(AFP-Al-Arabiya) Cabinet ministers and Kenya's army chief had received information warning of a plan to carry out a major attack on a Nairobi mall by Islamist gunmen, security sources said Saturday, confirming an intelligence report leaked in Kenya's The Nation newspaper. The report said Israel had warned of plans to attack Israeli property in September. The Westgate mall, attacked on September 21, is part owned by Israelis and had long been considered a prime potential target.
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