Kenya: A Weakening Al Shabaab Escalates Its Propaganda

22 October 2011

Faced with growing opposition at home and increasing chances of defeat at the hands of the forces raging against it, Somali insurgent group al Shabaab has stepped up its propaganda campaign as Kenyan soldiers push closer to the group's stronghold in the port town of Kismayu.

At the close of the first week of Kenya's military campaign against the group, al Shabaab ratcheted up its war rhetoric, warning that Kenya will pay dearly for its campaign.

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