany home the authorities there have already issued a warrant of arrest against him through the International Police Organization {Interpol} earlier,” said a police spokesman.

The fugitive was later arrested in the neighboring Tanzania to where he had fled after masterminding the detonation of what was later identified as the deadly fertilizer bomb.

The bomb ripped off the roof of a building housing the popular musical shop called Assanand’s Buildings located along the Moi Avenue in Nairobi’s Central Business District {CBD}.

The Kenyan police have been hunting for the suspect who was suspected to have either to have been hiding in the country or had fled to Uganda.

Interpol had apparently issued a red notice for his arrest of provisional arrest of wanted persons with the view to extradition.

The suspect would be deported to Germany anytime now. There was a red notice asking for his arrest and deportation to Germany,”said a senior police officer who requested that his name not to be mentioned.

Interpol had asked for hi and other terrorist suspects fingerprints and other personal details before they issue the notice,’ said the official.

He officer added that Tanzanian police had written to them informing them that they Indorgan who crossed into that country through Kenya’s and Tanzanian coastal regions.

Other government source hinted that Kenya did not want to try the suspect because he would be a burden to them in prosecution and jailing him would also be a heavy burden Anti-Terror Police Unit.

Police in Nairobi said they were waiting to be supplied with statements that were recorded from Indorgan. He has recorded much of his being in the Eastern African region and there are probably got in touch with but “ our colleagues in Tanzania are yet to give the details of their interrogations with the suspected terrorist.”

He disclosed that a team of Kenyan detectives had been dispatched to Dar Es Salaam in order to get mire information regarding the arrested suspect terrorist.

Endorgan is someone we have been looking for and we have sent our officers {sleuths} to Tanzania to be part of the ongoing investigations,” said the officer.

Meanwhile the Deputy police Spokesman Charles Owino disclosed that that a team o Kenyan detectives had been urgently dispatched to Tanzania to get more detailed information regarding the on-going investigations regarding the arrest of the suspected terrorist.

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3Jun/120

KENYA: GREAT PANICKING GRIPS KENYAN CITIES FOLLOWING THE THREAT BY SOMALI TERRORIST GROUPS AL-SHABAAB THAT IT WILL BOMB IMPORTANT SKYSCRAPERS IN KENYA WITHIN TWO WEEKS.

Writes Leo Odera Omolo

Kenyans living in big cities are currently in great state of panicking following the threat issues by the Alqaeda trained Somalia based terrorists that they are planning to bring down all the tall buildings in the country within the next two weeks.

A local daily had carried the content of the threat in its front page news headline on Saturday .The NAIROBI STAR while quoting an American intelligence company that has warned that the Alshabaab is planning a major fresh attack on the tallest buildings in Kenya’s cities within two weeks.

Keeya Defene Forces last week overrunned an Al-Shabaab stronghold and captured Almadhow town,while Kenyan warships killed several militia fighters in an exchange of fire in Kismayu,the Al-Shabaab controlled port city.

However, Kenya’s Defense Minister Yusuf Haji said on Thursday tha Kenan troops will soon flush out the terrorists fighters out from their remaining stronghold in Kismayu.

One major international new agency AP reported quoting private intelligence firm,the Intel-Center as saying Al-Shabaab has threatened to bring down Kenya’s skyscrapers within two weeks.

On Monday last week a large and powerful bomb went off on Moi Avenue in one of the busiest Nairobi streets in the capital. A woman trader was killed while close to 30 people were injured and have to be rushed to several hospitals within the city, where some of them are still undergoing treatment.

Al-Shabaab quoted an internet threat last Wednesday that “Something big is coming” and Kenyans would soon watch your towers come down,within two weeks from now and you will weep.”

This is the third time Al-Shabaab has aid it would target Kenya’s tall buildings.The first threat came in December last year.

Al Shabaab is suspected of being behind the Monday last week’s bomb attack in Central Nairobi that killed one person and wounded more than 30 although no one has claimed responsibility so far.

The Intel-Center said that the latest threat of a large attack in Kenya over the next months is high given increasing number of threat from Al-Shabaab.

