Thanks, it's been reassuring to see the positive comments about the security situation. Wamuyu, your comment about Kenya's long experience working with the U.S. on terrorism is well taken: intelligence should be good. Just hope decisions will be made based on good intelligence. Very difficult from press reports, including video to get a real sense of how serious the demonstrations were. Some of the video in particular looks dramatic, as if the whole of downtown Nairobi was overtaken by trouble. I haven't been to the Jamia Mosque, but stayed at the Intercontinental and been to the KICC. The Mosque and KICC are a few hundred yards apart, is that correct? Quite easy to get the wrong impression if like me you don't know the city. I am guessing the demonstrations were around the Mosque and didn't spread more than a couple of streets, but that's not the impression you'd get from media coverage. But some good news from the media today, Reuters reporting "Somali Rebels Deny Threatening to Attack Nairobi" <http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/01/22/world/international-uk-kenya-somalia.html>. I understand ICANN had picked up on this story a day or so ago and it had made them more concerned. Now we see the story is false, hopefully some sense will return. Adam At 11:26 AM +0300 1/22/10, waudo siganga wrote:
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Unfortunately some of the info,and especially the pictures e.g. <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/847166/-/t4k7a0z/-/>http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/847166/-/t4k7a0z/-/ coming up on some other communications make Nairobi look like central Kabul!
just a quick note to update those of you who are planning to go to Nairobi. the security situation in Nairobi may be deteriorating. here's the lede from a Reuters story that hit a few hours ago;
NAIROBI, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline al Shabaab rebels threatened on Thursday to attack neighbouring Kenya following a crackdown on Somalis in the capital Nairobi, according to a recording posted on an al Shabaab Web site. Islamist al Shabaab have threatened to attack Kenya before, although anger has been rising over the past week among the Somali community after Kenyan security forces detained hundreds of Somalis living in a Nairobi suburb.
here's a link to the story;
I couldn't open the link, but another story is attached below:
<http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/847166/-/t4k7a0z/-/> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/847166/-/t4k7...
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