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"Terror Strike Would Help McCain, Top Adviser Says." ... "A top adviser to [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain said that a terrorist attack in the United States would be a political benefit to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, a comment that was immediately disputed by the candidate and denounced by his Democratic rival." ... "Charles R. Black Jr., one of McCain's most senior political advisers, said in an interview with Fortune magazine that a fresh terrorist attack "certainly would be a big advantage to him." He also said that the December assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, while "unfortunate," helped McCain win the Republican primary by focusing attention on national security." ... "The comment reinjected the fear of terrorism into the campaign as both candidates had been shifting their conversation to the economy and $4-per-gallon gasoline." ... "The comments also returned the political spotlight to McCain's advisers and, in particular, to Black, who has drawn criticism for his long lobbying career and his representation of controversial foreign governments. McCain has been criticized for surrounding himself with top advisers who were lobbyists." ... "Black and his lobbying partners were at times registered foreign agents for a collection of U.S.-backed foreign leaders whose human rights records were sometimes harshly criticized, even as American conservatives embraced their opposition to communism. They included Angolan guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, Nigerian [General] Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre, and the countries of Kenya and Equatorial Guinea, among others." (1, 2) -By Michael D. Shear with contributions by Karl Vick and Alice Crites -WashingtonPost 
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- "How
Kenya came undone: Long-simmering ethnic tensions
threaten to tear apart East Africa's most stable, prosperous country."
... "While the most recent spark for the violence was the deeply flawed
elections in which Mr. [Mwai] Kibaki was declared president, the underlying
source of the country's tension is a perception that one ethnic group –
Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe – has unfairly benefited from the nation's wealth
solely because of its proximity to people in power. Resentment between
Kenya's ethnic communities is chronic, observers say, but mistrust of Kikuyus
has been building ever since Kenya's first president, Jomo Kenyatta, took
power after independence from Britain in 1963." ... "Under Mr. Kenyatta
– himself a Kikuyu – Kikuyus rose to high positions in government, took
over major firms, and bought much of the farm land sold off by departing
white settlers in the fertile Rift Valley. But it took a sense of betrayal
to produce the violence of today, experts say. In 2002, a remarkably broad
coalition of opposition leaders from different ethnic groups overthrew
the 24-year dictatorship of President Daniel arap Moi. The new government
signed a memorandum of understanding to share power." ... "But in 2003,
Kibaki revoked that agreement and went back to the old habit of filling
government positions – including, crucially, the Electoral Commission of
Kenya – with personal allies and members of his own ethnic group, the Kikuyus.
Furious at what they considered a betrayal, and cut off from access to
power, former allies such as populist opposition leader Raila Odinga –
a member of the Luo ethnic group who claims that he won the Dec. 27 vote
– broke from the government and started a campaign for "majimbo,"
Swahili for self-rule, and resistance to Kikuyu domination." ... "For most
Kenyans, this tribal fight is not just about the presidency, but land –
the ultimate source of wealth in a mainly agricultural society. And the
Rift Valley – Kenya's bread basket – is the main battlefield, as small
"indigenous" armies with bows, arrows, and machetes march to expel the
Kikuyu "newcomers."" ... "Some politicians used radio broadcasts to spread
hatred against Kikuyus, and proclaimed that the time had come to remove
the "weeds" from their lands." ... "Stoked with hate, the ethnic clashes
began in earnest, particularly in the areas where Kikuyus had settled in
the Rift Valley. Between the elections of 1992 and 1997, more than 2,000
Kenyans were killed and more than 300,000 Kenyans were displaced, most
of them Kikuyus." ... "Politicians have used the belief that Kikuyus control
the economy as a battle cry, pitting Kikuyus as the perpetual "haves" against
the Luos, Kalenjins, and other tribes as the perpetual "have-nots."" (1,
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-By Scott Baldauf -CSMonitor
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- "Tribal
violence spreads in Kenya." ... "Kenya was locked
into a chain reaction of violence on Monday as a spate of weekend killings
in one part of the country triggered rioting by members of the victims'
tribes elsewhere." ... "Tens of thousands of Kikuyus have fled western
Kenya since the president's disputed election victory on December 27. Across
the country more than 200,000 people have been forced from their homes
in post-election violence that has killed over 800." ... "The most vicious
sustained fighting has been in the Rift Valley province and has pitted
members of the local Kalenjin ethnic group and the Luo community against
Kikuyus." ... "Violence has been fuelled by the Kikuyus' perceived monopoly
of power and wealth as well as inequality, grievances over land distribution
and a long-held sense of marginalisation among non-Kikuyu tribes." -By
Barney Jopson -FT.com
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- "Rival
gangs defy leaders' call for peace in Kenya: The
latest outburst of ethnic violence is the worst since the disputed [December
2007] Dec. 27 presidential election." ... "The country's latest post-election
trouble spot is Nakuru, about 100 miles northwest of Nairobi, where gangs
from rival tribes have burned hundreds of homes, stoned motorists and hacked
dozens of people with machetes. The local morgue was overrun with burned,
mutilated bodies. Local media put the death toll at as many as 41." ...
"The government dispatched army units to quell the violence and imposed
a dusk-to-dawn curfew." ... "The clashes in Nakuru, which previously had
escaped much of the violence, were some of the deadliest in this East African
nation since the turmoil that followed a disputed Dec. 27 presidential
poll." ... "International election observers said the vote was plagued
by irregularities and suspected rigging. Despite the controversy, incumbent
President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner by the country's election
commission, sparking nationwide riots that have killed more than 600 people
and displaced another 250,000." ... "The latest violence started Thursday
night, just hours after Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga met for
mediation talks for the first time. The presidential rivals shook hands
and called upon their supporters to maintain peace as negotiations proceeded."
-By Edmund Sanders -LAtimes
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- "Two freed in Kenya attack probe." ... "On Friday, police found two launchers and two unused surface-to-air missiles less than a quarter mile from the end of the runway where the Arkia Boeing 757 narrowly escaped being shot down as it took off." ... "Israeli intelligence sources said the missiles used in the attack were "almost certainly SA-7s, or Strela missiles."" ... "Israel's Mossad spy agency, which has a long record of hunting terror suspects, is leading the investigation into the twin attacks on Israeli tourists in Kenya." -CNN /World /Asia
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