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Somalia’s Al Shabaab Now Moving into Domestic Terrorism in US
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On February 22, 2015 @ 11:55 am In The Point | 8 Comments
What would make Somalia’s Al Shabaab Jihadist group think that it has the capability to threaten domestic terror attacks in the US and Canada? It might be the huge flood of Somalis migrants accepted by both countries. The US has already seen Somali terror plots.
This however would have the stamp of Al Shabaab, a successor of the Islamic Courts Union, a local Taliban outlet defended by liberals when Bush helped take it down. It has links to Al Qaeda and Boko Haram. And now it has a bigger vision.
In the propaganda video, posted Saturday, the al Qaeda-linked terror group talks about its September 2013 attack on a mall in Kenya. The brazen siege, which went on for days, left more than 60 people dead at an upscale mall in Nairobi.
In its new video, Al-Shabaab calls for similar attacks on malls in the three Western countries. Al-Shabaab identified specific malls, but CNN will not list them unless they respond publicly.
Mall of America said it’s aware of the video listing it as a potential target.
“We take any potential threat seriously and respond appropriately,” the Minnesota mall said in a statement. “We have implemented extra security precautions, some may be noticeable to guests and others won’t be.”
So does Al Shabaab have an actual plan or is this just a bid for attention and a slice of that Qatar/Kuwaiti/Saudi terror cash? It could be a little of both.
Al Qaeda and ISIS have had success encouraging and training so-called lone wolf attackers. And with a lot of Muslim money going to ISIS and Boko Haram, it may feel the need to get in on the action. That’s part of why interpreting terrorist actions in terms of US foreign policy is a mistake. Terrorist groups follow in the path of Mohammed. They need to attract followers by scoring wins against big targets. We’re a big target.
And what makes us particularly vulnerable to Al Shabaab is the huge number of Somali settlers living in the US. They’re the natural foot soldiers of this terrorist group.
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