HOW ALSHABAAB CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY OF WESTGATE SIEGE Al Shabaab, the Somali-based, Al Qaeda- affiliated terrorist group deemed responsible, used their twitter account, @HSM_Press, to advertise and justify the attack as it began. The account was later suspended from Twitter for violating the company’s terms of service after making “specific threats of violence against others.” Among the tweets issued prior to the current account’s shutdown were “The Mujahideen entered # Westgate Mall today at around noon and are still inside the mall, fighting the # Kenyan Kuffar (infidels) inside their own turf” and “What Kenyans are witnessing at #Westgate is retributive justice for crimes committed by their military,” according to AFP. So far, 59 people are determined to have been killed at the Israeli-owned mall, including Ghanaian poet and former UN envoy Kofi Awoonor and many foreigners who were working as diplomats or for international companies. Two French citizens, three British, two Canadians, and a Chinese woman were killed, in addition to dozens of Kenyans, and the Chinese woman’s child was wounded. Red Cross has estimated the injured at around 200. Within the last hour, Israeli commandos have joined their Kenyan counterparts in an effort to end the siege, though there is no sign that it is yet over. An explosion of unknown provenance was reported at about the same time, along with accounts of helicopters flying low over the mall......LETS PRAY FOR OUR DEAR COUNTRY ®Vinx
Posted on: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 05:31:19 +0000
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