“The Tower most likely to be targeted are those housing big hotels,especially those frequented by Western government offices, media and prominent corporations. The building volume and low level activity indicate that such an attack may be attempted sooner or later.”The Virginia based Intel-Center was quoted as saying that Al-Shabaab and Alqaeda formally linked up earlier this year though their ties has hundreds of foreign fighters including many with combat experience from Iraq and Afghanistan.

In April the US government warned that it continues to receive information about potential terrorist attack in Kenya.

An Amisom / TFG offensive on three fronts is threatening to push the Al-Shabaab militia fighters out of their stronghold hideout at Kismayu. As it is a set-back,security experts have warned that the Al-shabaab are likely to resort to terror attacks and guerrilla warfare in Kenya and in the neighboring countries.

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28May/120

KENYA PSEUDO TERRORIST BOMBINGS.

From: Joram Ragem

MY OPINION IS BREAKING NEWS BECAUSE YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT. NOW YOU KNOW. To wit, our very own are attempting to destabilize Kenya so that a State of Emergency is called, postpone election calendar, allow Kibaki to stay way beyond his term, deny apparent opinion poll front runner the election victory, all in defiance, and impune to impending ICC trials. There are no Al Shabab in Kenya, only inexperienced home grown cowardly terroristic sycophants. They orchestrated the British dozier, exploded little bombs here and there in Nairobi & Mombasa (beginning with the period of Constitution Referendum and now during the countdown to elections) with hope of changing public opinion towards cooperation with ICC. What they need to know is that they themselves brought about ICC upon themselves, and now must go there to defend themselves. Since the promulgation of the new Katiba, Kenya is different and will continue on the path to real reforms, whether they like it or not. They should stop tormenting like night runners & terrorizing us wanting us to believe it is Al Shabaab. They should stop inflicting damage to their kin's businesses thinking if they did it to opponents areas, they will be known not to be Al Shabaab. Stop destroying your kin businesses. Stop your silly, amateurish, cowardly, sadistic and terroristic acts and go to Hague and defend yourselves without being vague. No matter what you do, Kenya belongs to all of us, and your actions are inconsequential to Wanjiku's resolve of an impunity-free Kenya. This is my opinion and I am breaking it as a result of freedom of expression enshrined in our constitution.

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Joram Kaulikazi Ragem

wuod Ndinya, wuod Onam, wuod Amolo, wuod Owuoth, wuod Oganyo, wuod Mumbe, wuod Odongo, wuod Olwande, wuod Adhaya, wuod Ojuodhi, wuod Ragem (You may be my relative, but it matters less now. This is New Kenya!)

1Feb/120

USA: James Clapper on Greatest Threats in 2012

From: Yona Maro

The man in charge of all of America's intelligence gathering testified today before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for the annual Worldwide Threat Assessment. The following are excerpts from National Director of Intelligence James Clapper's prepared remarks as provided to ABC News.

On Iran: We Don't Know If They'll Go for The Bomb, 'Concerned' About Attack on U.S.

"We assess Iran is keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons, in part by developing various nuclear capabilities that better position it to produce such weapons, should it choose to do so. We do not know, however, if Iran will eventually decide to build nuclear weapons. Iran nevertheless is expanding its uranium enrichment capabilities, which can be used for either civil or weapons purposes."

"Iran's technical advancement, particularly in uranium enrichment, strengthens our assessment that Iran has the scientific, technical, and industrial capacity to eventually produce nuclear weapons, making the central issue its political will to do so. These advancements contribute to our judgment that Iran is technically capable of producing enough highly enriched uranium for a weapon, if it so chooses. We judge Iran would likely choose missile delivery as its preferred method of delivering a nuclear weapon… Elite infighting has reached new levels, as the rift grows between Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad."

"The 2011 plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States shows that some Iranian officials -- probably including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei -- have changed their calculus and are now more willing to conduct an attack in the United States in response to real or perceived U.S. actions that threaten the regime. We are also concerned about Iranian plotting against U.S. or allied interests overseas. Iran's willingness to sponsor future attacks in the United States or against our interests abroad probably will be shaped by Tehran's evaluation of the costs it bears for the plot against the ambassador as well as Iranian leaders' perceptions of U.S. threats against the regime."

