Posted on 02/22/2015 12:49:48 PM PST by marktwain
A Somali affiliate of al Qaeda has called for attacks against Western shopping malls, which they see as soft targets. The call for attacks was seen in a video celebrating the attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. From ibtimes.com:
If just a handful of mujahedeen [militant jihadists] fighters could bring Kenya to a complete standstill for nearly a week, just imagine what the dedicated mujahedeen could do in the West to American or Jewish shopping centers across the world, a masked gunman says toward the end of the video. What if such an attack were to occur in the Mall of America in Minnesota? Or the West Edmonton Mall in Canada? Or in London's Oxford Street?England is notorious for the number of radicalized Muslim immigrants that are in the country, as is Minneapolis, Minnesota, where a large population of Somali Muslims has been imported and resettled by the American government. Edmonton, Canada, also has a significant population of Somali Muslim immigrants from which jihadis are being recruited.
At some time, people have to recognize that, with just two exceptions, at least since 1950, all the multiple victim public shootings in the United States have taken place where guns are banned. And you see these individuals, they surely act as if they're trying their best to find areas where victims can't defend themselves.But Lott does not examine the effect of the gun ban signs' prominence or visibility. Could it be that the attackers simply did not know that guns were banned in the area of their planned attack? Wouldn't the large, highly visible signs at the Mall of America offer more protection? I found this documentary on YouTube:
Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble said today the U.S. and the rest of the democratic world is at a security crossroads in the wake of last months deadly al-Shabab attack at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya and suggested an answer could be in arming civilians.Any evaluation of Mall of America security, in the face of the clear and present danger of a jihadi attack, should take the large and prominent Gun Free Zone signs into account.
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Noble said there are really only two choices for protecting open societies from attacks like the one on Westgate mall where so-called soft targets are hit: either create secure perimeters around the locations or allow civilians to carry their own guns to protect themselves.
Societies have to think about how theyre going to approach the problem, Noble said. One is to say we want an armed citizenry; you can see the reason for that. Another is to say the enclaves are so secure that in order to get into the soft target youre going to have to pass through extraordinary security.
Because “Sitting Duck” signs are not available. Oh well, we never thought Minnesotans were too smart, voting for Al Franken to represent them in the Senate .twice.
I was at MOA last February. In fact, I went to the Sears store. Every single person I saw working was a Somali national. So, I wonder why the terrorists would want to kill their own?
Ironically, “MOA” is also the acronym for the radical “Muslims of the Americas”...
Most of the people that Muslims kill on jihad are other Musllims.
Just imagine how frustrated those groups of Somali jihadists will be when they see those “No Guns Allowed” signs.
How do you say “Curses, foiled again!” in Somali?
Mercy!!!
They're largely the descendants of groups with long socialist traditions of not taking care of themselves...
Gun Free, violence free, touchy feely, holding hands kind of peacefulness — soft fluffy target.
Does that make them more peaceful and socially acceptable?
I am telling all my friends,family and loved ones(1 maybe 2 each)
Do not frequent any place PERIOD that displays this crap.
It is a danger zone
Gun Free Zone: Happy Hunting!
Whew! Good thing! I was worried there for a minute.
How about keep the guns and provide ‘militant jihadists free’ zones?
Gun-free zone? How about a ‘Suicide vest-free’ zone?
When you’re in a “Gun Free Zone”, tell the gun-toting “folks” that you will make a citizen’s arrest.
The trouble is ... that these types of guys are always going to have the advantage, even with all sorts of concealed carry people all throughout the mall. Two or three of these guys could quickly kill four or five people by the time they were shot dead. That’s the problem with sneak and surprise attacks.
You know ... President Bush said that the USA has to be successful in 100% of these attempted terrorist attacks to be considered “successful” ... but the terrorists only have to be successful in 1% of their attempts to be successful.
As President Bush pointed out ... that is the “math” of Islamic Terrorism!
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