One of the President of Kenya's nephews was killed

[malaise]

He was having coffee with his mother, Kenyatta's sister at the Mall.
Word is that one of these hostage takers is a white female - Samantha Lewthwaite.

http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2013/05/muslim-convert-samantha-lewthwaite-is.html


Look at this recent story
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2419556/Habib-Ghani-ally-White-Widow-Samantha-Lewthwaite-shot-dead-rival-Islamic-militants-Somalia.html
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Habib Ghani, 28, was ambushed along with one of America’s most wanted terrorists in a dawn raid after falling out with commanders from militant group al-Shabab.

The fanatic – who also called himself Osama al-Britani – was a key ally of Muslim convert Samantha Lewthwaite, 29, who was married to King’s Cross bomber Jermaine Lindsay.
Killed: Habib Ghani (left) is believed to have been shot dead in Somalia. He has been on the run with Samantha Lewthwaite (right) since 2011

Killed: Habib Ghani (left) is believed to have been shot dead in Somalia. He has been on the run with Samantha Lewthwaite (right) since 2011

The so-called ‘White Widow’, who is the world’s most wanted woman, has been on the run in East Africa after police foiled a Christmas bomb plot against Western tourists in the coastal resort of Mombasa in 2011.

Police believe the soldier’s daughter from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, had been working with Ghani for several years, although she was not thought to have been present when gunmen struck early yesterday.

Remember the source is the Daily Mail but was he killed by Kenyan soldiers?

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2419556/Habib-Ghani-ally-White-Widow-Samantha-Lewthwaite-shot-dead-rival-Islamic-militants-Somalia.html#ixzz2fcQo7avs

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. Also Ghanaian poet and diplomat Kofi Awoonor

Ghanaian poet and diplomat Kofi Awoonor is among the 39 killed during the attack on Westgate Mall. He died on Saturday, aged 78, from injuries sustained in the attack on Westgate Mall, Nairobi.

The Ghanaian government confirmed Awoonor’s death early Sunday morning. Awoonor’s son had been shot in the shoulder during the attack, for which Somali militant group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility, and was treated and discharged from hospital late on Saturday. In addition to the 39 people killed, it is estimated 100 have been injured in the attack.

Awoonor was in Nairobi to speak at the Storymoja Hay Festival, a four-day celebration of writing, thinking and storytelling. Along with Ghanaian poets Nii Parkes and Kwame Dawes, he was due to perform on Saturday evening as part of a showcase of award-winning poetry from both sides of Africa.
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Awoonor was a diplomat as well as a poet. He served as Ghana’s Ambassador to the United Nations between 1990 and 1994, where he was the head of the committee against Apartheid. In 1975 Awoonor was imprisoned without trial for several months. He was later brought to court on charges of helping ‘political criminal’, ex-Brigadier Kattah, flee the country. Awoonor denied aiding Kattah’s escape, but admitted to hosting him. His imprisonment was met with protest from International PEN, Amnesty International and writers including beat poet Allen Ginsberg. His third collection, The House By the Sea, was inspired by his incarceration and was published in 1978.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/10326144/Nairobi-shopping-mall-attacks-Kofi-Awoonor-Ghanaian-poet-killed-in-Westgate-Attack.html

[malaise]

2. OMFG

How sad

[dipsydoodle]

3. She'd been in Somalia since last March.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/06/samantha-lewthwaite-terror-suspect-7-7-widow-somalia_n_1324082.html

[Lugnut]

4. My son-in-law's sister and her family live in Nairobi.

They usually go for lunch and go grocery shopping at that mall every Saturday. She wasn't feeling well yesterday so her husband and son went somewhere else for lunch and food shopping. It was such a relief to find out that they were okay.

[malaise]

5. Wow

They were lucky - it's a very popular mall.

[JCMach1]

6. Was there last Christmas Eve...

wasn't our regular mall as our apartment was on the other side of the city...

[JCMach1]

7. Knowing Kenyatta's stance on terrorism in the election campaign... Al Shabab

is in for a world of hurt upcoming...