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Al Shabaab's Threat to Kenya

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Scott Stewart
VP of Tactical Analysis, Stratfor

Apr 26, 2012 | 09:02 GMT

A soldier of the Kenyan Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) keeps watch on a street in the center of the southern Somali port city of Kismayo on October 5, 2012. Meanwhile, a combat engineering team inspects the surrounding area following reports of a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) left behind by the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab.

A soldier of the Kenyan Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) keeps watch in the Kismayo, Somalia while a combat team inspects the surrounding area for a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) left behind by the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab.

(STUART PRICE/AFP/GettyImages)

Even if Somali militant group al Shabaab could conduct a spectacular attack in Nairobi, it seems unlikely to have the intent....

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