Mourning Turns to Anger in Kenya After College Massacre

[seabeyond]

(i havent seen this on du, i do not get why. i am not on du a lot, but i peruse)

The death toll is expected to rise

Hundreds joined a protest in the Kenyan town of Garissa against the Islamist group al-Shabaab on Friday, a day after the militants from neighboring Somalia stormed a nearby college campus and killed at least 147 people.

The assault has rocked the nation and also raised questions about security measures after multiple warnings of a potential terror attack were raised in the days prior.

“It’s because of laxity by the government that these things are happening. For something like this to happen when there are those rumors is unacceptable,” Mohamed Salat, a Somali Kenyan businessman, told Reuters.

Early Thursday, assailants armed with guns and grenades attacked the Garissa University College Campus, targeting Christian students and killing nearly 150 people, mostly students, with the death toll expected to rise.

http://time.com/3771371/kenya-massacre-grief-garissa/

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1. al-shabaab is Wahhabi, like the Taliban, al-Qaeda, ISIS and Boko Harum

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[Warpy]

5. You noticed. Saudi Arabia is behind all of this horror

and it's happening worldwide, centered around all the Wahab "schools" they have been funding for decades.

This is a multi front war for the soul of Islam.

We'd better hope the Wahabbi factions don't win.

[starroute]

6. My understanding is the Saudis export terror to keep a lid on things at home

It's not so much that they approve of massacres as that they're terrified of the royal family being overthrown. So they cater to the radical mullahs to get their support -- and at the same time they send their own malcontents like Osama bin Laden to engage in mayhem abroad. Win-win as far as they're concerned, but a big lose for everyone else.

[Warpy]

7. It's more along the line of making the rest of the world as "pure" as they are

because there is less threat to their royal family if the whole world is Wahab.

Vicious rage-o-holics find a ready group of foot soldiers in the graduates of these places, all men and all wanting to purify the world to SA standards.

[locks]

2. Coverage by

NYTimes, Reuters, BBC, AlJazeera, CNN, and LATimes has been good.

[bravenak]

3. Horrible. I'd be pissed off too.

This cannot go on.

[MerryBlooms]

4. I heard this morning one girl survived by hiding in a cupboard and she was rescued today.

It's all too much to wrap my brain around.

[treestar]

8. How are they going to protect themselves from future attacks?

This horrid group seems able to come over the border at will.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. kick

[riderinthestorm]

10. NPR had a short clip covering the protests this afternoon

Nigeria and Kenya need to get their act together and start figuring out ways to keep their people safe instead of the usual apathetic response verging on dangerous avoidance of confrontation (or even worse, possible collusion at the top)



K&R

[AngryAmish]

12. There are no "Kenyan" or "Nigerian" people

These are tribal peoples with tribal motivations.

This is just a part of a 1500 year african race war.

[Telcontar]

13. Bullshit

This was predicated on religious differences. Tribal loyalties and boundaries in Knya have subsided over the years in favor of a Kenyan identity. One thing we can thank thr British for: their brutality in Kenya really demonstrated the enemy of my enemy schtick works.

[oberliner]

14. "This is just a part of a 1500 year african race war." ???

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

[riderinthestorm]

15. Al Shabab is a Sunni Islamic religious group. This is NOT tribal warfare

Its absolutely a religious war.

And they vow to continue.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141058549

[Cha]

11. So horrifically sad, seabeyond~