Sources: http://m.aljazeera.com/story/201412894130719731
and
http://horseedmedia.net/2014/12/08/kenyan-counter-terrorism-police-confess-to-extrajudicial-killings/



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93En1tRrpTY

Kenyan counter-terrorism police confess to extrajudicial killings

For the first time, members of Kenya’s counter-terrorism police admit to ‘eliminating’ radical Muslims
Police eliminations could be “almost 500”
Prima facie evidence” to suggest Britain and Israel involved

Speaking exclusively to Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit, officers from four units of Kenya’s counter-terrorism strategy admitted the police assassinate suspects on government orders.

An Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) officer said the order comes from Kenya’s National Security Council: “It comprises of the President, Deputy President, Chief of the Defence Forces, Inspector General of Police, National Security Intelligence Service Director, Cabinet Secretary of Interior, and the Principal Secretary Interior. Any decision is made within that club of people.”

President Uhuru Kenyatta and National Security Council members denied running an extrajudicial killing programme.

Police eliminations, according to the ATPU officer, could run into the hundreds every year: “Day in, day out, you hear of eliminating suspects. We have the police itself. We have special units like GSU. So not a total, but you can say about almost 500.”

The officers admitted to personally killing suspects. The General Service Unit (GSU) Recce Company officer said: “Since I was employed, I’ve killed over 50. Definitely, I do become proud because I’ve eliminated some problems.”

The officers said Kenya’s weak judicial system forces them to resort to assassinations, as the police have failed to produce strong enough evidence to prosecute terror suspects, with only one conviction recorded.

“If the law cannot work, there’s another option… Eliminate him,” said the GSU Recce Company officer.

Abubaker Shariff Ahmed was a controversial Muslim radical known as Makaburi. Despite being charged under Kenya’s terrorism laws, he was never convicted.

In April he was gunned down outside a Mombasa court. Human rights groups claim he was one of 21 Muslim radicals allegedly killed by police since 2012.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, the officers confirmed this for the first time.

“Makaburi was killed by the police,” said one officer. “That execution was planned in Nairobi by very top, high-ranking police officers and government officials.”

Al Jazeera exclusively obtained confidential police reports, which purport to show Makaburi had extensive links to Somali militant group al Shabaab and had planned and financed bombings in Kenya.

The officers claim the intelligence, which drives the government’s “elimination programme,” was supplied by Western security agencies.

The GSU Recce Company officer said: “Once they give us the information, they know what they have told us. It is ABCD: ‘Mr. Jack’ is involved in ‘such and such’ a kind of activity. Tomorrow he’s no longer there. We have worked. Definitely the report that you gave us has been ‘worked on’.”

A Kenyan National Police spokesperson refused to comment on the allegations.

According to the officers, Britain provides training, equipment and intelligence to the units,

Israel conducts more specific training, according to a GSU Radiation Unit officer: “We get some instructors from Israel,” he said. “How to eliminate. Actually it’s one of the training.”

Mark Ellis, the head of the International Bar Association, warned the alleged complicity of these countries could violate international law.

Ellis said: “It’s clear based on these interviews that there’s at least prima facie evidence to suggest that these third party countries are involved and therefore they all have responsibility to investigate.

“We should stop providing any type of assistance or training to police units in Kenya until there is a clear change… in how the Kenyan authorities deal with suspects.”

Britain and Israel denied involvement and the UK Foreign Office said it had “raised concerns” with Kenya over the “serious allegations.”

Inside Kenya’s Death Squads premieres on Monday, 8 December 2014 at 2000 GMT / 2200 CAT.

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abdnMe:


Very worrying how Africa is being manipulated and abused in this day and age.

Uhuru reportedly refused to meet Turner after his inauguration on April 9. The High Commissioner had wanted to deliver a congratulatory message from David Cameron.

The UK then made repeated unsuccessful attempts to secure an appointment with the President during April. The Tuesday meeting only took place after London intervened and made some concessions, according to the senior Kenya government official.

As a result, Uhuru agreed to travel to London next Tuesday to attend the one day Somali conference where 50 countries will be present.

