Kenyan forces say flush out suspected Islamist militants in forest

By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan security forces have destroyed five camps used by suspected militants linked to the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab in a sweep of a forest on the north coast, a commander in charge of the operation said. The army and police launched the operation two months ago in Boni Forest, close to the Somali border, to flush out militants it believed were using the area to launch strikes in Kenya. Al Shabaab has been behind a spate of attacks on Kenya in t