Were Americans Among The Al-Shabab Nairobi Mall Attackers? -- Daily Beast
Somalia’s al Qaeda affiliate says three Americans joined its assault on an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi that left at least 68 dead. Jamie Dettmer reports on whether they could be from the Twin Cities.
As the gunmen from Al-Shabab, armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, slaughtered shoppers and families in Nairobi’s Westgate mall, the group live-tweeted its satisfaction with the hostage taking and carnage: “Like it or loathe it! our mujahideen confirmed all executions were point blank range!”
The macabre social-media commentary continued via various Twitter accounts throughout the weekend, and as Kenyan soldiers assisted by Israeli special forces began to try to clear the huge complex and rescue dozens of hostages, an English-language Twitter account purporting to speak for Al-Shabab boasted of more attacks to come. It also claimed to identify 10 of the gunmen, including three Americans, all aged in their 20s, as having taken part in the operation.
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Update#1: Three of the terrorists responsible for mall attack in Kenya are from America -- Examiner
Update #2: This is worrisome .... Somali terror group has 20 American members, prone to strike outside Somalia -- NBC
Update #3: A Canadian involvement .... Canada investigating report 24-year-old Ontario man among militants in deadly Kenya mall siege -- National Post
Update #4: Is ‘White Widow’ Samantha Lewthwaite Behind Nairobi Westgate Mall Attack? -- Epoch Times
Update #5: Nairobi Westgate Mall Siege: 'The White Widow' and the Western Jihadists Fighting for Al-Shabaab -- IBTimes
Update #6: Nationalities of Kenya shopping mall gunmen unknown -- Washington Post
Update #7: Westerners said to be among Kenya attackers -- Times of Israel
My Comment: I suspect that alarm bells are now going off in Canada, Britain, the U.S., and elsewhere.
