King: Kenya Mall Attack Shows al-Qaeda's Reach

by JASmius

My chief question: Does this mean General Motors is dead?

The deadly attack at a Nairobi, Kenya, shopping mall was likely carried out by the al-Shabab Islamist organization and shows how terror groups linked with al-Qaida are expanding on an international level, New York Republican Representative Peter King said Sunday. 

This is one of the "only al-Qaida affiliates which has activity here in the United States," King, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

Which, of course, does much to explain why the State Department refuses to officially declare al Shabab a terrorist organization.

"I would assume that local law enforcement are looking into Somalia-American communities today," King said, noting that there have been some Somalia-Americans trained by al-Shabab, and law enforcement will need to ensure a similar attack won't happen on American soil.

Why would you assume that, Congressman?  No level of law enforcement is going to publicly or clandestinely engage in surveilling - which is to say, profiling - Somali-American communities; not if they don't want to be buried in civil rights lawsuits and their members and leadership crucified as "racists".  Not even after al Shabab jihadists pull off the next major attack on American soil.

King said the organization is also working closely in Nigeria and Yemen, as "very significant terrorist groups are showing a capacity to attack outside of their borders and recruit people from here in the United States."

Do the spaces between the lines of this quote really need any elaboration?