On Terrorism: Al Qaeda 'Core' Weakening, Affiliates and Homegrown Terror Greater Threats

"The next two to three years will be a critical transition phase for the terrorist threat facing the United States, particularly from al Qaeda and like-minded groups… During this transition, we expect leadership of the movement to become more decentralized, with 'core' al Qaeda -- the Pakistan-based group formerly led by Osama bin Laden -- diminishing in operational importance; regional al Qaeda's affiliates planning and attempting terrorist attacks; multiple voices providing inspiration for the movement; and more vigorous debate about local versus global agendas."

"We do not assess that al Qaeda's new leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, will change al Qaeda's strategic direction, but most al Qaeda members find Zawahiri's leadership style less compelling than bin Laden's image as a holy man and warrior and will not offer him the deference they gave bin Laden."

"We judge that al Qaeda's losses are so substantial and its operating environment so restricted that a new group of leaders, even if they could be found, would have difficulty integrating into the organization and compensating for mounting losses."

Despite this, the DNI's statement notes that al Qaeda regional affiliates "will remain committed to the group's ideology, and in terms of threats to U.S. interests will surpass the remnants of core al Qaeda in Pakistan."

"We judge al Qaeda operatives are balancing support for attacks in Pakistan with guidance to refocus the global jihad externally, against U.S. targets. Al Qaeda also will increasingly rely on ideological and operational alliances with Pakistani militant factions to accomplish its goals within Pakistan and to conduct transnational attacks. Pakistani military leaders have had limited success against al Qaeda operatives, other foreign fighters, and Pakistani militants who pose a threat to Islamabad."

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Although high-profile al Qaeda cleric and recruiter Anwar Awlaki has been killed, the intelligence chief notes in his testimony that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the group to which Awlaki belonged, remains dangerous.

"We judge AQAP remains the node most likely to attempt transnational attacks. [Awlaki's] death probably reduces, at least temporarily, AQAP's ability to plan transnational attacks, but many of those responsible for implementing plots, including bomb makers, financiers, and facilitators, remain and could advance plots."

Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)

"We assess that AQI (al Qaeda in Iraq) will remain focused on overthrowing the Shia-led government in Baghdad in favor of a Sunni-led Islamic caliphate. It probably will attempt attacks primarily on local Iraqi targets, including government institutions, Iraqi Security Forces personnel, Shia civilians, and recalcitrant Sunnis, such as members of the Sons of Iraq, and will seek to rebuild support among the Sunni population…. The Iraqi Government is positioned to keep violence near current levels through 2012, although periodic spikes are likely. Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) are capable of planning and executing security operations, and Iraqi counter-terrorism forces have demonstrated they are capable of targeting remaining terrorists and insurgents."

Al Shabaab, Somalia

Clapper said the main issue concerning the al Qaeda-linked terror group al Shabaab in east Africa is with American-born fighters who have joined the group.

"Members of the group -- particularly a foreign fighter cadre that includes U.S. passport holders -- may also have aspirations to attack inside the United States. However, we lack insight into concrete operational plans outside the Horn of Africa."

Homegrown Threat

Clapper said that homegrown extremists may move to attack in the U.S. if America or the West engages in war in another Muslim nation. In his testimony Clapper notes that extremists may learn from past plots and averted attacks and disruptions.

On Afghanistan: Taliban Still Has 'Safe Haven' in Pakistan

Discussing the Taliban the intelligence chief said "its losses have come mainly in areas where ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) surge forces are concentrated. It remains resilient and capable of challenging U.S. and international goals and Taliban senior leaders continue to enjoy safe haven in Pakistan, which enables them to provide strategic direction to the insurgency and not fear for their safety. We assess al Qaeda's impact on the Afghanistan insurgency is limited."

"That said, al Qaeda is committed to the Afghan jihad, and the propaganda gains from participating in insurgent attacks outweigh their limited battlefield impact," he said. "In terms of security, we judge that the Afghan police and Army will continue to depend on ISAF support."

Clapper also notes that Afghans earned $1.8 billion from the drug trade last year.

On North Korea: To Early to Judge New Leader, Two Nuclear Weapon Tests

"North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs pose a serious threat to the security environment in East Asia. Its export of ballistic missiles and associated materials to several countries, including Iran and Syria, and its assistance to Syria -- now ended -- illustrate the reach of the North's proliferation activities. We remain alert to the possibility that North Korea might again export nuclear technology."

