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Police departments across the country were on high alert after federal law enforcement officials issued a joint intelligence bulletin

Al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked terror group in Somalia, released a video over the weekend calling for attacks on Western shopping malls including the Mall of America in Minnesota. Police departments across the country were on high alert after federal law enforcement officials issued a joint intelligence bulletin warning of the threats. Jeff Pegues reports from Washington.

Feb 23, 2015
02:40

The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson addressed a video released by the al Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabaab

The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson addressed a video released by the al Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabaab. He urged shoppers planning to go to the Mall of America to be cautious. Julianna Goldman reports.

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Nairobi mall attack: Norwegian citizen identified as gunman

Investigators in Kenya have identified one of the four gunmen who massacred at least 67 people during a four day siege at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya

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Watch: New Kenya mall attack video shows gunmen

New video has been released that shows some of the terrorist gunmen from the violent standoff at a popular Nairobi shopping mall in Kenya

Oct 5, 2013
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State Dept. reissues warning for Americans traveling to Kenya

The State Department reissued a warning for Americans traveling to Kenya following the terrorist attack earlier this week on a shopping mall in Nairobi by Somali terrorist group al-Shabab

Sep 28, 2013
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U.S. intelligence ramps up focus on terror group blamed for Kenya mall attack

The CIA is adding manpower and new resources to find out if al-Shabab is planning attacks on U.S. targets

Sep 27, 2013
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New video shows Nairobi shopping mall parking garage destruction

Video of a Westgate Mall parking garage destroyed after al-Shabab militants attacked the upscale shopping center in Nairobi, Kenya

Sep 26, 2013
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New video of Kenya mall shows full extent of destruction

Five days after the terrorist attack, more bodies were pulled from beneath the rubble of the Westgate Mall Wednesday

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Dozens unaccounted for as Kenya's president declares victory in mall siege

Kenyan soldiers continued to search the mall where terrorists attacked shoppers and took hostages Saturday

Sep 24, 2013
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Homegrown terror: Americans in al-Shabab and domestic terror

John Miller talks about the news of two Americans being among the terrorists in the hostage siege in Nairobi

Sep 24, 2013
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Explosions continue on fourth day of Nairobi Mall massacre

The country's foreign minister says the terrorist group al-Shabab is responsible for the bloody siege and Americans are among the attackers

Sep 24, 2013
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9/23: Al-Shabab terrorist group fighting to extend its reach; Bill Clinton talks about wife's presidential ambitions

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Sep 23, 2013
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Nairobi mall hostage situation atypical for authorities

CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg reports from Nairobi, Kenya, on the terror attack at a mall, and how authorities have been trying to end it

Sep 23, 2013
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American woman injured in Kenya mall massacre recovering

Elaine Dang, of Del Mar, Calif., is one of the five Americans injured in Saturday's attack on a Nairobi mall

Sep 23, 2013
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More than three dozen people were killed in an upscale mall in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi when a group of men armed with automatic weapons stormed the shopping center. Somalia-based militant group al Shabab, an al Qaeda affiliate, has claimed responsibility; and, several players for the football team in Lyons, Colo., lost their homes when floods consumed their town. They continue to practice and play.

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How concerned is American intelligence about al Qaeda affiliate al Shabab in wake of Nairobi attack?

Sep 21, 2013
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Deadly terror attack at mall in Nairobi, Kenya

Gunmen storm shopping mall in Nairobi, killing more than three dozen people with automatic weapons

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