Nairobi bomb attacks increase al-Shabaab fears

[Bosonic]

Source: Telegraph

A grenade was detonated at a busy bus stop in the city's centre as commuters queued to go home last night, less than 18 hours after an earlier explosion at an after-hours pub.

Both attacks appear to have been targeting low-income Kenyans, rather than expatriates, but immediate suspicions immediately fell on al-Shabaab, Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked Islamists.

The US embassy in Nairobi warned at the weekend that it had "credible" information pointing to an "imminent" terror attack on places frequented by foreigners in the Kenyan capital.

The city hosts a large expatriate population, mostly working at the regional headquarters of large multinational corporations or for the raft of United Nations and aid organisations based here.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/8846978/Nairobi-bomb-attacks-increase-al-Shabaab-fears.html

[ChandlerJr]

1. Our 100 military advisers had better get busy advising.

n/t

[Johnyawl]

2. since our 100 advisors are in Uganda, advising the Ugandian army in it's conflict with the LRA...

...your post is meaningless.