Al Shabaab threaten to attack Kenya capital

21 Jan 21, 2010 - 10:24:06 AM

Somalia's insurgent group Al-Shabaab has threatened and also accused neighbouring Kenya of deploying more troops to the bordering towns.

Sheikh Mahammed Arab, an Al-Shabaab administrator in Somali border town of Dhobley, near the Kenyan border said they have received reports that Kenyan military numbering more than 1500 with battle wagons are making military movement along the border.

"We have the information about heavy military movement along the border between Somalia and Kenya. We don’t know the meaning of this but we are warning of repercussions for any aggression," he said.

Al-Shabaab authority in Jubba regions has early warned Kenya to withdrawal all its forces along the border.

Al-Shabaab militants recently captured the Lower Jubba region in southern Somalia from Hizbul Islam, their former allies.

Kenya has repeatedly in the past refuted of carrying any military operations along the border other than normal border patrols.

The allegations come as a purported Al-Shabaab song released on Wednesday warn Nairobi of retaliation for its crack-down against Muslims.

“We have arrived at the border, we will enter Kenya , and Inshallah we will get to Nairobi… when we get there, we will fight, we will kill, because we have weapons, enough weapons.," said the six-minutes clip posted on the website.

Kenya's Interior Minister George Saitoti on Saturday accused Al-Shabaab sympathizers of infiltrating Friday's demonstration against the arrest of Jamaican-born cleric Abdullah Al-Faisal by security forces.

The demo turned chaotic, resulting on death and destructions. The security forces conducted raids on Somali-inhabited in the capital and other major cities in the country, leading to arrest of more than 700 people, mostly Somalis.