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Author of book slating Obama kicked out of Kenya
The American author of a controversial book accusing Barack Obama of seething with "black rage" and of being unfit for the US presidency was kicked out of Kenya on Tuesday.
- AP
- Published: 10:03 October 8, 2008
Nairobi: The American author of a controversial book accusing Barack Obama of seething with "black rage" and of being unfit for the US presidency was kicked out of Kenya on Tuesday.
The deportation of Jerome Corsi came just hours before he was to launch his book in a country where the US Democratic candidate for president is wildly popular.
Corsi, who wrote "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," was detained at immigration headquarters in Nairobi for not having a work permit before being ordered to leave Kenya, said Joseph Mumira, head of criminal investigations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Corsi was scheduled to leave on an evening flight to London, Mumira said. Airport officials would not allow journalists access to Corsi at the airport.
A spokesman for Obama said the campaign had no comment on the deportation.
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