AND AGAIN – AT 10:31 A.M. ET:  There has been another apparently Islamist-inspired attack in Kenya, where there have been some horrible attacks in the past year.  Islamists are increasingly active in that country, considered one of the most modern in Africa.  Barack Obama has a Kenyan background, through his father, but has shown, as usual, no particular interest.  From AP:

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Twenty-two people were killed in overnight attacks by gunmen in two counties on the Kenyan coast, where al-Qaida-linked militants last month claimed responsibility for killing 65 people, the Kenya Red Cross said Sunday.

The Saturday night attacks took place in the towns of Hindi in Lamu county and Gamba in Tana River, Kenya Red Cross chief Abbas Gulet said. Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants from Somalia claimed responsibility for the attacks.

According to the Lamu county commissioner Njenga Miiri, a group of about 15 gunmen raided the Malamandi village of Hindi and started shooting at residents. The gunmen also attacked Gamba police station, Kenya's police chief David Kimaiyo said.

COMMENT:  Africa has become a major battleground in the war on terror.  American and British authorities fear that some residents of our two countries, especially from Somalia, are returning to become jihadists in their native lands, with the idea of bringing their terrorist skills back to the West.  The prospect is frightening.

July 6,  2014