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Nairobi Mall Attack Signals the Rise of al-Shabaab

Kenya Attack

Al Qaeda’s Somalian affiliate has suffered major setbacks in its own country, but its deadly attack on a mall in Kenya Saturday shows its reach is widening. Eli Lake reports.

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