Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Shabab: Foreigners in Kenya “legitimate target”
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Al-Shabab, the armed Somali Islamic extremist group that attacked a shopping mall in Kenya, said today that foreigners were a “legitimate target” and confirmed witness accounts that gunmen tried to let Muslims go free while killing or taking the others captive. In an email exchange today with The Associated Press, al-Shabab said “The Mujahideen carried out a meticulous vetting process at the mall and have taken every possible precaution to separate the Muslims from the Kuffar (disbelievers) before carrying out their attack.”