U.S. denies role in Kenya's Somalia operation

[The Northerner]

REPORTING FROM NAIROBI, KENYA -- The U.S. ambassador to Kenya denied any American involvement in Kenya's military operation in Somalia, which is designed to drive the extremist Islamic militia Shabab out of its bases in the south of that conflict-ridden nation.

But the U.S. was continuing to provide help to ensure Kenya's internal security, Ambassador Scott Gration said on Friday.

"We don’t have a military operation outside the border of Kenya," he told a Nairobi news conference. "We have been providing our assistance in an overt way through the Kenya navy, army and air force for a long time, and we will continue. We are not in Somalia. Our support is through equipment."

Critics and aid groups have strongly criticized the timing of the Kenyan operation, as Somalia faces its worst famine in two decades. Kenya has sealed its border with Somalia, causing the steady stream of thousands of refugees to come to an abrupt halt.

Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/10/us-denies-a-role-in-kenyas-somalia-invasion.html

[newfie11]

1. of course, didn't expect any other answer

:sarcasm:

[Arctic Dave]

2. Wasn't it just reported that they just opened a predator base in Somalia?

Or is this more talk out the side of your face stuff. We don't have "military" helping. Just mercenaries.