From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Jihadists who killed 14 in Nairobi say attack tied to US support for Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFollowing its deadly attack on a luxury Nairobi mall, which killed 14 people yesterday, the al-Shabaab terror group says its actions are linked to American support for Israel.
Tweeting about the attack, Rita Katz, the director of the SITE Intelligence Group, notes the al-Shabaab group is “just as opportunistic as it is dangerous.”
The group “uses its #Nairobi attack to capitalize on Palestine issue by pointing out one attacker’s bandana reading ‘heading to Quds [#Jerusalem],’ stating the attack ‘was directly related to’ #Palestine and Trump’s support for Israel.”
9) #Shabaab, just as opportunistic as it is dangerous, uses its #Nairobi attack to capitalize on Palestine issue by pointing out one attacker’s bandana reading “heading to Quds [#Jerusalem],” stating the attack “was directly related to” #Palestine and Trump’s support for Israel pic.twitter.com/0K2705IDDR
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 16, 2019
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