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CNN Breaking News: 3 of the attackers at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, are from the United States, (1227 hits)

according to sources within the terror group Al-Shabaab. The Americans are among nine people listed on a since-shuttered Twitter account, the sources said. Other names include two individuals from Somalia and one each from Canada, Finland, Kenya and the United Kingdom, according to the list. They range in age from 20 to 27 years old. Two of the Americans are from Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, and the other is from Kansas City, Missouri, according to the list.

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Posted By: Jen Fad
Sunday, September 22nd 2013 at 6:55PM
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'Bunch of cowards' ..."Three of the alleged attackers are from the United States, two are from Somalia and there is one each from Canada, Finland, Kenya and the United Kingdom, according to the list. Kenyatta vowed Sunday to hold those responsible for the violence, accountable.
The tragedy is personal for the president; one of his nephews and his fiancee were among the dead. "They shall not get away with their despicable, beastly acts. Like the cowardly perpetrators now cornered in the building, we will punish the masterminds swiftly and indeed very painfully," Kenyatta said.

{...} Al-Shabaab, al Qaeda's proxy in Somalia, claimed responsibility, and said it was not backing down. In a message on its Twitter feed, the group said "all Muslims" were escorted from the mall before the attack. "When justice is denied, it must be enforced," it said in a tweet Sunday. "Kenyans were relatively safe in their cities before they invaded us & killed Muslims #Westgate",...

Read more ( if you can) ... http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/22/world/africa...




Sunday, September 22nd 2013 at 7:04PM
Jen Fad
Okay.......... let's see how this plays out in the American media versus the reporting on the International networks. I'm very suspicious of any reports from CNN!!
Sunday, September 22nd 2013 at 7:41PM
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