Propaganda. They only killed 6 AU soldiers.

AU explained so. Bt maybe they also lied.

10 AU soldiers were killed, 2 MIA. And since the ALS assertion never got any media attention, Im skeptical of its materiality. But nowadays anything goes.

Objective of the Kenyan cabinet: capture Kismayu (the archilles heel) n hand it over to AU, destroy ALS structure n weapons. If this succeeds, I see a dead or severely weakened ALS whose recovery n reorganization may take 4eva.

I Have spoken to several Muslim friends of mine and I kind of sense they are very sympathetic to the alshabab,whenever this topic of alshabab arises we tend to argue alot and in most cases they seem to defend them or seem to discourage kenyas invasion.

The point am making is although we might win the battle we should be very careful not to loose the war,The ideological strength of alshabab should be counteracted with equal or more powerful ideological paradigm shift.We need to neutralize the strength they have in recruiting new members,members who in most cases come from rich and well to do families and countries.