'Audacious assault'
By BBC World Service Africa editor Will Ross
This was an <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/imiteisymipeullika/" target="_blank">À̹ÌÅ×À̼Ƿ¹Çø®Ä«</a>=À̹ÌÅ×À̼ǰ¡
¹æ À̹ÌÅ×À̼ÇÁö°© À̹ÌÅ×À̼Ƿ¹Çø®Ä«<br /> audacious pre-dawn raid by al-Shabab militants.
It is not yet possible to verify al-Shabab's version of events, but there are unconfirmed reports that one of the aircraft
destroyed in <a href="https://peachsite.xyz/%ea%b2%bd%ea%b8%b0%ea%b4%91%ec%a3%bc%ed%8f%ac%ec%9e%a5%ec%
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»ç</a>=°æ±â±¤ÁÖÆ÷ÀåÀ̻繫·á<br /> the attack is a US plane used for spying in the region.
The fact that this happened <a href="https://melonman.club/%ea%b3%bc%ec%b2%9c%ec%9d%bc%ec%88%98-%ec%a0%95%
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popular tourist destination of Lamu Island is also alarming.
Since 2011, when Kenya sent troops to fight al-Shabab in Somalia, the jihadist group has carried out frequent attacks on
Kenyan <a href="https://melonman.club/%ed%8f%ac%ec%b2%9c%ec%9d%bc%ec%88%98-%ec%9d%b4%eb%a0%87%ea%b2%
8c-%ed%95%9c%eb%b0%a9%ec%97%90/" target="_blank">Æ÷õÀϼö</a>=Æ÷õÀϼö°·ÂÃßõ<br /> soil.
Almost exactly a year ago, 21 people were killed during a raid on the Dusit hotel complex in the capital Nairobi.
In June 2018, a US commando <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.kr/raim03852/%EC%97%AC%EC%9E%90%EB%A0%88%ED%
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Somalia during an attack by al-Shabab.
The US has stepped up military operations against the militants since Donald Trump became president in 2017.
The US military conducted more air strikes in Somalia in 2019 than in any previous year. |