Shortly after an attack on a hotel in Mombasa , Kenya , and the failed attempt to shoot down a plane bound for Israel that took off from the Mombasa airport , both in November 2002 , the United States began informally reaching out to the Somali clans in the hopes that local forces might provide intelligence about suspected members of Al Qaeda in Somalia .
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Kenya /location/location/contains Mombasa
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