147 killed in attack on Kenyan university dormitories by al-Shabab

[Twipple]

NAIROBI — Masked al-Shabab militants stormed dormitories at a university in northeastern Kenya early Thursday, killing at least 147 people in the worst terror attack on Kenyan soil in nearly two decades, officials said.

Its being termed as the worst attack of the last 2 decades.


Read more here : http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/70-killed-hundreds-rescued-after-kenya-university-attack-by-al-shabab-militants/2015/04/02/0c554516-d951-11e4-ba28-f2a685dc7f89_story.html

[jaysabi]

Another senseless tragedy. When I was younger, I used to "look forward" to the day when things like this no longer happened, believing that as a species we were ever moving towards collective peace. The more I see of the world, the more I realize this will never end. Violence begets violence, and we're too stupid to stop the cycle. Terrorists think if they kill enough people, governments will give them what they want, and governments think if they kill enough terrorists, there will be peace: the snake that eats its own tail.

[rosh]

The list of countries where such attacks are carried out seem to be increasing.
There seem to be no "safe" countries. 

[erpbridge]

The list of countries where such attacks are carried out seem to be increasing.
There seem to be no "safe" countries. 

Crime rates in Africa have been high from a long time. But its disappointing to see they targetted students in this attack. This seems to be the second attack in one year time period, after Westgate shopping mall being the first.
Even though the militant activity seems to have reduced, there are still making potential threats with these kinds of attacks.

[GREEDYJOHN]

The list of countries where such attacks are carried out seem to be increasing.
There seem to be no "safe" countries. 

Crime rates in Africa have been high from a long time. But its disappointing to see they targetted students in this attack. This seems to be the second attack in one year time period, after Westgate shopping mall being the first.
Even though the militant activity seems to have reduced, there are still making potential threats with these kinds of attacks.

Kenya is one of the peaceful places in this world. It just shows you that this terrorism can pop up anywhere.

[panju1]

Kenya is one of the peaceful places in this world. It just shows you that this terrorism can pop up anywhere.

Kenya seems to be one of the countries in the Islam-Christian border of Africa. Nigeria seems to have borne the brunt of Islamic terrorism, but Kenya isn't too far away,

[Aggressor66]

Terrible. My prayers go out to family and friends.
I don't understand killing God's children in the name of religion.
I especially don't understand Africans killing Africa in the name of an Arab religion.

[jaysabi]

The list of countries where such attacks are carried out seem to be increasing.
There seem to be no "safe" countries. 

Crime rates in Africa have been high from a long time. But its disappointing to see they targetted students in this attack. This seems to be the second attack in one year time period, after Westgate shopping mall being the first.
Even though the militant activity seems to have reduced, there are still making potential threats with these kinds of attacks.

Kenya is one of the peaceful places in this world. It just shows you that this terrorism can pop up anywhere.

It's reported they targeted Kenya in response to Kenyan troops being used in the African Union mission targeting militants in Somalia.

[Twipple]

The list of countries where such attacks are carried out seem to be increasing.
There seem to be no "safe" countries. 

Crime rates in Africa have been high from a long time. But its disappointing to see they targetted students in this attack. This seems to be the second attack in one year time period, after Westgate shopping mall being the first.
Even though the militant activity seems to have reduced, there are still making potential threats with these kinds of attacks.

Most of the Africa yes, but if you read some of the interviews, then you will see this was a place which was very less likely to be hit by a terrorist attack, and people actually moved from neighboring places to here for university and other jobs.
But instead this was the place which got hit.

[CoolRunnings21]

The religion of peace.


Islam is such a poison it isnt even funny.

[jaysabi]

The religion of peace.


Islam Religion is such a poison it isnt even funny.

FTFY

[bryant.coleman]

Before Islam and Christianity conquered Africa, it was a peaceful place. Now we have people killing each other in both Muslim nations (such as Nigeria and Sudan) as well as Christian states (such as Rwanda).

That said, the root cause of this particular attack is the drawing of colonial borders. Kenya contains large areas inhabited by ethnic Somalis, which are near 100% Muslim. These people don't want to live in a Christian majority state. Al Shabab is having a lot of sympathizers in these regions.

[twister]

Terrible. My prayers go out to family and friends.
I don't understand killing God's children in the name of religion.
I especially don't understand Africans killing Africa in the name of an Arab religion.

I don't get it either.
Killing innocent children in the name of God.
So much for the "Religion of Peace"

[Aggressor66]

Terrible. My prayers go out to family and friends.
I don't understand killing God's children in the name of religion.
I especially don't understand Africans killing Africa in the name of an Arab religion.

I don't get it either.
Killing innocent children in the name of God.
So much for the "Religion of Peace"

Terrible tragedy, I can only hope for their healing and for this madness to stop.

[EsBitcoin.org]

There are countries where you can not do politics...
RIP 147

[waterpile]

Terrible. My prayers go out to family and friends.
I don't understand killing God's children in the name of religion.
I especially don't understand Africans killing Africa in the name of an Arab religion.

I don't get it either.
Killing innocent children in the name of God.
So much for the "Religion of Peace"

Because these distorted individuals know that if they kill many non-believers they would be rewarded greatly in paradise

http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/sina/call_to_muslims.htm

I live in a country where both Christians and Islam are in together and we're still at war. Also ISIS decides to train our muslim brothers, so terrorism increased greatly in our country.

[bryant.coleman]

I don't get it either.
Killing innocent children in the name of God.
So much for the "Religion of Peace"

What about similar killings by Christian sects? Have you ever heard about the Lord's Resistance Army of Uganda, which is headed by Joseph Kony? IMO, Africa will be a much better place if the Christian and Muslim sects stop their conversion of the local population.

[countryfree]

Before Islam and Christianity conquered Africa, it was a peaceful place. Now we have people killing each other in both Muslim nations (such as Nigeria and Sudan) as well as Christian states (such as Rwanda).

I really doubt there has been a single period where Africa was a peaceful place. There are hundreds of different ethnic groups and they all have been fighting each other for centuries. Pretty much like the British have been at war many times with the French. In today's Ethiopia, the kingdom of Aksum was at war with the kingdom of Kush several centuries BC.

Regarding that al-shabab group, does anyone know how they're funded? They've been active for a while, so they've got to have some money-making organization behind them.

[bryant.coleman]

I really doubt there has been a single period where Africa was a peaceful place. There are hundreds of different ethnic groups and they all have been fighting each other for centuries. Pretty much like the British have been at war many times with the French. In today's Ethiopia, the kingdom of Aksum was at war with the kingdom of Kush several centuries BC.

Warfare always existed in every single nook and corner of the world, including Africa. But Africa as a whole, was a peaceful place where different ethnic groups lived without any problem.

Regarding that al-shabab group, does anyone know how they're funded? They've been active for a while, so they've got to have some money-making organization behind them.

They have multiple sources of financing. Some of their funds come from Somali pirates. Some of it comes in the form of commissions levied on remittances from abroad.

[countryfree]

Regarding that al-shabab group, does anyone know how they're funded? They've been active for a while, so they've got to have some money-making organization behind them.

They have multiple sources of financing. Some of their funds come from Somali pirates. Some of it comes in the form of commissions levied on remittances from abroad.

OK, thanks. I think piracy is down thanks to increased security with more international patrol boats. So that leaves remittance, but I don't expect this to be large. It isn't like ISIS which started with the backing from some guys with big money in the Gulf.