Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Kenya arrests four Dutchmen near Somalia border (Netherland shabaab)

MOMBASA, KENYA (Reuters) - Kenyan police are questioning four Dutch passport-holders who were arrested on suspicion of aiding Somalia's al Shabaab insurgents, a local government official said on Wednesday.
The four men -- three who were born in Morocco and the fourth in Somalia -- were stopped by police on Monday while on their way to Kiunga on the Kenya-Somalia border.
"The al Shabaab group has been receiving humanitarian and technical help from foreigners and we suspect the people we have in custody were in that area to do exactly that," Stephen Ikua, Lamu district commissioner, said.
Al Shabaab insurgents have been battling Somalia's federal transition government since 2007, dashing hopes of a return to stability for the lawless horn of Africa nation...more..http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-41399420090729
Kenya arrests four Dutch men suspected of joining Somali Islamists
http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=104494608

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