What Did Westgate Mean to Kenyans?

'Pray for the Kenya Terrorists': Archbishop of Canterbury Faces Controversy after Urging People Not to Forget the 'Captors' in Their Prayers

MAIL ONLINE: Justin Welby reveals he has prayed for both the gunmen and victims / Archbishop says what he has done is in line with Jesus's teachings / Ten Britons now feared to be among the victims of attack in Nairobi

The Archbishop of Canterbury today urged Christians around the world to pray for the terrorists who brutally killed at least 67 in Nairobi.

Justin Welby told worshippers not to forget 'the captors' in their prayers, so they can see that violence 'won't have the last word'.

He revealed that he himself had prayed for both the gunmen and the victims, and said that to do so was in line with Jesus Christ's teachings. Read on and comment » | Daniel Martin | Thursday, September 26, 2013

Prise d’otages à Nairobi: Le Kenya entame trois jours de deuil

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: A la recherche de cadavres et d'éventuels explosifs, les secours fouillaient mercredi les décombres du Westgate de Nairobi. Ceci au premier jour du deuil national décrété après l'attaque meurtrière du centre commercial.

Secouristes et soldats portaient masques et foulards pour se protéger de l'odeur pestilentielle qui s'échappe désormais du centre commercial Westgate.

L'assaut lancé samedi, revendiqué par les insurgés islamistes somaliens shebab, a coûté la vie à au moins 61 civils, six membres des forces de sécurité kényanes et cinq assaillants, et fait environ 175 blessés. Un deuil national de trois jours a été décrété à partir de ce mercredi, et les drapeaux aux couleurs du pays ont été mis en berne dans toute la capitale.

Il s'agit d'ores et déjà de l'opération la plus meurtrière à Nairobi depuis l'attentat-suicide d'Al-Qaïda en août 1998 contre l'ambassade des Etats-Unis, qui avait fait plus de 200 morts. Et le bilan devrait encore s'alourdir : une partie du centre commercial s'est effondrée et désormais 71 personnes, selon la Croix-Rouge, sont portées disparues. » | ats/afp/Newsnet | mercredi 25 septembre 2013

Kenya Government Says All Hostages Freed

Kenyan special forces say there are no more hostages as they have seized control of most of Westgate mall on the fourth day of fighting.

Ces veuves de kamikazes sur le chemin du djihad

LE FIGARO: La Britannique Samantha Lewthwaite, dont le mari commit les attentats de Londres en 2005, ferait partie des assaillants du Westgate Mall de Nairobi. Mais elle n'est pas la seule veuve à avoir rejoint la caravane du djihad.

Les spécialistes de l'antiterrorisme connaissaient «la veuve noire». Il y aura probablement désormais «la veuve blanche», Samantha Lewthwaite, l'épouse britannique d'un des kamikazes auteurs des attentats de Londres, en 2005, qui avaient causé la mort de plus de 50 personnes. Selon certains médias, cette jeune convertie de 29 ans ferait partie en effet du commando terroriste qui a attaqué le Westgate Mall de Nairobi samedi, entraînant la mort d'au moins 60 clients.

Comme la belgo-marocaine Malika el-Aroud, dont le mari se fit passer pour un journaliste avant de tuer le commandant Massoud en 2001 en Afghanistan, Samantha Lewthwaite dédia sa vie au djihad après la mort de son époux en 2005, au point de rejoindre peu après les miliciens islamistes somaliens al-Chebab, et peut-être de mourir elle aussi en «martyr» les armes à la main sous son abbaya noire. » | Par Georges Malbrunot | mardi 24 septembre 2013

Bill O'Reilly: 'We Live In a Cowardly World and the Terrorists Know It'

Bill O'Reilly reacted to the terrorist attack in Kenya by railing against the global cowardice to confront Islamic terrorism for what it really is: a "growing industry" out to kill the infidels that do not share their religious ideology. O'Reilly declared they would "launch another 9/11″ if they could, and after citing multiple instances of Islamic terrorism, he said, "What is the Muslim world doing about it? Nothing!"

He found it astonishing that the "most aggressive country fighting the jihad is France," crediting them for at least "understand[ing] the danger from fanatical Muslims."

O'Reilly concluded, "We live in a cowardly world and the terrorists know it."

Shocking Attack in Kenya: Why You Should Pay Attention

Former Ambassador John Price on why American's should be concerned about attack in Nairobi

Inside Story: Al-Shabab: A War of Vengeance?

