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Old 09-23-2013, 03:28 PM
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I read a Stephen Hunter book called Soft Target about a year ago about a sniper caught in an attack in the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN. This attack was at the hands of an American using Somalian immigrants to do his violence while he took care of the computer software and the like in the Mall.

Eerie to have a novel reflect real life in such a way.

Here's a review of Soft Target BOOK REVIEW: 'Soft Target' - Washington Times

Some links on the Kenya attack:

Kenyan Mall Siege Enters Third Night - WSJ.com

BBC News - Three Britons among Kenya shopping mall attack dead
Heard two "specialists" say that malls are now the new airplanes for terrorists...scary thought how easy it is