On the night of October 15, 2011, I lay awake listening to the Kenyan military convoys passing through the border town of Dadaab on their way to Somalia to launch the first foreign military campaign in Kenya’s history. The proximate cause was the abduction of two Spanish aid workers from the vast refugee camps that encircle Dadaab.
2011年10月15日晚，我躺在床上，睡意全无，听到肯尼亚军车隆隆驶过边境小镇达达布（Dadaab）进入索马里，这是肯尼亚历史上第一次对外用兵。肯尼亚出兵的直接原因是达达布周边巨大的难民营中的两名西班牙医务人员遭到劫持。对肯尼亚当局来说，此前已发生过一系列西方人被索马里青年军劫持事件，此次事件让他们忍无可忍；为了停止索马里青年军的侵犯，他们发动了这次军方领袖相信很快就可以结束的行动，。