The recent attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya was perhaps the most audacious terrorist operation on the African continent since the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s regional affiliate in the region, mounted a complex “fedayeen” style firearms assault whose target and timing seemed calculated to … Continue reading The Charcoal Connection: U.S. Security Assistance and Kenyan Counterterrorism
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The Charcoal Connection: U.S. Security Assistance and Kenyan Counterterrorism
The recent attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya was perhaps the most audacious terrorist operation on the African continent since the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s regional affiliate in the region, mounted a complex “fedayeen” style firearms assault whose target and timing seemed calculated to … Continue reading The Charcoal Connection: U.S. Security Assistance and Kenyan Counterterrorism