Kim Jong Un became North Korea's leader following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, on 17 December 2011. Although it is still early to assess the extent of his authority, senior regime leaders will probably remain cohesive at least in the near term to prevent instability and protect their interests."

Clapper said that the U.S. intelligence community believes North Korea has tested two nuclear devices.

On the Arab Spring: Turmoil Will 'Challenge' U.S. Influence, Terrorists Could Exploit Unrest

"The Arab world is in a period of turmoil and change that will challenge the ability of the United States to influence events in the Middle East. This turmoil is driven by forces that will shape Arab politics for years, including a large youth population; economic grievances associated with persistent unemployment, inequality, and corruption; increased popular participation and renewed hope in effecting political change; and a greater ability by opposition groups to mobilize nonviolent resistance on a large scale."

"Meanwhile, the forces propelling change are confronting ruling elites; sectarian, ethnic, and tribal divisions; lack of experience with democracy; dependence on natural resource wealth; and regional power rivalries…This new regional environment poses challenges for U.S. strategic partnerships in the Arab world. However, we judge that Arab leaders will continue to cooperate with the United States on regional security to help check Iran's regional ambitions, and some will seek economic assistance."

"The unrest potentially provides terrorists inspired by the global jihadist movement more operating space, as security services focus more on internal security and, in some cases, undergo transformations in make-up and orientation. Ongoing unrest most likely would exacerbate public frustration, erosion of state power, and economic woes -- conditions that al Qaeda would work to exploit. The ongoing turmoil probably will cause at least a temporary setback to CT (counter-terrorism) efforts and might prove a longer-term impediment, if successor governments view violent Sunni extremism as a less immediate threat than did previous regimes."

On the Cyber Threat to the U.S.: Governments Can't Keep Up with Technology

In his testimony, Clapper notes that cyber threats are likely to increase in the coming years.

"We currently face a cyber environment where emerging technologies are developed and implemented faster than governments can keep pace, as illustrated by the failed efforts at censoring social media during the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. Hacker groups, such as Anonymous and Lulz Security (LulzSec), have conducted distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and website defacements against government and corporate interests they oppose. The well publicized intrusions into NASDAQ and International Monetary Fund (IMF) networks underscore the vulnerability of key sectors of the U.S. and global economy."

The intelligence chief also notes that computer-espionage is becoming a greater concern with foreign services targeting classified networks that may not be detected.

"We assess that many intrusions into U.S. networks are not being detected. Although most activity detected to date has been targeted against unclassified networks connected to the Internet, foreign cyber actors have also begun targeting classified networks".

On Drinking Water Resources: Shortages, Floods Will Hurt U.S. National Security

During the next 10 years, water problems will contribute to instability in states important to U.S. national security interests.

Water shortages, poor water quality, and floods are unlikely to result in state failure. However, water problems combined with poverty, social tensions, environmental degradation, ineffectual leadership, and weak political institutions contribute to social disruptions that can result in state failure.

Now and for the foreseeable future, water shortages and pollution probably will negatively affect the economic performance of important U.S. trading partners.

http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/01/us-intel-head-greatest-threats-in-2012.html

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5Jan/120

GRENADE EXPLOSION IN REMERA ON 3RD JANUARY 2012

From: AKR|Association of Kenyans Living in Rwanda

Dear Fellow Kenyan,

We wish to express our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those who died and wish quick recovery to the injured following a grenade attack last evening in Remera.

If you are aware of any Kenyan who might have been affected, urgently contact the Kenya High Commission (252583334) or the AKR Chairman (0788-713619).

Regards,
Carol

28Nov/110

Kenya Scores diplomatic double against Al-Shabaan terrorists in Somali as it secured approval and support of two key important regional bodies

Writes Leo Odera Omolo

KENYA has scored doubles by winning the support of two key regional bodies for its military operations in Somalia to flush out the Islamist terrorist Al-Shabaab militants.

It secured the backing and approval if the Intergovernmental Agency on Development {IGAD}, a regional organization which groups Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Southern Sudan, Djibouti and now the suspended Eritrea.

Nairobi has also won the support and approval of the five-nation member countries of the East African Community {EAC}. The community groups together Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.

The EAC is schedule to hold its extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers and Heads of State Summit in Bujumbura Burundi next Wednesday and top on the agenda for discussion will feature he war in Somalia.

