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  • Terror attack kills 13 in Kenya as hundreds of Western tourists are evacuated under armed guard

    05/16/2014 9:24:01 AM PDT · by george76 · 8 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 16 May 2014 | Wills Robinson
    Security concerns have long been high in Kenya because of its proximity to Somalia and the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group, al-Shabab that operates there. In September, four al-Shabab gunmen attacked a shopping mall in Nairobi, killing at least 67 people. The 1998 embassy bombing killed more than 200. Since the mall attack, Kenya has suffered numerous smaller bombings in Nairobi and Mombasa. Kenyan authorities, with the help of the FBI, also discovered a huge car bomb that could have caused massive damage. ... Terror attack kills 13 in Kenya as hundreds of Western tourists are evacuated under armed guard over safety...
  • Kenyan Church Pastor Bans Female Parishioners From Wearing Underwear

    03/04/2014 4:58:29 AM PST · by Gamecock · 68 replies
    CBSDC ^ | March 3, 2014 | March 3, 2014
    NAIROBI, Kenya (CBSDC/AP) - A local pastor has ordered all women who attend service at Lord’s Propeller Redemption Church to refrain from wearing undergarments while attending so that they can more easily receive the spirit of Jesus Christ. The Kenyan Daily Post is reporting that a pastor identified only as “Reverend Njohi” claimed bras and underwear are not godly. Additionally, the paper says Njohi wants women who attend service at the church to be “free,” and that there would be consequences for those who do not comply. According to the UK Metro, most women did, in fact, show up at...
  • Just four gunmen carried out attack on Kenyan mall that killed 60 dead and they escaped ALIVE ...

    12/11/2013 4:59:44 AM PST · by Uncle Chip · 29 replies
    The Daily Mail Online ^ | December 11, 2013 | Daily Mail Reporter
    The NYPD believe just four men may have been behind the attack on a Kenyan mall that killed more than 60 civilians in September and they all probably escaped alive. The report, released on Tuesday, contradicts many of the claims made by Kenyan authorities, who had previously said that as many as 15 attackers were involved, including possible foreign nationals, and that they held hostages. More than 60 civilians and six soldiers died in the Sept. 21 assault by terrorists from Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab terror group on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi. The victims aged eight to 78, from 13...
  • "Never Let A Good Crisis Go To Waste" ... Kenya Mall Video Shows Soldiers Looting After Shooting

    10/22/2013 6:38:24 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 10 replies
    Online Social Media ^ | October 22, 2013 | Online Social Media
    Kenya mall video of soldiers looting after shooting New security footage has emerged online after the Westgate mall attack in Kenya, the video shown below shows what looks like security soldiers taking goods from the mall and not paying for them. Last month the Kenya mall shooting left 67 dead after suspected al-Shabab militants stormed the Nairobi Westgate shopping centre on 21 September. The video below clearly shows Kenyan soldiers carrying white bags and taking goods from the store without consent, according to reports the Kenyan military are investigating the looting allegations. The mall sells food, mobile phones and televisions,...
  • Trail of Kenyan mall attack leads investigators to Norway

    10/18/2013 6:30:10 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 13 replies
    Christian Science Monitor ^ | October 18, 2013 | By James Norton
    Norwegian police have been questioning friends and family of a Somalia-born Norwegian citizen who they suspect may be one of the gunmen behind last month's terrorist attack in Nairobi. The New York Times reports that Norwegian police are investigating whether Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow, a Norwegian citizen born in Somalia, was one of at least four militants involved in the September attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, that left more than 60 people dead. The police have been questioning friends and family of Mr. Dhuhulow.
  • Failed Navy SEALs raid on Somali target could bolster Al Shabab (Today)

    10/06/2013 11:50:29 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 43 replies
    Christian Science Monitor ^ | October 6, 2013 | Mike Pflanz
    Past US strikes on Al Shabab leaders, even successful ones, have not diminished the group.A commando unit from the US Navy’s Seal Team Six launched an amphibious raid on a Somali town, but failed to confirm a capture or kill of their Al Shabab target, suspected to be linked to Nairobi’s Westgate mall terror attack. The operation could have opposite its intended result of discouraging further attacks. Analysts warn that even earlier successful targeted strikes against Al Shabab, a Somalia-based Islamist militant group, failed to curb the group's capacity to carry out international terror attacks, and that failed missions could...
  • Navy SEALs abort mission to capture al-Shabab leader in Somalia

    10/06/2013 7:08:57 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 39 replies
    CBS News ^ | October 6, 2013
    In a stealthy seaside assault in Somalia, U.S. special forces on Saturday struck out against Islamic extremists who have carried out terrorist attacks in East Africa, before eventually aborting the mission to capture a leading terrorist suspect linked to last month's Nairobi shopping mall attack after a fierce firefight. A U.S. Navy SEAL team swam ashore near a town in southern Somalia before militants of the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group al-Shabab rose for dawn prayers. The raid on a house in the town of Barawe targeted a specific al-Qaeda suspect related to the mall attack, but the operation did not get...
  • How an average English girl became the ‘White Widow’

