MOGADISHU – Islamic rebels in Somalia have warned neighbouring Kenya against invading border areas under their control in the southern part of the Horn of Africa country, China's Xinhua news agency cited a local media as reporting on Thursday. In the past weeks, the Islamist group of al-Shabab was accused by the Kenyan government of orchestrating rally riots in support of Abdulah Al-Faisal, an radical Jamaican cleric, who had once been jailed for allegedly inciting hatred against non-Muslims. He managed to enter Kenya recently and the authorities have since sought to deport him. Sheikh Mohamed Arab, the Islamic-appointed Governor of Dhobley town on the common frontier between Somalia and Kenya, told the local Shabelle radio that 1,500 Kenyan soldiers were amassed at the border and that there were military maneuvers by Kenyan troops. The Islamic official accused the Kenya troops of planning an invasion of territories under the group's control, vowing to defend their "country" to the last drop of blood.
