A street in Eastleigh, the Somali quarter of Nairobi. (Rick Wayne photo)How Kenya's 'Little Mogadishu' Became A Hub For Somali Militants -- Christian Science Monitor
The Somali enclave of Eastleigh in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is now a recruiting and financial center for hardline Islamists fighting in neighboring Somalia.
Eastleigh, Kenya - The streets of Eastleigh, a Somali enclave of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, are crowded and dirty. Sewage and rotting garbage flow through gullies. Police are virtually nonexistent; restaurants are locked, even when open, for safety reasons; and guns are readily available for sale at the market.
No one ever said "Little Mogadishu" was paradise, but now the sprawling neighborhood has become a hub of financing and recruiting for militant Islamists waging holy war in neighboring Somalia, according to residents, security analysts, and diplomats.
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My Comment: These extremists fled the country that they put into a mess .... and now these same extremists are going out of their way to disrupt the country that accepted them from the hell that they themselves created.
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