I support the idea of boycott, or anything that will force local Somalis see sense in not hiding their wayward kids. On Recce, I support rapid deployment capabilities in any part of the country. However let us not be fixated with hostage type threats, if you study shebab, they employ different tactics in their strategy. From westgate to lamu to mandera then garissa shows a there is a strategy. Majority of incidents in N. Eastern. In lamu and mandera they carried out double attacks, using same squad. The other common thing is that they targeted areas with large population of non Somali. Hostage type attack takes them more time to source for suicide attackers and train them, hence our agencies need to also watch out for lamu and mandera type attacks, or other new tactics

It is changing its diet? "it" did not want ladies this time, though it usually gobbles anyone including young girls/boys and women, can we learn anything from what it is asking for, a "special diet" of any male who cannot recite some word's that pleases it? Can we trap it?

That's the only way...

I think we're deep into knee jerk reactions.

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