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Al-Shabab's Attack In Kenya Was A Long Time Coming

caption: A plume of black smoke billows over the Westgate Mall, in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday.
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A plume of black smoke billows over the Westgate Mall, in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday.
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The deadly terrorist attack in a Kenyan shopping mall has so far left over 60 dead and many wounded. The Somali-based terrorist organization Al-Shabab claimed responsibility. While the attack came as a shock to many of us, law professor Makau Mutua says Kenya has known for a long time that an attack was coming.

Makau Mutua is the dean of University of Buffalo's Law School and member of the independent, nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations. Ross Reynolds talks with Makau about the context behind this act of terrorism.

Produced by Hannah Burn.

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