Thursday, August 7, 2008

Kenya remembers bombing, urges Mideast peace



NAIROBI, Aug. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — The world must solve crises in the Middle East and Somalia or they will spawn more of the extremism that led to bombings of U.S. embassies in east Africa a decade ago, Kenya's prime minister warned on Thursday.
Survivors place flowers on the memorial wall during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the bombing of the U.S. embassy in Nairobi more. http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/l7107743-kenya-embassy/
Crackdown to target terrorists groups, says PM
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has rubbished speculations that terrorist's cells were using Islam to perpetrate atrocities against humanity.
He said the government's focus on the war would not victimize a particular community but pursue suspects on individual account in accordance to the laws of the land.
"Let me dispel the falsehood that these terrorists are acting in the name of Islam, or that our anti terror efforts are directed at Muslims. It would be sheer madness to target it or its followers." The Premier stressed.
Raila assured that the crackdown would only target terrorists groups adding that Islam was a religion of peace.
Speaking during tenth anniversary at the 1998 Memorial park in which over 231 people were killed and another 5000 injured, he told of the government's commitment to guarantee security of the people in the war against global terror more. http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=51729

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