African Training Exercise Turns Urgent as Threats Grow
The expanding effort here on the edge of the Sahara to fight militancies like Boko Haram comes as the group has kidnapped schoolgirls, slaughtered thousands of people, and now has expanded its attacks from Nigeria into Cameroon, Niger and Chad. ���When.
Al Shabab Mall Threat Unlikely to Deter American Shoppers.
The Somali terror group, which was responsible for a 2013 attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya that killed dozens, in a video urged radicals to undertake lone-wolf attacks on shopping centers in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. It singled. It would be hard to determine if any drop in mall traffic would be due to fear of an attack as opposed to a combination of other factors, said Stan Veuger, a resident scholar and economist at the American Enterprise Institute.
U.S. staged mock mall attacks to test readiness after Kenya.
WASHINGTON (CNN) ��� After a siege at a Kenyan mall two years ago, the FBI started staging mock attacks in U.S. shopping centers during off hours to test their readiness, an official said. More than 60. The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI say they believe the video was the militants attempt to compete for attention and recruits with other terrorist groups, one official said.. The mall said it takes any ���potential threat seriously��� and is responding to it.
Al-Shabab attacks Kenyan university, killing at least 147
More than 500 students were rescued after the Islamist militants, heavily armed and strapped with explosives, attacked the campus of Garissa University College about 5:30 a.m., shooting some young people and taking others hostage. At least 79 people.
A wider war in Islams heartland ��� and Canada in the crossfire
Stephen Harper is getting daily reminders of the perils involved in getting into other peoples wars.. To counter the threat, Saudi Arabia has put together a 10-nation alliance of countries adhering to Riyadhs Sunni Islamic sect, which is launching.
FBI Warns U.S. Companies of Cyber Terror | Washington.
The threat assessment, based on past #OpIsrael strikes by cyber terrorists, predicts that the groups are capable of low-level Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and Web site defacements.. ���While most Web sites maintain up-to-date content management software, the ease with which attackers can exploit known or un-patched vulnerabilities makes this the more likely vector,��� the FBI said.. Unidentified Troops Land in Aden After Houthis Seize Center �� AP��.
Implications For China In East Africa - Eurasia Review
Potentially the most serious threat to Chinese investment in Kenya, outside of a terrorist attack, comes from Kenyas anti-corruption police, who have recently detailed allegations of corruption against government officials. Some of these involve. Accessed April 3, 2015. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/70-killed-hundreds-rescued-after-kenya-university-attack-by-al-shabab-militants/2015/04/02/0c554516-d951-11e4-ba28-f2a685dc7f89_story.html. Hellyer��.
Turkeys Davutoglu: Assad Talks Would Be Like Shaking Hands With Hitler.
The United States has been a backer of Syrias opposition but its focus has shifted to fighting ISIS militants since they seized swathes of Syria and Iraq, seeing them as a greater threat to global security. Turkey has been a reluctant. Obama also.
Malls across country on high alert after terror threat from Al.
The threat by the al-Qaida affiliate came in the final minutes of a more than hourlong video released Saturday in which the extremists also warned Kenya of more attacks like the September 2013 assault on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in which 67 people were killed.. Associated Press writers Tom Odula in Nairobi, Kenya; Jeff Baenen in Minneapolis; Kia Farhang in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Thomas Strong and Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report.
Al-Shabaabs Westgate-style terror threat to UK malls.
Terror group Al-Shabaab has released a video threatening attacks on UK and US shopping malls.. READ MORE: No credible plot: DHS distances itself from chiefs mall terror threat warnings. Referring to the Westgate attacks, he adds: ���If just a handful of mujahedeen fighters can bring Kenya to a complete standstill for nearly a week, imagine what a dedicate mujahedeen in the West could do to American or Jewish owned. Washington County Visitors Association.
Official: Al-Shabab siege at Somali hotel ends, 24 dead
The group vowed to carry out more attacks. Somalias ambassador to. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf praised the Somali forces ���for their response to this terrorist attack��� and pledged support for the governments efforts to ���bring.
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Al-Shabab gunmen stormed a college in northeastern Kenya at dawn on Thursday, killing scores of individuals in the groups bloodiest attack in the East African nation, officials reported. (AP). Extra than 500 pupils were being rescued soon after the.
Officials: No Credible Evidence After Threats Against US Malls
The threat by the al Qaeda affiliate came in the final minutes of a more than hourlong video released Saturday in which the extremists also warned Kenya of more attacks like the September 2013 assault on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in which 67 people were killed.. Speaking on Sunday morning talk shows, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson called the video ���the new phase��� of the global terrorist threat and warned the public to be vigilant.
Crowdfund of the week: Free-speech cartoonists vs. legal and mortal threats
And last month, while visiting Washington for a free-speech talk at Freedom House, Ecuadorian cartoonist Bonil told me that he cant spend his creative energy thinking about death threats, as well as a preliminary criminal investigation over his.
White House officials defend Somalia strategy as counterterrorism model
But this weeks massacre of 148 people at Garissa University College, the deadliest terrorist attack on Kenyan soil in two decades, demonstrates the limits of the administrations approach and the difficulty of producing lasting victories over.
Al Shabaab threatens U.S. malls, singles out Minnesota mall.
The terrorist group al Shabaab has called for attacks on U.S. shopping malls, singling out the Mall of America near Minneapolis. The group, which takes credit for a 2013 Nairobi, Kenya, mall terrorist attack that killed more than��.
Al-Shabab reborn: Armed, lethal and radicalized | Brookings.
