Kenyan military participate in U.S.-Kenyan joint military exercises
near Lamu, Kenya, February 12, 2002 during the operation "Edged
Mallet". About 3,000 US soldiers and 250 Kenyan army participate in the
exercises taking place at about 100 kilometers (65 miles) from Somali
border. According to the US embassy in Nairobi, the exercises were
planned long before the September 11th attack and don't have any
relation with a possible US intervention in Somalia. REUTERS/POOL/Pedro
Ugarte

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