It’s not clear whether the attempt to break into the British base was connected to the attack on the base in Manda Bay that killed three Americans
. Somali Islamist insurgent group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack early on Sunday and posted pictures of fighters posing next to planes in flames.The deadly attack came only days after the United States said it was tightening security at its bases following threats from Iran to retaliate for a U.S. air strike that killed its most prominent military commander.
“This Kenya attack has no connection with the Middle East attack. It is a fight between us and the U.S.,” said Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s spokesman for military operations.The insurgent group, which wants to oust Somalia’s U.N.-backed government, is now seeking to broaden its regional reach and reaffirm ties with al-Qaeda, which it first pledged allegiance to in 2012, analysts said on Monday.
“We heard chatter three months ago that al Shabaab was planning intensive cross-border operations and had identified commanders to lead those operations,” Bryden said. Photographs circulating among security specialists and seen by Reuters showed five dead men in fatigues with military-standard boots sprawled on a concrete slab next to the insurgency’s trademark black flag and an assortment of weapons that included grenades and a machinegun.
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