An Isexwayiso se-FAA Kusho namuhla, ngoFebhuwari 26, 2020, ukuthi ngenxa yokuhlaselwa ngabashokobezi abanqamulelayo / amasosha aqhamuka eSomalia, kunengozi eyandayo yezindiza zomphakathi zase-US ezindizela ngaphakathi, ngaphandle, ngaphakathi, noma ngaphezulu kwendawo nendawo yomoya yaseKenya endaweni ethile .
Ngenxa yalokhu, i-FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) ishicilele iSaziso ku-Airmen (NOTAM) KICZ A0022 / 20, iseluleka izindiza zezindiza zase-US ukuthi ziqaphele ngokweqile esikhumulweni sezindiza saseKenya emazingeni aphansi kwe-FL260 empumalanga ye-40 degrees empumalanga.
Ngenkathi isebenza kakhulu eSomalia, i-al-Shabaab, iqembu elishisekayo le-al-Qa'ida elihlangene / eliyizishoshovu, yilona elikhathaza kakhulu abantu abanobushoshovu / amasosha eKenya futhi likhombisile ukuthi linamandla futhi linenhloso yokuhlasela Uhulumeni waseKenya ezokuphepha, izakhamizi, kanye nezintshisekelo zaseNtshonalanga eKenya, kubandakanya nezindiza ezihlangene zamasosha, ikakhulukazi eduze komngcele osempumalanga yeKenya neSomalia kanye nasogwini olusogwini lwaseKenya elakhelene neSomalia.
Ukuhlaselwa okuyindida kukaJanuwari 5, 2020, iCamp Simba, etholakala ngokubambisana neManda Bay Airport (HKLU), kwacekela phansi noma kwalimaza izindiza eziningi, kwabangela ukulimala kwabantu abathathu, futhi kwaveza inhloso namandla e-al-Shabaab ukukhomba umkhakha wezindiza.
I-Al-Shabaab inezikhali ezahlukahlukene, noma ifinyelela kuzo, kufaka phakathi izingalo ezincane; izikhali zomlilo ezingaqondile, njengodaka namarokhethi; nezikhali ezinamandla okulwa nezindiza, kufaka phakathi amasistimu wokuvikela umoya ophathekayo (MANPADS). Izikhali ezinjalo zingakhomba izindiza ezindaweni eziphansi, kufaka phakathi ngesikhathi sokufika nokuhamba kwezindiza, kanye / noma ukukhomba izikhumulo zezindiza nezindiza phansi, ikakhulukazi ezinkundleni zezindiza ezisempumalanga ye-40 degrees empumalanga. Amanye ama-MANPADS anamandla okufinyelela ebangeni eliphakeme lamamitha angama-25,000.
Naphezu kwemizamo yezokuphepha yaseKenya, i-al-Shabaab iyaqhubeka nokuhlela ukuhlasela okuphezulu eKenya, njengoba kukhombisa ukuhlaselwa kukaJanuwari 2019 enkampanini iDusitD2 kanye nokuhlaselwa kweWestgate Mall ngo-2013. Ngaphezu kokuhlaselwa okuphezulu, i-al-Shabaab isihlasele abantu abambalwa ngamazinga aphansi empumalanga yeKenya esifundeni somngcele waseKenya neSomalia.
I-Al-Shabaab isimemezele esidlangalaleni inhloso yayo yokuhlasela ngenhloso yokuziphindiselela emisebenzini yokulwa nobuphekula eKenya eSomalia, eyenziwa yiKenya njengengxenye yemishini ye-African Union. I-AlShabaab ingase ibe nesibindi kulandela ukuhlaselwa kwabo kweCamp Simba ngoJanuwari 2020 futhi ingazama ukuphindaphinda la maqhinga kwezinye izinkundla zezindiza eziqhelile. Emazweni angomakhelwane eSomalia, i-al-Shabaab isihlasele kaningi ihlose ukundiza kwabantu, kubandakanya nokuhlasela phansi i-Aden Adde International Airport (HCMM) kanye nezikhali ezilwa nezindiza zamasosha nezomphakathi ezisebenza ezindaweni eziphansi. I-Al-Shabaab igcina amandla okusungula iziqhumane ezifihliwe (IEDs) kanye nenhloso yokuzisebenzisa ekulweni nezindiza zomphakathi, njengoba kukhombisa ukuhlaselwa kweDaallo Airlines Flight 159 ngoFebhuwari 2016, okubandakanya ukusetshenziswa komuntu wangaphakathi ukusiza ukushushumbisa kufihlwe i-IED endizeni.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- While primarily active in Somalia, al-Shabaab, an al-Qa'ida-affiliated extremist/militant group, is the predominate extremist/militant threat concern in Kenya and has demonstrated their capability and intent to conduct attacks targeting Kenyan government security forces, civilians, and Western interests in Kenya, including joint military airfields, primarily near Kenya's eastern border with Somalia and in the coastal region of Kenya adjacent to Somalia.
- Despite Kenya's security efforts, al-Shabaab continues to plot high-profile attacks in Kenya, as demonstrated by the January 2019 attack on the DusitD2 compound and the 2013 attack on the Westgate Mall.
- Such weapons could target aircraft at low altitudes, including during the arrival and departure phases of flight, and/or target airports and aircraft on the ground, especially at airfields located east of 40 degrees east longitude.