As the Somali group claims responsibility for a brutal attack in Kenya, we examine the regional implications.

In the Name of Islam

FRONTPAGE MAG: Denial is the first stage of coming to terms with the unthinkable.

In Westgate, a Kenyan mall oriented toward expats, terrorists separated Muslims from non-Muslims before killing them. The Muslims were allowed to go free if they could recite a Muslim prayer.

During the attack, Al Shabaab’s Arabic Twitter account quoted the Koran, “Plant firmly our feet and give us victory over (Al-Kafireen) the disbelieving people.” (Koran 2:250). The Kuffar, the non-Muslims of Westgate, included small children.

“I don’t understand why you would shoot a five-year-old child,” one of the survivors said. But the five-year-old was not a Muslim.

Moments like these put the Clash of Civilizations into bloody context. This isn’t abstract politics. It’s not about economics, the environment or foreign policy. It’s about a worldview in which a five-year-old who can’t recite the Islamic confession of faith deserves to be killed.

The crime is not being a Muslim. » | Daniel Greenfield | Monday, September 23, 2013

UK PM Says Terror Attack Carried Out for Islam Has Nothing to Do with Islam

FRONTPAGE MAG: In other news, despite never having even visited the UK, I am announcing that Prime Minister David Cameron has nothing to do with the UK.

Also, despite not even being Christian, I would like to say that Cameron has nothing to do with the Church of England. Because that is apparently how things work in his universe.

Prime Minister David Cameron today condemned as “absolutely sickening” and “despicable” a terror attack on a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi in which at least 59 people, including three British nationals, were killed.

“These appalling terrorist attacks that take place where the perpetrators claim they do it in the name of a religion – they don’t,” Cameron said.

He called it “an absolutely sickening and despicable attack of appalling brutality”.

“They do it in the name of terror, violence and extremism and their warped view of the world. They don’t represent Islam or Muslims in Britain or anywhere else in the world.”

Clearly they represent quite a few Muslims. Al-Shabaab has supporters in Somali diaspora communities around the world. One such community in Kenya was likely the source of at least some of the attackers.

Furthermore there are plenty of British Muslims in Al-Shabaab. Read on and comment » | Daniel Greenfield | Sunday, September 22, 2013

Anschlag in Kenia: "Wenn ihr Muslime seid, werden wir euch verschonen"

DIE WELT: An einem zentralen Treffpunkt für Mitarbeiter westlicher Firmen und Hilfsorganisationen richten bewaffnete Terroristen ein Blutbad an. Die Islamisten kündigen in einer Erklärung weitere Angriffe an.

Bei einem Angriff auf das populäre Westgate Einkaufszentrum in Kenias Hauptstadt Nairobi sind nach Angaben der Hilfsorganisation "Rotes Kreuz Kenia" mindestens 30 Menschen ums Leben gekommen, es habe über 60 Verletzte gegeben. Die kenianische Regierung hat bislang 11 Tote bestätigt. Rund zehn maskierte Männer in kugelsicheren Westen waren am Samstagmittag gegen 12 Uhr Ortszeit mit Maschinenpistolen und Granaten in das gut besuchte Einkaufszentrum eingedrungen und hatten das Feuer auf Zivilisten eröffnet.

Am Samstagabend war die Situation noch nicht unter Kontrolle und weiter unübersichtlich. Die Angreifer haben nach Polizeiangaben sieben Geiseln genommen und sich noch immer in dem Einkaufszentrum verschanzt. Die Polizei schien mit der Situation überfordert, es dauerte eine halbe Stunde, bis sie mit einem größeren Aufgebot vor Ort war. Angehörige, die in Richtung des modernen Gebäudes drängten, wurden mit Tränengas zurückgehalten. Eine Spezialeinheit der kenianischen Armee rückte an, Geschäft für Geschäft in dem vierstöckigen Gebäude wurde nach den Bewaffneten abgesucht. » | Von Nicole Macheroux-Denault und Christian Putsch | Samstag, 21. Sepetember 2013

Les islamistes shebab revendiquent l'attaque de Nairobi

LE FIGARO: Au moins 30 personnes sont mortes lors de l'attaque de ce centre commercial de luxe de la capitale kenyane, et le bilan pourrait encore s'alourdir.

Un commando masqué et armé a attaqué samedi un centre commercial de luxe à Nairobi, tuant au moins 30 personnes et faisant de nombreux otages parmi la foule des riches clients kényans et expatriés. Les assaillants, qui s'exprimaient en arabe ou en somali selon des témoins, ont fait irruption à la mi-journée dans le centre commercial «Westgate Mall».