    09/29/2013 7:04:11 AM PDT · by GrandJediMasterYoda · 20 replies
    NY Post ^ | 9/29/13 | Maureen Callahan
    How an average English girl became the ‘White Widow’ By Maureen Callahan When Samantha Laithwaite’s husband blew up a London subway, she played the grieving victim. Then she became a killer. She grew up middle-class in suburban Buckinghamshire, England, and was considered an average girl in every way. Her father, Allen, was a former British Army soldier-turned-lorry driver; her mother, Christine, a homemaker. She has one older brother, Allen, and friends recall that as early as junior high, Samantha Laithwaite was a pretty and popular girl. When her parents broke up in 1994, she took it hard but seemingly no...
  • Hello, my legs and my dear, dear feet. I'm so sorry. I miss you so much

    04/01/2007 9:17:35 AM PDT · by veronica · 31 replies · 1,366+ views
    Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 1st April 2007 | Gill Hicks
    It was only a second, no more than a click of the fingers. In that time the lives of all of us in that packed Tube carriage were changed for ever. It was as dramatic as being on a sunny beach one moment and finding yourself in the bowels of hell the next. In the aftermath of the blast, I drifted in and out of consciousness. The air was acrid, saturated with dust and the stench of burning electrical cables in the twisted metal shell that had been the carriage. People screamed. Then, after time, a man held my hand....
  • September 2001 - September 2012

    09/01/2012 1:56:13 AM PDT · by Cindy · 46 replies
    TRUTHUSA.com ^ | September 1, 2012 | n/a
    Brief thoughts/quotes from the last 11 years. "Looking away, not caring, or hoping for the best are not viable options in fighting terrorism (in general) and the global jihad (specifically). Terrorism must be fought head on 24/7 and preventing terrorism is far better than just reacting to one terror-related event after another." -Cindy (July 1, 2011) ~ "WHAT DID I LEARN from the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001? OPINION: I have learned that more Americans love America than the lame-stream media will ever let on. I have learned that America's military is the finest in the world. I have...
  • Bomber's link to Al-Qaeda 'grass' (Firm Link)

    07/17/2005 4:25:09 PM PDT · by WmShirerAdmirer · 7 replies · 518+ views
    The Scotman Online ^ | July 17, 2005 | Brian Brady and Fraser Nelson
    INVESTIGATORS have established a firm link between al-Qaeda and the London bombers after an Islamist terrorist in jail in America identified the British man who led the murderous attacks 10 days ago. Security officials in the United States have confirmed that self-confessed al-Qaeda member Mohammed Junaid Babar had admitted knowing Mohammed Sidique Khan, the oldest of the British bombers who killed at least 55 people. Babar, who was arrested after returning from an al-Qaeda "terror summit" in Pakistan early last year, identified Khan from photographs shown to him late last week. The revelation that an al-Qaeda member was associating with...
  • SUICIDE bomber wife "I want to see DNA proof"

    07/17/2005 2:43:42 PM PDT · by freedrudge · 60 replies · 1,758+ views
    The Sun ^ | July, 17, 2005 | JAMIE PYATT
    SUICIDE bomber Lindsay Jamal’s wife last night insisted: “They’ll have to prove to me he did it.” Pregnant Samantha Lewthwaite, 22, refused to accept Jamal was the fourth London bomber, responsible for 26 deaths. She sobbed: “He wasn’t the sort of person who’d do this. I won’t believe it until I see proof.” JAMAL did work experience with his local council while still at school — and said he “thoroughly enjoyed it.” His experiences during the two-week stint — which included filing, computer work and health and safety inspections — were featured in a storybook on a schools website. It...
  • My Naive Husband Was Brainwashed At Mosques, Says Bomber's Widow

    09/23/2005 6:20:18 PM PDT · by blam · 35 replies · 1,044+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 9-24-2005 | Richard Alleyne
    My naive husband was brainwashed at mosques, says bomber's widow By Richard Alleyne (Filed: 24/09/2005) The widow of one of the July 7 suicide bombers believes that her "innocent and naive" husband was brainwashed into carrying out the attacks by extremists at the mosques where he worshipped. Samantha Lewthwaite, 21, described Jermaine Lindsay as a peace-loving father who was always deeply upset when innocent people suffered in war zones. But she said that just months before the attacks he became distant and moody and would spend days away from the family home after visiting mosques in London, Luton and the...
  • The 'White Widow' : the new face of terror