Already the EAC Secretary General Dr. Richard Sezibera from Rwanda has hinted the community support from Kenya. Individual member states have also expressed their support for Kenya, and most important of all being the neighboring Uganda and Burundi which have contributed close to 9,000 troops serving in the AU peacekeepers under the unified force called AMISOM.

An urgently convened summit of the regional presidents held in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa at the weekend unanimously endorsed Kenya’s military operation in Somalia code named “Operation Linda Nchi”.

The IGAD leaders pitched for regional solidarity and enhanced coordination between Kenya Defense Forces, AMISOM and TFG to defeat Al-Shabaab and restore stability I the Horn of Africa’s devastated country.

The regional leaders who in attendance at the Summit chaired by the Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi were Presidents Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, President Ismael Omar Gulled of Djibouti and President Shariff Sheikh Ahmed for Somalia.

In a final communiqué released to the media after the 19th extraordinary IGAD Summit, the regional leaders stressed the need for the organization and the African Union {AU}to galvanize international support for the onion g military operation. The Summit further called on the Transitional Government of Somalia and endorsement of national security to expedite the finalization and endorsement of national security and stability process.

The summit expressed concern that Kenya carried the heaviest refugee burden and called on the international community to develop modalities for burden sharing.

The Summit further urged humanitarian agencies to relocate to the secure parts of Somalia to stem the influx of refugee into the neighboring countries, and further called o the UN Security Council t revise its resolution 2020 extending for 12 months authorization for countries cooperating with TFG to use necessary means to combat piracy and armed robbery.

At the same time the Secretary General of the East African Community Dr Richard Sezibera in a statement issued in Bujumbura, Burundi where the Council of Ministers of the bloc are meting together with the members of the East African Legislative Assembly a head of the Summit slated for next Wednesday, said that the partner states f the EAC were clear on their support for Kenya’s military operation “Linda Inchi” meant t flush out the al-qaeda backed Al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia.

“Somali will be to on the agenda of the Council of Ministers and Heads of State Summit slate for next Wednesday, will seek to provide a long lasting solution on the Somalia conflict.”.

On the possibility of the entry of Southern Sudan into the EAC, Dr Sezibera said the lingering state f insecurity in Africa’s youngest nation should be n obstacle.

He made these remarks on sideline of the 24th ordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers. He said Southern Sudan is just coming of conflict and there are residual problems with countries emerging from conflicts. ”We have Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. EAC has lots of wisdom borne out of experience with which it can assist South Sudan become stable.”

On recent ban by Tanzania on maize exports to Kenya, the Secretary General said the issue had already been resolved. “Tanzania has lifted the ban on maize exports to Kenya while Kenya on its part is working to do the same.

“The East African Community Customs

In the battle front, Kenya has so far lost ten men with one missing in action an the Al-Shabaab appeared to have resorted not to challenge the mighty Kenya military forces on conventional war, but have resorted to urban guerrilla tactics which is similar to the fashion used by Vietnamese during the Indochina War of 1960s of hitting enemy target in strategic places behind the line. It has strike once in Garrisa Town near the Kenya Somali border when its agent attacked a police station killing one police man and escaped with his G3 rifle and by waylaying land mines on strategic roots aimed t Kenya’s military vehicles movements.

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10Nov/111

Kenya: Tips On How To Survive A Hand Grenade Attack

from AKR|Association of Kenyans Living in Rwanda

Dear Fellow Kenyan,

Tips On How To Survive A Hand Grenade Attack

If a terrorist throws a hand grenade down in front of you don’t run. You will be killed by flying shrapnel piercing vital organs or your head. Seek shelter behind a chair or table in the two to four seconds before the grenade goes off.

If there is no cover, fall face down with your feet facing the coming explosion. Pull your elbows into your sides to protect vital organs and cover your ears. This will change you from a five or six foot tall standing target into a tiny six inch box on the ground. The blast may miss you entirely or flying shrapnel may hit the soles of your shoes. At worst you can lose your feet – but you will survive. If you didn't see the Grenade coming too bad. However, look over your shoulder and take precaution at all times while in public places.

Let us join the rest of Kenyans in prayers and supplication for peace and victory over our enemies. I suggest that we request for special prayers in our various places of worship dedicated to our forces on the battle field, this coming Sunday (13th November 2011).

