Unlikely: WH deputy national security adviser claims Kenya attack is proof that al Shabaab is on its heels

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Via The Hill:

White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said Monday the attack is proof that al Shabaab is on its heels.
“The fact of the matter is we’ve actually had a very aggressive effort to go after al Shabaab in Somalia, both through direct U.S. counterterrorism efforts, but also through support for AMISOM, the international force, including Kenya, that has pushed al Shabaab out of a number of its strongholds in Somalia,” Rhodes told reporters traveling with the president. “And, frankly, I think it was that pressure on al Shabaab that, in terms of their own professed motivation, led them to pursue an attack against Kenya.”

Al Qaeda's proxy in Somalia Whipping Women for Wearing Bras

The Somalian group Al Shabaab, which is an Al Qaeda proxy, is sending gunmen into the streets of Mogadishu to inspect women's breasts and publicly whip them if they are wearing a bra. Wasn't sharia twisted enough already?

The Daily Mail reported:

A hardline Islamist group in Somalia has begun publicly whipping women for wearing bras that they claim violate Islam as they are 'deceptive'....

Al Shabaab, which seeks to impose a strict interpretation of Sharia law over all Somalia, also amputated a foot and a hand each from two young men accused of robbery earlier this month.