"US warns of a possible terror attack in Kenya" Associated Press, April 24, 2012
NAIROBI — The US government warned Monday that a terror attack on prominent government buildings and hotels in Kenya’s capital could be imminent.
The US Embassy in Kenya said the timing of the attack is not known but American officials believe it to be in its final planning stages. They did not give further details.
PFFFT!
If they DON'T KNOW the TIMING how can they know it is in its FINAL stages?!?!
Please STOP IT with the CHAIN-YANKING PROPAGANDA!
The embassy urged Americans to be vigilant.
I wonder where they went to school.
Kenya sent hundreds of troops into Somalia in October last year after a wave of kidnappings, including those of four Europeans on Kenyan soil, blamed on Al Shabab.
Related: Kenya Comes to Somalia's Rescue
Yeah, right, U.S. knew nothing of it.
Two weeks after the Kenyan attacks began, one person died and at least 20 were injured in two bomb blasts in Nairobi that the government said were inspired by Al Shabaab.
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While you were waiting:
"Kenya fires 25,000 striking health care workers" March 09, 2012|By Associated Press
NAIROBI - Kenya’s government announced Thursday that it had fired 25,000 striking health workers from the country’s public hospitals for defying an order to return to work.
Some 40,000 workers in all - among them, nurses, lab technicians, and dental assistants - launched their strike March 1 over several complaints, including that they are overworked.
Government spokesman Alfred Mutua said the health workers’ names have been deleted from the payroll.
“The government has taken this firm action to alleviate further suffering of innocent Kenyans,’’ Mutua said. “It is wrong and unethical, regardless of any disagreement, for a health profession to abscond duty and lead to the loss of life and or suffering of any patient.’’
Alex Orina of the Kenya Health Professionals Society said the government’s announcement is a negotiating tactic and that the government cannot replace 25,000 health workers. He said the health workers are striking because of a heavy workload due to staff shortages, and because of inadequate equipment and supplies.
But they do have dough for military invasions and occupations.
Orina said some nurses have had to deliver babies without surgical gloves, exposing themselves, the mother, and the child to infections.
Orina said he could not confirm Kenyan media reports that five people who might otherwise have lived have died during the strike, including reports that a mother and newborn died at the gates of a hospital.
Kenya’s government has come under sharp criticism by international groups for not investing enough in health care.
Doctors from public hospitals went on strike late last year to demand better salaries.
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