7Nov/111

Kenya: President Obama’s Kenyan family home has been placed under tight police security watch as fears persist of possible attack by Somali terrorists

Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Kisumu City

FOLLOWING the recent military incursion into Southern Somalia territory to flush out the armed Islamist extremists members of the Al-Qaeda backed Al-Shaab militias; the rural country hoe home at Nyang’oma, Alego Kogelo in Siaya County has been placed under tight police security watch.

Visitors to the home of the 88-year old Mama Sarah Obama, the step grand mother of the US President Barack Obama from now onward will have to get security clearance from the local District Commissioner’s office based in Siaya town abut 10 kilometers to the west.

The Obamas rural home is located about 80 kilometers west of Kisumu City. The home has recently been the center of visitors and tourist attraction n the region ever since Mama Sarah Obama grand son won the US presidency of the United States a couple of years ago,

The local police chief Stepen Cheteka confirmed at the weekend that Mama Sarah is among he crucial areas now placed under police close watch against possible attack by Al-Shabaab terrorist network.

A visit made by this writer at the weekend revealed that security has been enhanced in and around Siaya district with police put on alert to watch over the Kogelo village home where President Obama’s Kenyan family members live for fear that Somali terrorist might target Mama Sarah Obama and members of her immediate family.

The Officer Commanding Police Division {OCPD] Cheteka confirmed that security have been beefed and are on high alert to watch on strangers around Nyang’oma Kogelo village.

The OCPD pointed out that the police cannot rule out the possibility that that Al-Shabaab can attack the Kogelo village home of the Obamas.”That is the reason why police officer will remain on high alert,” he added.

President Obama’s younger brother Said Obama was quoted by the local media houses last week as having made it clear that the family has so far not received any threat and that they were living the normal life like any other villagers around,” he said adding that there is cause of alarm..

Local observers, however, maintained that the issue has been overblown out of proportion and that there was no risk security around Siaya district and Kogelo village in particular.

Of course fear persist I many parts of Kenyan that Al-Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia has widely spread network with agents everywhere inside Kenya and such attacks cannot be ruled out and simply dismissed as phantom.

Towns In most Western Kenya regions security have been tightened around important government installations and institutions, and even in private enterprises such as supermarket, hotels, country buses and all places of social amenities.

Visitors to major hotels in Nakuru, Eldoret, Kericho and Kisumu have to pass through the electronic devices security check-ups before being ushered into the facilities.

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1Sep/110

USA: The color of terrorism

from Yona Maro

The results of Kimberly Powell’s (2011) research on media coverage of terrorist attacks in the United States since 9/11 suggest that the act of terror is mostly used to describe “Muslims/Arabs/Islam working together in organized terrorist cells against a ‘Christian America,’ while domestic terrorism is cast as a minor threat that occurs in isolated incidents by troubled individuals.”

Anti-Islam extremist Anders Behring Breivik’s case emphasized the tendency of Western media to use prejudiced language when it comes to covering politically motivated violence committed by Muslims. Breivik’s attack was widely dubbed an “act of terror” in the mainstream media… that is, until Breivik himself was identified. As authors of the blog Foreign Policy Watch Matt Eckel and Jeb Koogler describe, the Western press responded by “largely avoiding the term ‘terrorist’ when speaking of the blond, blue-eyed, Christian attacker…”
http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/the_color_of_terrorism/

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30Aug/110

To The 100 Suicide Bombers Left In Nigeria

from Yona Maro

By Abiola Olaifa

I was born to a Christian father and a Muslim mother. My mum later converted to Christianity as our cultural belief is that any religion practised by the head of the house, is the religion for the family. My mum’s conversion to Christianity was without any troubles from her kinfolk since it was believed that we serve same God. I have relations, friends and neighbours who are Muslims, we all co-habit and live in peace in the same neighbourhood, my mum’s Islamic background gave me a good knowledge of Islam and I can easily recite some of the quranic quotes. I did not for once doubt this religion as a religion of peace. We all live together in harmony, believing that we are serving the same God, but in different ways.

