Kenya Westgate Mall Attack

Terror strikes the Westgate Mall in Kenya - "The ferocious armed political movement known as al Shabaab is on the ropes in Somalia, losing territory and influence in its home country. Yet this weekend the Shabab showed that they are as dangerous as ever as a terrorist force, keeping Kenyan forces at bay through two days at the Westgate mall in Nairobi even as the militants mounted a coordinated attack against African Union forces in Mogadishu, according to senior American counterterrorism and diplomatic officials. Some officials warned that the Shabab could be signaling a wider offensive, particularly within Kenya, despite their losses in recent years at the hands of the African Union and Kenyan troops in its home country...".* Should we expect more terrorist attacks like this? John Iadarola (host of TYT University, Common Room) breaks it down on The Young Turks.

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*Read more here from NICHOLAS KULISH, MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT / NYTimes.com

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