Kenya: Another Month, Another Devastating Attack in Kenya - Can Al-Shabaab Be Stopped?

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Yet more violence in Kenya on Sunday night as 48 people were gunned down in the streets of a coastal town. Al-Shabaab strike again, making a mockery of the Kenyan government's attempts to stop them. SIMON ALLISON wonders if Kenya is going about it the wrong way.

In Kenya, the scenes of devastation are beginning to repeat themselves. There is the charred skeleton of another burnt-out car. There are the bullet holes in the wall, the shattered glass on the floor, the collapsed sheets of corrugated iron. There are the dead bodies - this time 48 of them, all men, mostly civilians, left in the wake of a five-hour rampage from by gunmen who shot up bars and homes and set several buildings alight.

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