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Dozens butchered in Kenyan ethnic clashes
AFP ^ | August. 22, 2012

Posted on 08/22/2012 10:36:21 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

AFP - At least 48 Kenyans were hacked or burnt to death in ethnic clashes between two rival groups, the worst single attack since deadly post-election violence four years ago, police said Wednesday.

"It is a very bad incident.... They include 31 women, 11 children and six men," regional deputy police chief Joseph Kitur said of the attack, which took place late Tuesday between the Pokomo and Orma peoples in the rural Tana River district.

Kitur said "34 were hacked to death and 14 others were burnt to death," while several huts were torched after a gang of men launched the attack, the latest in a long history of bitter clashes between the rival groups in the remote area of Kenya.

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1 posted on 08/22/2012 10:36:26 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

More Obama meddling.


2 posted on 08/22/2012 10:38:08 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: Free ThinkerNY

No information on religion. Was there any roll - the usual question.


3 posted on 08/22/2012 10:39:20 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Truth29

Make that role.


4 posted on 08/22/2012 10:39:55 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama is trying out his plans for America in a country where he is unlikely to be criticized.


5 posted on 08/22/2012 10:43:00 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Truth29

Farmers vs Cattlemen


6 posted on 08/22/2012 10:43:19 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Free ThinkerNY
http://us10.memecdn.com/obama-approves_o_204409.jpg

Nothing gets out the stains of a Society, like a good ethnic cleansing!

Now with extra Mau-Mau.

7 posted on 08/22/2012 10:43:19 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Normalcy results in the creation of life, Sodomy results in AIDS)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Godfrey, this sounds like something out of “Jungle Jim!”...only a lot worse, of course. My God.


8 posted on 08/22/2012 10:43:40 AM PDT by RexBeach (Mr. Obama Can't Count.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I hope George Obama is OK.


9 posted on 08/22/2012 10:45:47 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This has been going on for thousands of years in Africa and among native americans... Them “indians” were not tree huggers.. but hoodrats.. tribal gangs..


10 posted on 08/22/2012 10:47:19 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

If Obama and Holder thought they could get away with it they would have their brownshirts do the same to conservatives here in America.


11 posted on 08/22/2012 11:04:18 AM PDT by History Repeats (Drink plenty of TEA, but avoid the Koolaid.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

In whicn part of Chicago is Kenya? Kind of sounds like Chicago.


12 posted on 08/22/2012 11:07:41 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (I wanna start a Seniors' Motor Scooter Gang. Wanna join?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Their boy wonder was on the links while this was happening.


13 posted on 08/22/2012 11:09:54 AM PDT by bgill
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For those who don't know, the O's grandpa was imprisoned by the British for Mau Mau activities, it's the source of his hatred of the UK.

Mau Mau was a terrorist, marxist, anti-colonial uprising that was remarkable in it's violence.

The outdoor writer Robert Ruark wrote two books about it, "Something of Value" and "Uhuru", which got him banned from Kenya, which he loved dearly. Although they are novels, they draw heavily on real life, showing much about the make-up of O'grandpa and O'daddy.

Mau Mau was extreme tribalism extended into the political world, but the underlying brutality has, and always will, been a fact of everyday life in Africa.

14 posted on 08/22/2012 11:33:12 AM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: Free ThinkerNY

In America, Kenyans will use 1.5 billion hollow points.


15 posted on 08/22/2012 11:48:01 AM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Interesting. If Obama had a son he would look like everyone involved. On both sides.


16 posted on 08/22/2012 12:00:22 PM PDT by Noamie
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To: Free ThinkerNY
All you need to know: Orma: Muslim. Pokomo:Christian.
17 posted on 08/22/2012 12:02:17 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (A deep-fried storm is coming, Mr Obama.)
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To: TexasCajun; Truth29
See #17. Muslims vs Christians. Guardian UK adds that the clashes have intensified due to an influx of Somalis into the area.
18 posted on 08/22/2012 12:07:19 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (A deep-fried storm is coming, Mr Obama.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
More info here [with my comments embedded]:
The attack came in the wake of last week’s incident in which three villagers were killed and six injured after [muslim]Orma herdsmen attacked [Christian]Pokomo villagers.

The attack occurred after cattle owned by the Orma strayed into Pokomo farmlands and destroyed crops.

The farmers attacked the herdsmen and slashed some of their animals, which police said were 200.

The [muslim]herdsmen regrouped and attacked a [Christian]Pokomo village, killing three villagers. It was after that the Pokomos hit back.

The Christians in Kenya, at least, are hitting back.
19 posted on 08/22/2012 12:15:18 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (A deep-fried storm is coming, Mr Obama.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is why the Gopvernment wants your gun.

So you cannot defend yourself from attacks like this.


20 posted on 08/22/2012 12:20:27 PM PDT by Venturer
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