Mwangi Kimenyi discusses the rebirth of al-Shabab following the militant groups recent attacks and calls yet again for an international effort to tackle terrorism throughout Africa.. Again, in a posting following that attack, ���Massacre in Nairobi: Kenya under Siege as Al-Shabab Consolidates,��� I proposed that the war on al-Shabab should not be left to Kenya and other African countries alone: Instead,.. 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036.
Militant group threatens additional attacks on Kenya
GARISSA, Kenya ��� Two days after al-Shabab militants slaughtered 148 people in a devastating attack on a university in northeastern Kenya, the Islamic extremists issued a chilling threat that its terrorizing of Kenya was far from over. ���Kenyan cities.
Hard National Security Choices
The Post also explains why the Obama administration has invested so much effort into the Iranian nuclear deal: ���The Iran talks��� reflect [the Presidents]��� abiding belief that the best way to change the behavior of hostile governments with spotty.
US shoppers warned after Al-Shabaab mall attack threat.
WASHINGTON US homeland security chief Jeh Johnson warned shoppers in one of Americas biggest malls to be on their guard Sunday after an Islamic militant group posted a video calling for attacks on western malls. The warning comes as the US and other nations are increasingly jittery about the threat of ���lone wolf��� attacks carried out by radicalized people in their home country. ���I would say that if anyone is planning to go to the Mall of America today, theyve got��.
Threat of Terrorist Massacres Is A Global Problem, Kenya Lawmaker Says
Kenya Attack: Officials Knew Attack on a University Was Likely.. He has clashed with other militants, such former Guantanamo Bay prisoner and ex-Taliban military operations chief, Abdul Qayyum Zakir, who is in favor of direct negotiations with the U.
Al-Shabab - Council on Foreign Relations
Analysts say the forerunner of al-Shabab, and the incubator for many of its leaders, was Al-Ittihad Al-Islami (AIAI, or ���Unity of Islam���), a militant Salafi group that peaked in the 1990s after the fall of the Siad Barre military regime (1969���1991) and the outbreak of civil war. Washington fears the. It was the deadliest terrorist attack in Kenya since al-Qaedas East Africa affiliate bombed the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi in 1998 (224 people were killed in that attack). Al-Shabab��.
US woman tries to join ISIL; Kenyan death toll may climb; missing sailor.
A Philadelphia woman was arrested today on charges she tried to join the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, a day after two women in New York City were charged with plotting to build a bomb and use it for a Boston Marathon-type attack.
Mall of America heightens security after Al-Shabab threat.
One of the largest malls in the United States has heightened security after a video claiming to be posted online by a Somali militant group affiliated with al Qaeda called for attacks against the mall.. WASHINGTON (KTRK) --. A video claiming to be released by the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab, which is affiliated with Al-Qaeda, has called for attacks on malls including the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. The video was released on Saturday and shortly��.
The Rising Terrorist Threat In Tanzania - Eurasia Review
In Kenya, similarly unsophisticated attacks only a few years ago have grown quickly, resulting in the Westgate Mall attack in September 2013, when 4 shooters killed 67 people and wounded 175 more; the discovery in March 2014 of a massive car bomb in Mombasa that could have. After losing closely contested elections in Zanzibar to the CCM in 1995, 2000, and 2005, violent demonstrations occurred after CUF supporters decried vote-rigging by CCM politicians.
Al-Shabaab threatens shopping malls including some in.
The Minnesota mall is among those mentioned in the video the Somalia-based terror group apparently posted on Saturday. The video talks about Al-Shabaabs September 2013 attack at an upscale mall in Nairobi, Kenya,��.
US drone kills Somali militant linked to Kenya mall attack
Washington (AFP) - A drone strike in Somalia last week killed a senior al-Shebab figure linked to the notorious 2013 attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi, the US military said Wednesday.. Garar was overseeing operations that target US persons and.
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A few months ago, a smart GOP strategist not aligned with any of the possible presidential candidates laid out a compelling case: The threat posed by the Islamic State, unrest in the Arab world, Ukraine and Africa could turn 2016 into our first foreign.
Allies of Yemen Houthis seize Aden airport, close in on president
ADEN (Reuters) - Houthi militia forces and allied army units seized Aden airport and a nearby air base on Wednesday, tightening their grip on the outskirts of the southern Yemeni city after President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi fled his residence for a.
As ISIS terror threat grows, Obamas top regret is not closing Guantanamo
Instead of showing remorse about the nearly 1 in 3 released Gitmo detainees whom our intelligence authorities report are confirmed or suspected of returning to the fight, President Obamas instinct is to release even more. And instead of. Mr. Obama.
Somali militants threaten more bloody attacks against Kenya
Somali militants on Saturday threatened to stage more bloody attacks on Kenya after the groups fighters killed nearly 150 people during an assault on a Kenyan university on Thursday. Four masked al Shabaab gunmen went on a killing spree in a pre-dawn raid,. AP Analysis: Holes, questions remain for Irans nuclear deal. WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The framework nuclear deal sealed by world powers and Iran leaves major questions: Could Iran cheat? ��� [Read More.
US shoppers warned after Shebab mall threat - Business.
At least 147 killed in Shebab attack on Kenyan university: o... Washington (AFP) - US homeland security chief Jeh Johnson warned shoppers in one of Americas biggest malls to be on their guard Sunday after an Islamic militant group posted a video calling for attacks on western malls. The warning comes as the US and other nations are increasingly jittery about the threat of lone wolf attacks carried out by radicalized people in their home country. I would say that if��.