quoting the article

Unlike what has reported in your conventional media houses over the last few days, The Kenya Army is not only chasing the Al Shabaab, it is targeting three other groups namely Islamic Front for Liberation of Oromia, Akwan Al Muslimia both of which have been fighting the Ethiopian government.

There is also Ittihad Al Islam.

So serious is Kenya on the war front that a special elite squad that has been undergoing continous desert like training since 2008 and based at Gilgil Army barracks is the one on the frontline supplying intelligence and carving routes of affront for Kenyan soldiers.

The special Elite Forces Squad has been trained to carry out frontline fighting without retreat under harsh conditions.

As a tactical approach the Army which intends to create the buffer zone inside Jubbaland for the long haul, is not ruling out conscription – especially of young unemployed youth.

The conscripted youths will be subjected to short military courses and then dispatched to the front line in the interest of the country. In recent times nations have been abolishing conscription as a form of military recruitment.

However, that will not happen during the initial phases of the war but eventually to sustain the buffer zone on the anticipated new autonomous Azania state.

Kibaki vows to defend territory against militant attacks
http://www.businessdaily...96/-/s80v96/-/index.html

Shebab losses over 100. Own losses nil (apart from the 5) from reliable sources.

Al-Shabab claims peacekeepers' killings
Somali anti-government fighters display what they say are bodies of more than 70 Burundian soldiers killed in battle.
http://www.aljazeera.com...2011102141422988953.html

normally and historically when a nation does such a bold move, it's usually after very careful thinking, good research and intelligence.

also, their is usually alot of information with the authorities (army and president's team) that is not known by we citizens.

I pray that for our country kenya, this was well thought out and will not cause any regrettable consequences.

ION, ati al-shabaab is a very small outfit 2500 men, didn't know that.

ION.. http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/10/19/kenya-invades-somalia-does-it-get-any-dumber/ and the comments as well

Kibaki ako juu sana, kazi iendelee!!

C&P from Times blog titled "Kenya Invades Somalia. Does It Get Any Dumber?"

"So what does Kenya think it's doing? On Sunday, a force estimated variously at a few hundred to 2,000 Kenyan soldiers crossed the border into Somalia into pursuit of militants from the Somali Islamist group, al-Shabab."

"Even if the occupiers can extract themselves from the literal quagmire, analysts unanimously agree they will find it all but impossible to avoid becoming militarily bogged down. Faced with al-Shabab's well-armed, experienced and more numerous guerrillas - fighters who two years ago saw off a far fiercer, better trained and bigger Ethiopian force - Kenya's soldiers seem headed for deadlock at best and, at worst, bloody defeat. What's worse, the Kenyan invasion seems likely to reunify al-Shabab just as it was in danger of splintering over disagreements about leadership and whether to accept aid to alleviate an ongoing famine in southern Somalia. It could even help restore al-Shabab's plummeting local support."

Well the responses from the article by Kenyans was so on point......and UNITED
LINK

And you actually believe their denial? Of course they must have been told beforehand. The denial is just for public consumption.

Of course the US was in the know and must be covertly supporting the military action.

US planes join the bombing. Me thinks that the US has been part of the planning but have chosen to be in the background to avoid it looking like a Western invasion.

http://www.nation.co.ke/...28/-/159de5/-/index.html