Somali scapegoats?

Somali scapegoats? 2015-05-14T16:29:16-06:00

 

The Kenyan shopping mall at Westgate
The Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, where al-Shabaab terrorists murdered scores of innocent shoppers a while back.  I’ve only been to Nairobi once, and it was many years ago, but I really liked the place, and I loved Kenya.
(Click to enlarge.)

 

There’s a lot of talk in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere about “homegrown terrorism,” which is a genuine problem and a serious threat.

 

We don’t hear much about Africa, typically, but, alas, the same thing seems to be happening there, as well.  According to the Economist, at least a substantial portion of those “Somali” terrorists who’ve killed so many people in Kenya in the past year or two may actually be Kenyans, much as the Kenyan government would like things to be otherwise:

 

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21650590-closing-huge-somali-refugee-camp-kenya-would-not-reduce-terrorism-scapegoats

 

Posted from Park City, Utah

(because I can)

 

 


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