[kictanet] ICANN meeting and security concerns

[Adam Peake]

Thanks, it's been reassuring to see the positive 
comments about the security situation.  Wamuyu, 
your comment about Kenya's long experience 
working with the U.S. on terrorism is well taken: 
intelligence should be good.  Just hope decisions 
will be made based on good intelligence.

Very difficult from press reports, including 
video to get a real sense of how serious the 
demonstrations were. Some of the video in 
particular looks dramatic, as if the whole of 
downtown Nairobi was overtaken by trouble.  I 
haven't been to the Jamia Mosque, but stayed at 
the Intercontinental and been to the KICC.  The 
Mosque and KICC are a few hundred yards apart, is 
that correct?  Quite easy to get the wrong 
impression if like me you don't know the city.  I 
am guessing the demonstrations were around the 
Mosque and didn't spread more than a couple of 
streets, but that's not the impression you'd get 
from media coverage.

But some good news from the media today, Reuters 
reporting "Somali Rebels Deny Threatening to 
Attack Nairobi" 
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/01/22/world/international-uk-kenya-somalia.html>. 
I understand ICANN had picked up on this story a 
day or so ago and it had made them more 
concerned.  Now we see the story is false, 
hopefully some sense will return.

Adam



At 11:26 AM +0300 1/22/10, waudo siganga wrote:
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>Unfortunately some of the info,and especially 
>the pictures e.g. 
><http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/847166/-/t4k7a0z/-/>http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/847166/-/t4k7a0z/-/ 
>coming up on some other communications make 
>Nairobi look like central Kabul!
>
>  > just a quick note to update those of you who 
>are planning to go to Nairobi. the security 
>situation in Nairobi may be deteriorating. 
>here's the lede from a Reuters story that hit a 
>few hours ago;
>>
>>  > NAIROBI, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Somalia's 
>>hardline al Shabaab rebels threatened on 
>>Thursday to attack neighbouring Kenya following 
>>a crackdown on Somalis in the capital Nairobi, 
>>according to a recording posted on an al 
>>Shabaab Web site. Islamist al Shabaab have 
>>threatened to attack Kenya before, although 
>>anger has been rising over the past week among 
>>the Somali community after Kenyan security 
>>forces detained hundreds of Somalis living in a 
>>Nairobi suburb.
>>
>>  here's a link to the story;
>>
>>  http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE60K1XM.htm
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>I couldn't open the link, but another story is attached below:
>
><http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/847166/-/t4k7a0z/-/> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/847166/-/t4k7a0z/-/
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>"Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the ones
>doing it."
>-old proverb
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