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Kenya's Foreign Affairs minister
says the Islamist insurgents being pursued by the Kenyan army in
neighboring Somalia are on the run and growing weaker by the day.


      Moses Wetangula said late Friday that Kenya's incursion into
Somalia has already made tremendous progress against the al-Shabab
militant group which Kenya blames for a string of kidnappings on
Kenyan soil.


      Wetangula spoke after attending a meeting of East Africa's Inter
Government Authority for Development, also known as IGAD, on the
Somali issue.


      Kenya last weekend sent troops into Somalia to wipe out
al-Shabab as a fighting force. Al-Shabab, which has sworn
allegiance to al-Qaida, has threatened to retaliate against Kenya
with suicide attacks.
      
      (Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

Kenya's Foreign Affairs minister says the Islamist insurgents being pursued by the Kenyan army in
neighboring Somalia are on the run and growing weaker by the day.

Kenyan official: Somali militants on the run

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