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| Kenyan Special Forces move in at the site of the attack |
Israeli special forces have joined ranks with their Kenyan counterparts as both lay siege on the upscale Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya; scene of a deadly terrorist attack against non-Muslims on Saturday.
Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed that his government will hunt down and defeat the terrorists that carried out the attack.
Somali Islamist group, al-Shabab had vowed to carry out an attack in Nairobi in retaliation for Kenya's sending of troops into Somalia to fight Islamic insurgents in 2011.
According to reports from a senior security operative who spoke on condition of anonymity to CC, the approach is one where the Kenyan forces have been given the directive to take out the terrorists summarily, with minimal collateral damage.
More than any other East African country, with probably the exception of Ethiopia, Kenyan has taken a very aggressive disposition towards dealing with al-Shabab (with strong links to Al Qaeda) in East Africa.
This attack on innocent civilians will only serve to strengthen the resolve of the Kenyan government hunt down and destroy al-Shabab and its network in the region.
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