Kenyan soldiers talk as they prepare to advance near Liboi in Somalia, on October 18, 2011, near Kenya's border town with Somalia. Kenyan jets struck in Somalia in a bid to rid the border area of Islamist rebels blamed for a spate of abductions, including that of a French woman who died in captivity, officials said. Kenyan ground troops guided by pro-government Somali forces prepared for a fresh assault against the al-Shabaab insurgents with the blessing of the Western-backed government in Mogadishu and its Ugandan protectors. Nairobi's unprecedented military incursion into Somalia, which it said had already killed dozens of fighters, triggered dire warnings by a top al-Shabaab leader of bloody retaliation. AFP PHOTO/STRINGER