At Christmas, our Muslim friends and family visits my home, we have one or two Sheeps ready to go for the big Christmas celebration, we all eat, danced and partied together. Same is the case when it is time for the Muslim’s Sallah festival, we all gather in my Uncles, who already have their Rams ready for the slaughter, these are always exciting moments for us. We also enjoyed playing with and using the Rams for fights before they are slaughtered and these are great moment of excitement for us kids. We do not see ourselves as being religious enemies or opposite or unequal before God in whatsoever way. We were happy together and we often attend one Islamic lectures or the other in my uncle’s home from the Alfa’s that visit for prayers on weekends, this are equally very happy moments for us as we are sure that we will have some food to eat at the end of the prayer session.

The recent event is throwing this happy inter-religious relationship into the winds, not only I’m I getting worried about the latest developments, I am equally saddened by the appalling and heartless killings going on in Nigeria at the moment through suicide bombings. I have not been able to fathom the immediate reason for this, except accepting this as a sure sign of the end times. Does it mean that those practising Islam before are doing it the wrong way or a new version of Quran has just been invented which is very hostile to the opposite religion? If the Quran is still same one used by the Alfa’s in my uncle’s home, then we are in for a new inconceivable disaster.

The spokesperson for Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group recently claimed responsibility for the bombing of UN Building in Abuja, in a phone call to BBC. He claimed further that there are more than 100 recruits ready to carry out more suicide attacks in Nigeria, just after the country was thrown into panic on the 26th of August 2011. It broke my heart to hear that this act is being perpetrated because of God and the need to Islamise Nigeria. This group reason that killing innocent people is a sure way to achieve their aim of winning people to Islam. I beckon on these newly recruited bombers to be wary of the effect of these heinous attacks on our world and the psychic of the people, no one with his right senses will change to Islam if you continue with these activities. Violence has never been and will never be the right way.

I am confident that these killings are not for God, but purely to make political statement. It could not have been for God if you must shed human blood for sacrifice to the same God, who they ironically say also wants to save the world. I have believed based on teachings from the Alfa’s visiting my Uncle, my mother and personal discovery that God should be some humble-spirit, interested in saving the world and a comfort to those in trouble and that we pray to about our problems and he helps us through it. I am now beginning to have a change of mind, if these killers are saying they are committing all this crime in the name God and that God will make them martyrs if they are able to kill so much people, then this God must be different from the God I have previously known. This is a serious and dangerous consternation to my long held belief about Islam and I am absolutely startled.

I have many questions going on in my head that I sure need answers to; what do you aim to achieve by killing those you choose to convert. If the reason you give is to change the unbelievers to accept Islam, how would a dead person accept Islam? Must violence be the way to make your voice heard? Has God instructed you to carry out these unlawful killings or is this politically motivated? If this God makes you a Martyr as you claim, would you be happy by how many people your sect lands in hell through sudden death, since they have no time to repent of their sins. Why must you create so much fear and panic to the world to impress your views on others?

I am of the opinion that if God has ordered this killing as this suicide bombers claim and the same God is happy with what they are doing, then I do not want to be associated with this God. He must be a God with no human face and I dissociate myself from such heartless God. Also if you are perpetrating these evil acts out of the need to be made a martyr and have a place in Al-Jannah as you claim, then it’s a big shame, I equally do not want to be associated with such a materialistic religion.

I have a personal message for the over 100 suicide bombers still left in Nigeria as claimed by Boko Haram, who are ready to attack at any moment. Please stop and think for once, your next victims may be your brother or sister. Do not be deceived, you have no mansion and beautiful bride waiting for you in heaven, but hell. Sit back and think before you strike. It is not fair on the already volatile planet, there is so much panic and pain, and what joy do you get in that. I have spoken to many Muslims and confident that this killing is not Islamic, let us all hold tight and pray for these religious asinine to stop this unnecessary killings, they are not heroes at all as they believe, but criminals. The world now live in fear because of these extremist groups, let us pray for this evil acts to stop and for the perpetrators to be caught and brought to justice. Let us pray for the repose of the soul of the dead and for the peace of the world.

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21Aug/111

Eritrea & Uganda: PRESIDENT AFWERKI CONCLUDES THREE DAYS STATE VISIT TO UGANDA DURING WHICH TIME HE HELD SERIOUS TALKS WITH PRESIDENT MUSEENI.

Reports Leo Odera Omolo

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki has concluded his 3-day State visit to Uganda.

