THE GUARDIAN.com: "BOKO HARAM LEADER CALLS FOR MORE SCHOOLS ATTACKS AFTER DORM KILLINGS Abubakar Shekau describes western-style education as a 'plot against Islam', as two-pronged strategy delivers young recruits" by Monica Mark in Kano (July 14, 2013) (Read More...)
DAILY MAIL.co.uk: "BRITON HELD OVER KENYA CARNAGE 'HAD MAP OF MALL ON HIS LAPTOP': Stunning new evidence as six from UK confirmed dead... and report shows Kenya was tipped off" by Barbara Jones and Ian Gallagher (SNIPPET: "The Mail on Sunday understands from police sources that Sharif Ahmed Abdirizak, 35, initially refused to surrender his computer password. Eventually he revealed it was 'colaad'. a Somali word for 'enemy', though he insisted he could not recall his mobile phone number.") (September 28, 2013; Updated September 29, 2013) (Read More...)
THE WASHINGTON FREE BEACON: "GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR NAIROBI TERRORIST ATTACK COULD TARGET THE WEST Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab has a large number of Western recruits" by Adam Kredo (September 24, 2013 5:00 am) (Read More...)
FOX NEWS.com: "DEATH TOLL RISES TO 59 IN TERROR ATTACK ON KENYA SHOPPING MALL" (SNIPPET: "At least 59 people have died and 175 people have been injured after suspected members of an Al Qaeda-linked Somali militant group attacked an upscale shopping mall in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, Saturday." SNIPPET: "Witnesses say the gunmen asked victims they had cornered if they were Muslim: If the answer was yes, several witnesses said, those people were free to go. The non-Muslims were not.") (September 22, 2013) (Read More...)
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2013/10/kenya_names_4_jihadists_involv.php
“Kenya names 4 jihadists involved in Westgate mall assault”
By BILL ROGGIO
October 5, 2013 4:06 PM
The Kenyan military has named four members the Shabaab suicide assault team that attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya two weeks ago. Among the four named Shabaab members is a Sudanese man who is said to have led the team. No Westerners have been named so far.
From Reuters
Major Emmanuel Chirchir, the spokesman for the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), named the four as Abu Baara al-Sudani, Omar Nabhan, Khattab al-Kene and Umayr.
“I confirm these were the terrorists. They all died in the raid,” Chirchir told Reuters, citing the findings of the KDF and national intelligence bodies.
SNIPPET: “It is unclear if Kenyan forces have captured or recovered the bodies of other members of the assault team that attacked the Westgate. Between 10 and 15 fighters, split between several teams, are thought to have executed the attack, but there are credible reports that at least two fighters may have changed clothes and escaped during the confusion of the attack. Additionally, the Kenyan government claimed that nine people who are thought to be involved in the attack are in custody, but it is unclear if they were involved in the fighting or are part of the logistics and support network.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2744606/posts
#
“British Al Qaeda ‘supergrass’ turns on jihadists and is helping track down Kenya mall massacre gunmen”
By LIZZIE EDMONDS
PUBLISHED: 14:23 EST, 20 October 2013 | UPDATED: 04:22 EST, 21 October 2013
SNIPPET: “It is hoped that Warsame’s links to al-Qaeda will help intelligence officials track down ‘white widow’ Samantha Lewthwaite, pictured
Warsame, who gained asylum in Britain 13 years ago, previously helped the US in the assassination of one of al-Qaeda’s spiritual chiefs in 2011 - Anwar al-Awlaki.
He is also thought to have helped in detaining two other alleged British extremists.
Officials in the West have said the man’s work - described in American court papers as ‘high-level, international terrorist operatives’ - as an ‘intelligence watershed’.
Warsame’s role in the fight against terror has emerged in court documents as well as the testimony of an informant gained by The Sunday Times.
A British security source told the newspaper: ‘It’s hard to overstate the importance of what Warsame has been able to tell the Americans, which they have shared fully with us.’”
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7502.htm/jji
Jihad & Terrorism Studies Project
November 6, 2013
Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No.1033
“MEMRI’s Behind-The-Scenes Role In Twitter’s Shutdown Of Accounts Belonging To Designated Terrorists: The Case Of Al-Qaeda Affiliate Al-Shabaab And The Westgate Mall Attack”
By: Steven Stalinsky and R. Sosnow*
SNIPPET: “When the Somali Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabaab Al-Mujahideen launched its September 21, 2013 attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, it had an important tool at its disposal for disseminating information about its actions and its ideology – the microblogging service Twitter. Al-Shabaab tweeted step-by-step details of the attack, from taking credit for it and explaining its reasons to releasing information about its killing of over 60 civilians, to the names and nationalities of its fighters participating in the operation, and more – all in real time. During the attack, and as soon as the media began reporting that Al-Shabaab not only had a Twitter account but was actively tweeting during the attack, Twitter shut it down; Al-Shabaab then moved rapidly through a series of official and unofficial accounts and handles to continue to get its message out.
With the Westgate attack, the threat of designated terrorists, including Al-Qaeda affiliates, using Twitter has finally grabbed the world’s attention.”