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| Al Shabab Calls for 'Westgate'-Style Attack in U.S., Canada and U.K. |
| 2015-02-22 |
| [NBCNEWS] Terrorist group al Shabab released a video Saturday calling for attacks on shopping malls in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. The video, released by the Somalia-based group's official media wing, calls for attacks in the style of al Shabab's 2013 siege on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, in which more than 60 people were killed. Minnesota's Mall of America, which was referenced in the video, said it was aware of the threat. "We will continue to follow the situation, along with law enforcement, and will remain vigilant as we always do in similar situations," it said in a statement. The mall, which is America's largest, has implemented additional covert and visible security measures, the statement added. A spokesman for the National Security Council said the FBI and Department of Homeland Security have been working in recent months with mall operators to prevent and mitigate such attacks. "Protecting public safety and national security is our highest priority," NSC spokesman Ned Price said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 * OTOH WORLDNEWS > US DHS CHIEF SAYS RIGHT-WING VIOLENCE IS BIGGER THREAT TO US THAN ISIS. IMO Artic read, THREAT TO AMERIKA'S SACRED SECULAR NATIONAL COMMUNISM-SOCIALISM. Becuz clearly only Lunatic Fanatic Terrorist Nationalists would have the audacity to ask the Voters = aka "the People" to vote on iff they want OWG + NAU + Socialism! D *** NEG "PEACE THRU STRENGTH" LOVERS! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-02-22 22:07 |
| #8 All the bad guys need to do is buy up a container load of Nike Air Jordans (or whatever the most current fashion athletic shoes is) get them into a mall, and then announce a Barack Obama sponsored "day of revenge against white shoppers", with Air Jordans for the most "wins" in the mall knock-out game - oh, and arrange for free buses to the mall for feral black ghetto rats. Then, they just sit back and watch America's "professional voters" tear the mall apart. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2015-02-22 21:51 |
| #7 Correct me iff I'm wrong, but AIRC the average US Mall guard is NOT armed wid guns, but batons, radios, + assor pepper sprays - some Malls allow Tasers but these are in the minority??? Maybe in the blue states. In many red states, grocery store guards are armed. Kenya's problem is that its security forces (cops and soldiers) were ill-trained, unwilling to do their jobs and more interesting in looting than in hunting down the attackers. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2015-02-22 20:22 |
| #6 Some mall cops ride Segways - does that help?? |
| Posted by: Bangkok Billy 2015-02-22 20:02 |
| #5 Correct me iff I'm wrong, but AIRC the average US Mall guard is NOT armed wid guns, but batons, radios, + assor pepper sprays - some Malls allow Tasers but these are in the minority??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-02-22 19:30 |
| #4 That is a tactic that just might wake up the population and get us to demand EFFECTIVE action. The Obama administration would probably do everything in its power to call it "workplace violence." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-02-22 18:36 |
| #3 Stephen Hunter's novel "Soft Target" -- good book, re-reading it now. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2015-02-22 15:56 |
| #2 If the Somali community was smart, they'd report ANY hijinx, cuz they'd be real easy to backlash |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-02-22 13:47 |
| #1 Tom Clancy wrote this scenario years ago...before he died. Came through Mexico if I remember correctly. That is a tactic that just might wake up the population and get us to demand EFFECTIVE action. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-02-22 12:18 |