The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 23, 2015 Al-Shabab Threatens Westgate-Style Attack on Mall of America ------------------------------------------------------------- The Somali militant group al-Shabab has issued a threat to attack Minnesota's Mall of America as it did Kenya's Westgate shopping center in 2013. The mall says it has tightened security in response. .