"They dispatched a senior intelligence officer who met with his counterpart in Kenya to discuss the difficulties Turner was having in getting the appointment," said a veteran politician.
- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-119005/kenya-and-uk-strike-deal-after-uhuru-win#sthash.vvi41kEH.dpuf

Sources told the Nation that he was received by excited Kenya embassy staff who had been without a substantive ambassador for close to one and a half years since former Kenya ambassador to US Elkanah Odembo left in June last year.

The 900 troops were waiting to return home after completing their training because of delays over clearance for the officers who will replace them.

The hold-up was reportedly Nairobi's response to new UK travel warnings for Britons travelling to Kenya.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28055527
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/10928901/British-troops-stranded-in-Kenya-as-diplomatic-row-escalates.html

“I think it's a tit-for-tat by the British who have asked our men to immediately leave,” a highly-placed source said

The President Uhuru even did an interview with CNN accusing the US and UK of not doing enough to help Kenya inthe fight againts terrorism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vunsGNnwIU

According to the paper, the Kenyan authorities were also reluctant to have Britain and France help with attempts to wrest control of the mall from the terrorists.

They instead turned to the Israelis. Israel dispatched advisers from the Israeli Defence Forces who have since been working closely with Kenyan commandos inside the mall, helping plan specific tactical operations.

The New York Times said the Israeli advisers did not engage in combat and stayed out of public view.

“American, French and British officials have been left with a more back-seat role from a command centre just down the street from the Westgate Mall, helping the Kenyans with the investigation of the attack and some intelligence matters,” the paper quoted a high-ranking Kenyan official as saying.

The UK’s Daily Mail reported that an off-duty member of the Britain’s Special Air Service who was at Westgate at the time of the attack single handedly rescued 100 people.
- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-137194/kenya-turned-down-americas-help-says-new-york-times#sthash.qssWApbB.dpuf

A crack unit of Israeli commandos was airlifted to Kenya as soon as the Westgate Mall siege began, as Nairobi invoked a secret security pact between the two countries under which Jerusalem guarantees military assistance should the Kenyan government be threatened by a foreign force.

denisfidha:

Then revalations that Kenya refused any kind of assistance from UK and US during the westgate mall siege of wich part of the response police team were the GSU recces that are trained in UK only seems to show that the relatioship are not that kind like in the past were britain and US dictate terms before giving any help or aid.

In the past UK and US would stop training of Kenyan soldiers and even selling equipment after they were acused of any human rights violations. But now they provide training and even intelligence and look the otherway and dont ask questions.

According to the paper, the Kenyan authorities were also reluctant to have Britain and France help with attempts to wrest control of the mall from the terrorists.

They instead turned to the Israelis. Israel dispatched advisers from the Israeli Defence Forces who have since been working closely with Kenyan commandos inside the mall, helping plan specific tactical operations.The New York Times said the Israeli advisers did not engage in combat and stayed out of public view.

“American, French and British officials have been left with a more back-seat role from a command centre just down the street from the Westgate Mall, helping the Kenyans with the investigation of the attack and some intelligence matters,” the paper quoted a high-ranking Kenyan official as saying.The UK’s Daily Mail reported that an off-duty member of the Britain’s Special Air Service who was at Westgate at the time of the attack single handedly rescued 100 people.- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-137194/kenya-turned-down-americas-help-says-new-york-times#sthash.qssWApbB.dpufAnother UK paper revealed thatA crack unit of Israeli commandos was airlifted to Kenya as soon as the Westgate Mall siege began, as Nairobi invoked a secret security pact between the two countries under which Jerusalem guarantees military assistance should the Kenyan government be threatened by a foreign force.

Source: http://m.aljazeera.com/story/2014129214858225364

Counterterrorism officers told Al Jazeera's investigative unit that extrajudicial killings were sanctioned by the Kenyan government, and the chain of command reached all the way to the president's office.

Officers confessed to being behind hundreds of extrajudicial killings a year, targeting what they referred to as "Muslim radicals", and planting evidence to make victims appear like terror suspects.

But speaking to Inside Story, Kenya's Information Minister Fred Matiangi said: "The accusations of the police being involved in the killing of Muslim clerics and so on is just gossip, rumour and innuendo, pedalled by people who have a different kind of agenda."He blamed criminals for carrying out killings in the country, but added that if police were found to be involved they would face "the full force of the law".Al Jazeera was also told Britain and Israel knew of the elimination programmes, and provided training, support and intelligence.