Christopher Hill defined foreign policy of a state as a set of strategies of activities chosen by a state with the view of safeguarding its national interests while at the same time achieving its goals within the international arena.
It is also seen that foreign policy varies from individual states, governments and transnational actors. Domestic and foreign policies are recognized as increasingly inseparable and they are interconnected as a part of the overall political processes in a country.
Terrorism is defined as the use of aggression against innocent individuals or persons who are not armed and with the sole aim, of causing intimidation, panic and fear within the targeted group of individuals.
A terror group or terror cell is a collection …show more content…
It happened on the 28th November 2002. Two strela 2 (SA-7) surface to air missiles were fired at an Israeli charter plane which was taking off from Moi International airport in Mombasa en route to Tel Aviv with two hundred and sixty one passengers on board. However, the missiles narrowly missed the plane. A few minutes later, at an Israeli-owned Hotel, a truck-bomb was detonated outside the Paradise Hotel in Kikambala situated in Mombasa. This attack against the hotel and charter passenger jet was coordinated to be simultaneous. This hotel was famous for hosting tourists mainly from Israel and this explosion was well timed to explode immediately after an estimated sixty tourists had checked in. it led to the death of fifteen persons and eighty injured. Out of these twelve were Kenyans and three were Israelis. The twin attacks led to the shift of attention from US to Israeli implying vulnerability of both states sharing the same enemy. This attack also confirmed to the government of Kenya that the terrorist group of Al-Qaeda was not yet done with Kenya. Later in March 2003, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kenya acknowledged the presence of accomplices as being Kenya’s nationals within the country. It was believed that the Somalis in Kenya are the ones who were involved with the attack. Due to this the Dadaab Camp which is in the border of Kenya and Somalia was seen to be the one that’s holding these terrorists …show more content…
This attack occurred on the 21st September 2013 where it was seen that gunmen entered into the mall and were armed with guns and grenades. It was a trauma for Kenya. This mall was a six storey building which contained shops, food stores , cinema and many more. During this attack these gunmen were shooting and killing people. By the end of the attack, the Al-shaabab took the blame and accepted that they were the ones who were behind the attack and gave a reason for their action which was based on the involvement of Kenya in the African Union Military against them. It was later stated by those who were rescued that this group was mainly targeting the non-muslims. It was seen that they wanted to bring conflict between the muslims and non-muslims. The rescued also stated that they were freeing the muslims before they could shoot and kill the non-muslims and they did this by asking religious questions which would determine whether you’ll leave or not. It was seen that the security forces were trying to rescue people but later on they went into the building and all that could be heard was gunshots all through. The number of people who died is still unknown till
It is also seen that foreign policy varies from individual states, governments and transnational actors. Domestic and foreign policies are recognized as increasingly inseparable and they are interconnected as a part of the overall political processes in a country.
Terrorism is defined as the use of aggression against innocent individuals or persons who are not armed and with the sole aim, of causing intimidation, panic and fear within the targeted group of individuals.
A terror group or terror cell is a collection …show more content…
It happened on the 28th November 2002. Two strela 2 (SA-7) surface to air missiles were fired at an Israeli charter plane which was taking off from Moi International airport in Mombasa en route to Tel Aviv with two hundred and sixty one passengers on board. However, the missiles narrowly missed the plane. A few minutes later, at an Israeli-owned Hotel, a truck-bomb was detonated outside the Paradise Hotel in Kikambala situated in Mombasa. This attack against the hotel and charter passenger jet was coordinated to be simultaneous. This hotel was famous for hosting tourists mainly from Israel and this explosion was well timed to explode immediately after an estimated sixty tourists had checked in. it led to the death of fifteen persons and eighty injured. Out of these twelve were Kenyans and three were Israelis. The twin attacks led to the shift of attention from US to Israeli implying vulnerability of both states sharing the same enemy. This attack also confirmed to the government of Kenya that the terrorist group of Al-Qaeda was not yet done with Kenya. Later in March 2003, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kenya acknowledged the presence of accomplices as being Kenya’s nationals within the country. It was believed that the Somalis in Kenya are the ones who were involved with the attack. Due to this the Dadaab Camp which is in the border of Kenya and Somalia was seen to be the one that’s holding these terrorists …show more content…
This attack occurred on the 21st September 2013 where it was seen that gunmen entered into the mall and were armed with guns and grenades. It was a trauma for Kenya. This mall was a six storey building which contained shops, food stores , cinema and many more. During this attack these gunmen were shooting and killing people. By the end of the attack, the Al-shaabab took the blame and accepted that they were the ones who were behind the attack and gave a reason for their action which was based on the involvement of Kenya in the African Union Military against them. It was later stated by those who were rescued that this group was mainly targeting the non-muslims. It was seen that they wanted to bring conflict between the muslims and non-muslims. The rescued also stated that they were freeing the muslims before they could shoot and kill the non-muslims and they did this by asking religious questions which would determine whether you’ll leave or not. It was seen that the security forces were trying to rescue people but later on they went into the building and all that could be heard was gunshots all through. The number of people who died is still unknown till