Proche du siège local des Nations unies, l'endroit était régulièrement cité par les sociétés de sécurité comme une cible possible de groupes liés à al-Qaida. En fin d'après-midi, les insurgés somaliens shebab, qui ont souvent menacé de mener des attaques sur le territoire kényan à cause du soutien militaire de Nairobi au gouvernement somalien, ont revendiqué l'attaque. «Les moujahidines ont pénétré aujourd'hui vers midi dans Westgate», le centre commercial où a eu lieu l'attaque, indique un message posté sur leur compte. «Ils ont tué plus de 100 infidèles kényans et la bataille se poursuit», affirment les islamistes. » | Par lefigaro.fr | samedi 21 spetembre 2013

Gunmen Storm Nairobi Mall in Deadly Attack

Army moves to regain control of upscale shopping centre in Kenya's capital where at least 22 people have been killed.

Huge Fire Forces Nairobi Airport Shutdown

"Massive" blaze has gutted parts of airport in the Kenyan capital, forcing all flights to be suspended, officials say.

Barack Obama's Half-brother Malik Runs for Office in Kenya

THE GUARDIAN: Malik Obama is running for a governor's position in Kenya's nationwide elections on Monday

A politician named Obama who is running for governor in Kenya can boast of one big claim to fame on the campaign trail: blood relations with the president of the United States.

Malik Obama, 54, a half-brother of Barack Obama, is running for a governor's position in the country's nationwide elections on Monday. He said he was not sure what impact his relationship to the US president had on his campaign.

"I'm going into it as Malik Obama," he said in a phone interview from western Kenya. "I can't run away from my name and association with my brother, but I have the feeling that people somewhat want to see who the brother of Obama is."

He has invoked the message that Barack Obama leaned on during his 2008 presidential campaign: change. Malik Obama says his platform is poverty eradication, infrastructure development and industrialisation. » | Associated Press in Nairobi | Friday, March 01, 2013

Kenya: Islamic Terrorists Bomb, Terrorize Obama Ancestral Home
EXAMINER.COM: Police and security forces in President Barack Obama's ancestral home in Kenya said Sunday on a Fox News Channel broadcast that they are disappointed that they've not yet arrested suspects who perpetrated two bombings at a Nairobi neighborhood on Friday night, an Israeli counterterrorism source told the Law Enforcement Examiner.

The source, a member of the Israel National Police (INP), said that [a] two police officers were wounded in back-to-back explosions.

"Sadly, the Kenyan police have failed to capture anyone connected with the attacks. The group suspected of this terrorist action are believed to be members of the Somali-based Al Shabaab, who are notorious for planting bombs, leaving the scene, and having the explosions occur long after they are gone," said the source.

Al-Shabaab is closely tied to al-Qaeda and have been involved in cross-border attacks in Nigeria and Kenya. Ironically, Kenya is U.S. President Barack Obama's ancestral home and, during his reelection campaign, he and his minions have been touting the story that al-Qaeda is almost completely defeated. » | Monday, October 15, 2012

Foreign Office Warns of Terrorism Risk in Kenya
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The Foreign Office has warned of an increased risk of terrorism in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

The warning came as Kenya admitted the threat from Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab insurgents from neighbouring Somalia was not "totally neutralised."

Foreign Office officials said they believed there was a heightened threat of "terrorist attacks" in the Kenyan capital and that attacks "may be in the final stages of planning."

"Attacks could be indiscriminate and target Kenyan institutions as well as places where expatriates and foreign travellers gather, such as hotels, shopping centres and beaches. We strongly advise British Nationals to exercise extra vigilance and caution in public places and at public events," the FCO said in a statement. » | Friday, January 07, 2012

Anti-Obama Author Questioned by Kenyan Officials
CNN: NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenyan immigration officials on Tuesday questioned the author of a book that is highly critical of Sen. Barack Obama, Kenyan police said.

Jerome Corsi, who wrote "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," left the immigration building in Nairobi several hours later and went to the airport, according to a Corsi assistant who spoke to CNN.

The assistant, who did not give his full name, said Corsi had been picked up before he was able to hold a news conference about the release of his book in Kenya. He said Corsi was not detained, but that Kenyan authorities said one of his immigration forms was missing. Anti-Obama Author Questioned by Kenyan Officials >>> | October 7, 2008

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