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The Clown
#1 Posted : Wednesday, October 30, 2013 12:50:53 AM
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Top Shabaab militant killed in drone strike

In the DN story above Col. Oguna,the KDF spokesman, is quoted as saying that the UAVs that conducted the attack on Abdulahi Ali belong to Kenya. In the article he also confirms that Kenya has in its possession a number of surveillance and attack drones.

I'm quite impressed that we have such technology at our disposal and are able to use it effectively. When did we ever acquire these weapons?

My only worry is that after a few successes killing some Kebab commanders, KDF may be tempted to deploy their UAVs for many more operations within Somalia. There are always risks with this approach and we don't want to end up with the situation the USA has found itself in re Pakistan.

Any opinions on this?
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Njung'e
#2 Posted : Wednesday, October 30, 2013 1:26:33 AM
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Bony chest thumping by KDF Lootenants.....That was a US Army drone!
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murchr
#3 Posted : Wednesday, October 30, 2013 6:20:54 AM
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Why would col claim KDF did it if they dint
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quicksand
#4 Posted : Wednesday, October 30, 2013 7:37:31 AM
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murchr wrote:
Why would col claim KDF did it if they dint

Spin. May be they have some (cheap) surveillance drones and they were involved in intelligence gathering, painting cross-hairs on the target, but the ones that carry missiles/artillery the US only shares with trusted Western allies (UK, Australia, France, Israel ..) smile
Hawa spin doctors wa gava na KDF think everybody is illiterate or something.
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maka
#5 Posted : Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:15:11 AM
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Njung'e wrote:
Bony chest thumping by KDF Lootenants.....That was a US Army drone!


All other international news agencies call it a US drone...
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poundfoolish
#6 Posted : Wednesday, October 30, 2013 9:34:59 AM
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maka wrote:
Njung'e wrote:
Bony chest thumping by KDF Lootenants.....That was a US Army drone!


All other international news agencies call it a US drone...


While we were busy looting at ground zero..We forgot to ask telcomm companies to track/trace phone traffic in that area.

The Americans were, and that is how in a week they were at Barewa, trying to arrest somebody (where the terrorists were calling), and now this.

What are we doing, parading 2 soldiers and investigating 1. as scapegoats
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KulaRaha
#7 Posted : Wednesday, October 30, 2013 9:39:58 AM
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maka wrote:
Njung'e wrote:
Bony chest thumping by KDF Lootenants.....That was a US Army drone!


All other international news agencies call it a US drone...


Kenya has drones?

Yes we do...look at Ole Lenku...

drone 1
n.
1. A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate with the queen bee.
2. An idle person who lives off others; a loafer.
3. A person who does tedious or menial work; a drudge: "undervalued drones who labored in obscurity" (Caroline Bates).
4. A pilotless aircraft operated by remote control.
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The Clown
#8 Posted : Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:06:29 AM
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It's true that most other international news agencies reported the attack as being carried out by an American craft.

But why would the KDF lie to everyone so blatantly when they know that the same international media could easily pick on this just to ridicule the Kenyan forces?

In this case,I think Col. Oguna is saying the truth. We do have these weapons in our possession.
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XSK
#9 Posted : Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:09:03 AM
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KulaRaha wrote:
maka wrote:
Njung'e wrote:
Bony chest thumping by KDF Lootenants.....That was a US Army drone!


All other international news agencies call it a US drone...


Kenya has drones?

Yes we do...look at Ole Lenku...

drone 1
n.
1. A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate with the queen bee.
2. An idle person who lives off others; a loafer.
3. A person who does tedious or menial work; a drudge: "undervalued drones who labored in obscurity" (Caroline Bates).
4. A pilotless aircraft operated by remote control.



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Pedes
#10 Posted : Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:10:33 AM
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The Clown wrote:
It's true that most other international news agencies reported the attack as being carried out by an American craft.

But why would the KDF lie to everyone so blatantly when they know that the same international media could easily pick on this just to ridicule the Kenyan forces?

In this case,I think Col. Oguna is saying the truth. We do have these weapons in our possession.



The Clown may be right. KDF could be having drones. The same way we have F5.
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