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Article: U.N. says Somalia was base for al-Qaida attack Evidence from strikes in Kenya on jet, hotel fuels terror fears
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 5, 2003
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Al-Qaida operatives who attacked a hotel and
plane in Kenya trained, plotted and obtained weapons in neighboring
Somalia, a U.N. report says, lending support to U.S. concerns the
lawless Horn of Africa nation could be a haven for terrorists.
The draft report, obtained Tuesday by the Associated Press,
details how an al-Qaida cell trained in Mogadishu in November 2001,
smuggled surface-to-air missiles from Somalia to Kenya in August
2002, then fled back to Somalia after attacking a Kenyan resort hotel
and an Israeli charter aircraft on Nov. 28.
Twelve Kenyans and three Israeli tourists were killed when at
least two suicide bombers rammed an explosives-laden car into the ...