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Poverty, corruption, weak borders make Kenya easy target for terrorists.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
MOMBASA, Kenya _ Every few days, German surveillance planes take off from Mombasa airport to play a virtually impossible role on the frontlines of the war against terror. They fly along the Indian Ocean coastline, hunting for al-Qaida terrorists trying to smuggle missiles and explosives like the ones used in last week's coordinated attacks on an Israeli airliner and a hotel that killed three Israelis and 10 Kenyans.
With only three unarmed planes and hundreds of miles of East African coast from Djibouti to Kenya, their task depends heavily on luck.
A German Navy spokesman concedes they have not caught many suspects.
He won't identify even one.
The surveillance flights, part of Germany's contribution to the U.S.-led coalition against international terrorism, are up against enormous odds ...
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...appreciation for the efforts of Kenya and Ethiopia in the...transition process in Kenya, and the prompt and...to starvation. The United States will continue to provide...and security sectors. Kenya and Ethiopia lauded...these diseases, and the United States reaffirmed its ...
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...appreciation for the efforts of Kenya and Ethiopia in the...transition process in Kenya, and the prompt and...to starvation. The United States will continue to provide...and security sectors. Kenya and Ethiopia lauded...these diseases, and the United States reaffirmed its ...
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- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) June 21, 2003 700+ words
THE United States closed its embassy in Kenya yesterday after the Pentagon issued...suggesting al Qaida operatives in Kenya were going ahead with plans to conduct...which ``high'' is the highest. Kenya and other countries in the Horn of...
