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Sunday, April 15, 2007

Kenya in the "War on Terrorism," 2

The Nation does a special on America's war on terrorism, with its own exclusive report of Kenya's transfer of terror suspects to Ethiopia and Somalia. Unfortunately, the article is so jam-packed with details that the narrative glue comes apart, and it's hard to fully process the article once you've read it.
In an editorial, the Nation says,
Yes, terrorism is a clear and present danger. Indeed, during the last decade
Kenyans have twice been attacked by terrorists. It is important to catch the
culprits and bring them to book, but we have laws and due process must be seen
to have been followed.
Shrugging off the rule of law and repeatedly being seen as unfair and unjust in its treatment of Muslims could turn out to be a liability for this government. I think this government should be asking itself, how do we convince the moderate Muslims that we're doing the right thing?
I don't think anyone is asking that question, which might turn out to be a major strategic error.

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