[Garowe] The Kenya Defense Forces [KDF] has announced the killing of al-Shabaab
 ...... the personification of Somali state failure...
turbans in the heavily encroached Boni forest along the Indian Ocean coast, in the latest operation targeting the notorious bully boyz within the country.
For years, the al-Shabaab group has been launching small to large-scale sporadic attacks in the East African country, necessitating the swift deployment of KDF turbans to Somalia. al-Shabaab has a solid base in the Horn of Africa nation.
In a statement, KDF confirmed that it killed 10 new al-Shabaab graduates during the operation near the Kenya-Somalia border within Lamu County. A multi-agency security team led by KDF has been conducting surveillance in the forest.
During the Friday operation, KDF noted, dozens of turbans who were plotting an attack, also managed to run away from the country. It's within Boni that al-Shabaab has been recruiting and training turbans especially those lured within Kenya according to authorities.
The operation was carried out between Sarira and Kolbio areas, within the expansive Boni Forest. Currently, there are hundreds of KDF soldiers and police within Boni forest according to government records.
"One Rocket Propelled Grenade [RPG] launcher, several assault weapons, assorted ammunitions as well as personal effects were recovered during the operations," KDF said.
Further reports show the turbans were part of the Jeysh Ayman team led by Maalim Ayman. They added that Ayman had planned to carry out attacks within the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Æthiopia Transport [LAPSSET] Corridor.
Al-Shabaab turbans have been targeting Mandera, Lamu, Garissa, and Wajir counties, forcing Kenya to deploy more soldiers across the border. There are also close to 3,500 KDF soldiers in Somalia working under African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission [ATMIS]. 
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