Free Republic 4th Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $12,709
15%  
Woo hoo!! And our first 15% is in!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: garissa

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Islamic gunmen storm Kenyan college, 15 killed; Christians targeted

    • 9 a.m. ET: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta calls for 10,000 police recruits to report to police college. • 8 a.m. ET: At least 15 people have been killed by gunmen who attacked a Kenyan university Thursday, the Kenyan Interior Ministry said. As many as 550 others are unaccounted for at the campus that had about 815 students, according to CNN affiliate Citizen TV. The Kenyan Red Cross said at least 50 students have been freed. • 7:07 a.m. ET: Heavy gunfire and explosions continue at Garissa University College, more than nine hours after the attack began, CNN affiliate NTV...
  • 40 injured as Muslims protest presence of US marines in Kenya

    12/15/2003 3:43:54 AM PST · by Prodigal Son · 5 replies · 121+ views
    NAIROBI: At least 40 people were injured in violent riots by hundreds of Muslims in a northeastern Kenyan town protesting the presence of US marines on a humanitarian mission, police and press reports said on Sunday. “Several hundred people demonstrated on Friday against the presence of US marines, who were here to offer free medical and veterinary services,” Garissa district police chief Remmy Ngugi said. “Placard-waving protestors burnt tyres on main roads and torched American flags and an effigy of US President George Bush at a Garissa playground before accosting the marines, but we managed to bring the situation under...