    09/27/2013 6:20:24 PM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 17 replies
    Uk Telegraph ^ | September 27, 2013 | Joe Shute
    The woman in a full-length burka walked calmly into the drab government office. She moved close to the desk behind which an administrator was shuffling his papers. Others queued around her. Suddenly, without warning, she detonated the suicide vest she was wearing. The explosion flashed a brilliant white on the grainy CCTV before the cameras cut out, obliterating everything – and everyone – in the room.
  • London bombing suspect's mind ‘poisoned': widow

    09/23/2005 4:47:15 AM PDT · by SIRTRIS · 6 replies · 267+ views
    Globeandmail.com (registered site) ^ | Friday, September 23, 2005 Posted at 6:01 AM EDT | Associated Press
    London bombing suspect's mind ‘poisoned': widow Friday, September 23, 2005 Posted at 6:01 AM EDT Associated Press London — The mind of a suspected London suicide bomber was poisoned by contacts with radical mosques, his widow said in an interview published Friday. Samantha Lewthwaite told The Sun newspaper that her husband Jermaine Linsday had been visiting mosques in London, Luton and northern England. “How these people could have turned him and poisoned his mind is dreadful,” she was quoted as saying. “He was an innocent, naive and simple man. I suppose he must have been an ideal candidate.” Mr. Lindsay...
  • A good man with a gun saves lives in Kenya

    09/24/2013 11:38:04 AM PDT · by neverdem · 33 replies
    Human Events ^ | 9/24/2013 | John Hayward
    The UK Daily Mail recounts the astonishing deeds of a man who must remain nameless for security reasons: a British ex-marine who was having coffee at the Westgate Shopping Center when a gang of cowardly terrorist thugs attacked. He drew his gun, leaped into action, and never stopped leaping: A former marine emerged as a hero of the Nairobi siege yesterday after he was credited with saving up to 100 lives.The ex soldier was having coffee at the Westgate mall when it was attacked by Islamists on Saturday.With a gun tucked into his waistband, he was pictured helping two...
  • Kenyan anti-terror police believe British woman maybe behind mall massacre

    09/23/2013 3:09:25 AM PDT · by Trapper6012 · 20 replies
    Daily Mail UK online ^ | 00:19 GMT, 23 September 2013 | By ANDREW MALONE
    Last night, as the bodies were still being counted at the shopping mall, one British woman was notably slow to join the condemnation. For Samantha Lewthwaite, the daughter of a former British soldier who grew up attending school discos in Buckinghamshire, views these awful events as a cause for jubilation. Kenyan anti-terror police revealed yesterday that Lewthwaite - who is known to many as the White Widow - may be the brains behind the operation to bring terror to the heart of Kenya, a country once synonymous with the sexual high-jinks of the Happy Valley expatriate set, but rapidly becoming...
  • 'Arson' on suicide bomber's home

    07/22/2005 6:46:38 AM PDT · by TrebleRebel · 23 replies · 766+ views
    Yahoo UK ^ | 7/22/05 | Yahoo UK
    Friday July 22, 01:19 PM 'Arson' on suicide bomber's home An area around the home of suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay has been sealed off after an apparent attempt to burn down the building. Thames Valley Police said officers were called to Northern Road in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, after reports of a strong smell of petrol in the street. Police said a substance thought to be petrol or diesel had been located and the area sealed off with houses adjoining Lindsay's former home evacuated. Lindsay, 19, blew himself up on a Piccadilly Line London Underground train on July 7, killing 26 people...
  • Interpol Releases Arrest Notice for 'White Widow' for Westgate Massacre

    09/26/2013 5:22:31 PM PDT · by servo1969 · 22 replies
    Breitbart.com/Big-Peace ^ | 9-26-2013 | Mary Chastain
    Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for British national Samantha Lewthwaite, also knows as the “White Widow.” Kenya requested the warrant, claiming she is a danger to the world. The international law enforcement agency sent the red alert to 190 countries, notifying officials it is a priority to pass along any information on her whereabouts. ********************* Lewthwaite is suspected of being part of the Westgate Mall massacre in Nairobi, Kenya. On September 21, 10 to 15 al-Shabaab jihadists stormed the mall and said they wanted to murder all non-Muslims. They lined up men, women, and children and quizzed them over...
  • Sinister web diary 'of British 7/7 bomb widow': Jihad is an obligation we must accept

    07/02/2012 12:00:22 PM PDT · by Righting · 8 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 1 July 2012 | Rebecca Evans
    Sinister web diary 'of British 7/7 bomb widow': Jihad is an obligation we must accept, says blog By Rebecca Evans PUBLISHED: 22:09 GMT, 1 July 2012 | UPDATED: 22:11 GMT, 1 July 2012 The 'white widow' of a 7/7 London bomber is believed to be the author of a sinister online blog detailing her dedication to jihad and the 'supremacy of Islam'. British Muslim convert Samantha Lewthwaite, 28, has been on the run in East Africa for six months since police foiled a plot to blow up Western tourist targets in the Kenyan city of Mombasa. The Mail has revealed...