The Eritrean head of state has recently came under scathing criticism by regional leaders over his alleged logistic support for Al-Qaeda backed al-shaban Islamist terrorist in Somalia.

Afwerli's visit to Uganda has some significantly positive political dimension after the recent meeting of Igad held in Addis Ababa expressed concern over his alleged indulgence in terrorist activities in Somalia.

Among those regional leader who had expressed concern was President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, who is considered to be a moderate and reserved in his handling of crucial diplomtic issues.

Afwerki did not attend the Igad consultative meeting, though Eritrea is a member

President Afewerki, who was in the country at the invitation of President Yoweri Museveni, held bilateral talks with his host during which the two leaders discussed bilateral issues between Uganda and Eritrea centering on regional peace and security, trade and bilateral cooperation, among others.

The Eritrean leader also visited a number of industrial establishments in Kampala that included Quality Chemicals which manufactures anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), the Dairy Corporation and Roofings Limited that specializes in the manufacture of building and roofing materials.

President Afewerki was seen off at State House Entebbe by President Museveni.

Others were minister of Foreign Affairs, Sam Kutesa, state minister for Regional Co-operation, Asumani Kiyingi and senior Government and Security officials.

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16Aug/110

Kenya & Nigeria: Terror attacks kill 10 in Nigeria

from Yona Maro

(AFP) Ten people were killed in two separate overnight attacks outside the volatile Nigerian city of Jos, a local official said, leading angry residents to block roads leading to the area on Monday. Local council chairman Emmanuel Lomang alleged that four identity cards and a cap belonging to soldiers were found at the scene of the killings, fueling rumours that troops may have been involved.

Both the military and police declined immediate comment.

"Seven people were killed at Heipang while three were killed at Foron," near Jos, the restive capital of Plateau State, Lomang told AFP.

He said both incidents happened around 12:30 am when the attackers opened fire on their victims after storming the two villages.

Angry residents have blocked roads leading to the area, an AFP reporter saw.

Jos and the surrounding region has been hit by waves of clashes between Christian and Muslim ethnic groups that have left hundreds dead in recent years.

The region lies in Nigeria's so-called Middle Belt between the mainly Muslim north and predominately Christian south of Africa's most populous nation.

Last week, at least two people were hacked to death while four others were seriously wounded in a village near Jos.

In Maiduguri, A man was shot dead by Nigerian police on Monday in a failed attempt to bomb police headquarters in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, a day before a report on Islamist sect attacks in the region is submitted to President Goodluck Jonathan. Police said they believed the man planned to detonate remotely seven gas cylinders and cans of gunpowder and petrol that were packed into the car.

"The man ... gained entrance by ramming into the gate of the police headquarters and drove straight towards the main building before he was gunned down inside his car," local police spokesman, Abubaker Kabru, said.

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15Aug/110

Uganda invites Afwewrki for talks of the alleged his support for terrorists in Somalia

MUSEVENI HAS INVITED THE ERITREAN HEAD OF STATE AFWERKI FOR DISCUSSIONS OVER CLAIMS BY REGIONAL LEADERS ABOUT HIS ALLEGED LOGISTIC SUPPORT FOR TERRORISTS

Writes Leo Odera Omolo

News emerging from the Ugandan capital, Kampala says that Uganda has invited Eritrea's leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion and destabilising the East African region, to a state visit next week, State House said.

Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on the body in protest at arch-foe Ethiopia's invasion of Somalia to oust an Islamist administration the United States said had ties to al Qaeda.

"Eritrea is one of the strategically vital countries to the stability of the region, especially in the Horn of Africa and the wider global agenda," State House said in a statement late on Thursday.

A U.N. Monitoring Group report on Somalia and Eritrea said in late July that Asmara was bankrolling al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants in Somalia. Al Shabaab claimed they were behind a twin suicide bomb attack on the Ugandan capital, Kampala, last year.

Horn of Africa experts say that Isaias has become increasingly diplomatically isolated. Leader of one of the world's most secretive states, Isaias makes few state visits.

The U.N. has imposed an arms embargo on Eritrea, as well as a travel ban and an asset freeze on Eritrean political and military leaders who it says are violating an arms embargo on Somalia.

Asmara denies the charges, and accuses the United States and neighbouring Ethiopia of "irresponsible interference".

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