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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 19, 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A5 winnipegfreepress. com WORLD WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2015 A 5 Metric Ingredients Imperial 500 ml baby spinach leaves 2 cups 1 medium apple, thinly sliced 1 30 ml celery, chopped 2 tbsp 30 ml toasted pecans, chopped 2 tbsp 30 ml honey dijon mustard dressing 2 tbsp APPLE SPINACH SALAD Directions In a large bowl; gently mix spinach, apple, celery and pecans. Add dressing and toss. Servings: 2 C HATTANOOGA, Tenn. - As the death toll rose to five, a handful of governors ordered National Guardsmen to take up arms in response to the brazen attacks on two Tennessee military sites. In Chattanooga, a city that prides itself on strong ties between people of different faiths, some Muslims feared the community's perception of them had changed after the shooting rampage Thursday. A 24- year- old man and fellow Muslim killed four marines and wounded three others, including a sailor who died Saturday from his wounds. Mohsin Ali, a member of the Islamic Society of Greater Chattanooga, said he hoped the local community didn't dissolve into turmoil the way others have in the region over the building of mosques and other matters. Peaceful coexistence has largely prevailed. " We, our kids, feel 100 per cent American and Chattanoogan," said the Pakistani- born Ali, 42, who is a child psychiatrist. " Now they are wondering if that is how people still look at them." Valencia Brewer, the wife of a Baptist minister, knows how she'll try to see Muslims as the days after the horrific shooting turn to weeks. " I think the way you have to look at it is this was an individual person. You can't point at all Muslims because of this," she said. Ali and Brewer were among more than 1,000 people who attended a memorial service Friday night at a Baptist church for the victims. Ali, one of the speakers, railed against shooter Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, who died in police gunfire after his attacks, as a " murderer" who committed a " cowardly and cruel" act. " He shot our marines and our police officers, shattered the peace of our city, frightened our children," Ali said. " He destroyed the lives of his whole family. He did his best to spread hatred and division. Disgraceful. And we will not let that endure." As FBI agents served a warrant on the Abdulazeez home Thursday, two women wearing Islamic head coverings were seen being led away in handcuffs. But FBI agent Jason Pack said Saturday no arrests have been made in the case. Authorities are looking into the shooting as a terrorism investigation and whether Abdulazeez was inspired or directed by any terrorist organization. They still don't know what motived Abdulazeez. The president of the Islamic Society of Greater Chattanooga said Abdulazeez's father said he felt blindsided and did not see changes in his son. " He told me that he had never seen it coming, and did not see any signs from his son that he would be that way and do something like that," Bassam Issa said. Meanwhile, governors in at least a half- dozen states ordered National Guardsmen to be armed, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott moved his state's Guard recruiters from storefronts in urban areas to armouries. Ali said immigrants such as himself owe a debt of gratitude to America and the armed forces protecting it, because they often know first- hand what it means to live in countries without personal freedoms or the rule of law. Near the end of the service, at Ali's urging, dozens of Muslims received a standing ovation as they stood in support of their city and in allegiance to their nation. It was a remarkable show of togetherness in a region where relations have sometimes been tense since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. About 160 kilometres to the northwest, plans to construct an Islamic centre drew stiff community opposition for years in Murfreesboro, Tenn., where the mosque finally opened in 2012. Opponents then filed suit to block plans for an adjoining cemetery, but a judge tossed the case last year. That sort of thing hasn't happened in Chattanooga. Instead, many non- Muslim neighbours attended an open house for the $ 2- million, domed Islamic Center of Greater Chattanooga when it opened in 2012. Raising money and building the mosque, school and community centre took about five years. People in Chattanooga never questioned it, said Issa of the Islamic Society. " We just feel very lucky to be in a city like this," he said. " I wouldn't know why a city chooses to be tolerant and peaceful versus a city that may have some trouble with such a project." Still, the events of the last few days have left some on edge, particularly the young. The end of Ramadan is usually a time for celebration, but events at the Islamic center were cancelled after the shootings. A sign on the door Friday encouraged visitors to go to the memorial service instead. Ali said he plans to offer counselling for concerned members of the Islamic community, and that might help ease concerns. But he isn't sure. - The Associated Press Military killings test Chattanooga's unity Arm guardsmen, governors urge By Jay Reeves, Michael Biesecker and Kathleen Foody MARK ZALESKI / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sophia Ensley ( left) comforts Barbie Branum beside a memorial in Chattanooga, Tenn., Saturday. WADE PAYNE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST FBI agents work the scene of a deadly shooting. N AIROBI, Kenya - It was the site of a mass killing and a national embarrassment. But when the Westgate mall reopened here Saturday morning, shoppers and politicians poured through the security scanner into the glittering, light- filled interior in a rare moment of hope and closure. Ben Mulwa, 34, a survivor of the September 2013 terrorist attack in the Kenyan capital that left at least 67 people dead, was among the first five to escape after hiding in a flower bed as four terrorists walked by him. Their calm, expressionless faces haunt him to this day. He was one of the first to return Saturday, coming, he said, " to finish that business that brought me to Westgate mall," a lunch meeting with a friend. " Today is an inspirational moment for us," Mulwa said. " Many people didn't make it, as we did. Today, we are excited because we are back on our feet, and we can convince the world that terrorism is not bringing us down any time soon." The assault was carried out by the four gunmen who passed Mulwa by. The militants from the Somali group al- Shabaab launched a siege that dragged on for days, with initial fears that their numbers might be greater and dozens of people might be held hostage. The gunmen freed those who could recite a Muslim profession of faith and shot down others, including children. The attack underscored how terrorists could inflict a devastating toll on a soft civilian target, without the need for suicide vests, explosives or bombs. An al- Shabaab attack on a university in the northern Kenya town of Garissa in April used the same template, with a small group of gunmen storming student residences, shooting Christians and even taunting parents and loved ones on their victims' cellphones. At least 148 died in the assault, which came after authorities failed to heed protests about poor security on the campus. The Westgate mall, once Nairobi's most elite shopping spot, was closed after the 2013 attack. Its hulking empty frame conveyed not only the country's security failures in its battle against al- Shabaab but was a grim reminder of other unpleasant moments: police officers looting stores left empty after the gun battles; authorities offering misleading statements - some called them downright lies - during the crisis; the squabbling between arms of the security forces that stymied the response. Mulwa, a communications consultant, had been driving into the mall's rooftop parking garage when the first shots came. He abandoned his car, blocked from behind, its motor still running. " The shots went on so intensely that we had to get out of our cars," he said. " I went to hide in a flower bed on the way to the rooftop. While I was hiding, I saw the terrorists walk through the entrance. They shot at me. I remember the particular shot that grazed my head. The bullet ricocheted off the wall and hit my leg. " They shot the security guard who was right in front of me. He died in front of me because he was shot in the head." The faces of the killers are still locked in Mulwa's mind. " Their faces were so cold. They seemed to be enjoying exactly what they were doing. They didn't seem to be perturbed at all. Their faces, I'll never forget for the rest of my life." Josephine Kinotei, 34, was working at the Healthy U food outlet in the Nakumatt supermarket and was trapped for hours in a washroom before Kenyan forces rescued her and others. " We were terrified," she said. " We couldn't leave because people were still shooting. We started praying and praying. We prayed a lot." - Los Angeles Times By Robyn Dixon Healing at mall- tragedy site BEN CURTIS / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A security guard patrols outside the reopened Westgate mall Saturday. A_ 05_ Jul- 19- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A5 7/ 18/ 15 11: 13: 17 PM ;