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They are quite zing. at the same time, al shabaab has really focused in on somalies living in the states and in particular the twin cities. you re right, some 22 young men have been sent over. multiples of them have died. in fact, there were just several women, two or three in the last six months convicted of helping to fund al shabaab out of the twin cities. and so this is very real. their ability to reach out across the world and into the united states is something that they will have continued to do. the question is, are they recruiting to take them back to somalia to fight there or do they want to motivate them to act out here? we haven t seen the acting out here yet. but that s what intelligence officials are concerned about. sure. feeding into the sleeper cells here inside the u.s. concerns. jack rice, thank you as always. thank you. the new development this weekend that put florida s stand your ground law back in the spotlight. trying new things? ....
After the 12th anniversary of the twin towers the historic islamic attack began in kenya when a group of mujahideen wrote their blood into history for innocent brothers killed in somalia. live with us in nairobi, kenya. covering this from the start. five days ago now it all began. we re hearing that some families don t know if they re loved ones reporter: we re having a little bit of a difficulty with our i want to talk more about that message. you spoke about the expansion of the u.s. global terror warning. well, the al shabaab leader has been speaking about how this wasn t just about punishing the kenyans for their role in pushing al shabaab out of the urban center in somalia. this was about punishing kenyan, european and american allies. take a listen to this. ....
Alarming new step. reporter: we could look at this as the disturbing debut on the international stage as a new international terror threat. al shabaab has been around for a number of years in somalia, has carried out some smaller attacks outside of somalia s borders, but nothing on this scale. and in fact, african union forces, including kenyan forces, had in recent years had success pushing al shabaab out of many of its strongholds in somalia. this would seem to indicate the possibility of a comeback. but also a greater intent on having an international impact. al that bob is, in effect, an affiliate of al qaeda with a similar brutality and a similar focus on spectacular attacks like this one. there had been a recent split in the leadership about whether to focus its attacks inside somalia, against the government there, or abroad. and this would seem to indicate the ascendency of the latter of particular interests for americans. al shabaab has had success recruiting somali americans ....
A mall. we just learned from sourszs within al shabaab that three people who are allegedly among the attackers lived in the united states. the terror based in sew malg ya right next to kenya. this could be an alarming new step for that group. well, we could look at this as the disturbing debut on the international stage of a new international terror threat. al shabaab has been around for a number of years, has carried out some smaller attacks, but nothing on this scale. and, in fact, african union forces, including kenya forces, had in recent years success pushing al shabaab out of many of its strongholds. this would seem to indicate the possible blgty of a comeback. al shabaab is an ayil yat of al-qaida with a similar brutality and a similar focus on ....
it s important to say they are not saying there is a specific threat, but what they are saying is there is a continued threat. certainly from al qaeda and affiliate organizations, and it notes that briefly al qaeda and the terrorists groups have linked their attacks to significant dates, and of course 9/11, there couldn t be anymore specific or significant dates than that. you know, i was just talking with a friend that said is this something that we should really, really be worried about. the state department issues these, randy, on a regular basis. in fact, this supplements another caution that was issued. it s the responsibility of the state department to warn americans who are abroad about this. that said, it is, of course, 9/11, very significant and the state department is saying there s a continuing threat out there. but it s not a travel alert for those here at home, it s for those who are traveling abroad or residing abroad? yes, that s what the state depart ....