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Al-Qaeda Threatens Obama's Grandmother


Uri Friedman Uri Friedman - 2 hrs 7 mins ago

ABC News
<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/atlantic/wl_atlantic/storytext/alqaedathre
atensobamasgrandmother37633/41438326/SIG=1354ik3cj/*http:/abcnews.go.com/Blo
tter/barack-obamas-grandmother-threatened-kenya-al-qaeda/story?id=13586549>
is reporting that Kenyan police are guarding the home of President Obama's
step-grandmother in Kenya around the clock after al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based
al-Qaeda affiliate, threatened her life. ABC learns that while security was
added to Sarah Hussein Obama's house the day after bin Laden's death
<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/atlantic/wl_atlantic/storytext/alqaedathre
atensobamasgrandmother37633/41438326/SIG=13samm9q6/*http:/www.foxnews.com/wo
rld/2011/05/03/report-security-tightened-kenya-home-president-obamas-grandmo
ther/?test=latestnews> , the the number of officers has increased since
al-Shabaab leveled its threat, to the point where there are now enough
officers to patrol her entire village of Kogelo in West Kenya, according to
one police chief.

In an interview with ABC, Obama's 88-year-old grandmother (pictured above in
2008) didn't seem particularly concerned, however. "My life has not been
affected in any way," she said. "If the government has decided to bring more
security personnel, we are OK with it."

Following ABC's report, CBS News
<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/atlantic/wl_atlantic/storytext/alqaedathre
atensobamasgrandmother37633/41438326/SIG=11t4gv1ir/*http:/www.cbsnews.com/83
01-503543_162-20062188-503543.html>  got in touch with an "expert involved
in security matters" at the U.S. embassy in Kenya, who told the news outlet
that there is no new or credible threat against "Mama Sarah." CBS adds that
"the al-Shabab threat may amount to little more than posturing. Al-Qaeda and
its affiliates have issued numerous threats in the wake of bin Laden's
killing, most of them broad threats of reprisal against the West and
assertions of the groups' continuing relevancy."

Here's a video with ABC's report:

 



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