Posted on 09/24/2013 10:55:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A former marine emerged as a hero of the Nairobi siege yesterday after he was credited with saving up to 100 lives.
The ex soldier was having coffee at the Westgate mall when it was attacked by Islamists on Saturday.
With a gun tucked into his waistband, he was pictured helping two women from the complex.
His story emerged as sporadic gunfire continued to ring out from inside the mall early today as Kenyan security forces battled Al Qaeda-linked terrorists into a fourth day.
Despite Kenyan police assurances that they had taken control of the building, a security expert with contacts inside the mall said at least 10 hostages were still being held by a band of attackers, possibly as many as 13.
The former soldier is said to have returned to the building on a dozen occasions, despite intense gunfire.
A friend in Nairobi said: ‘What he did was so heroic. He was having coffee with friends when it happened.
‘He went back in 12 times and saved 100 people. Imagine going back in when you knew what was going on inside.’
Sources said the soldier was in the Royal Marine and now lives in Kenya. He cannot be named for security reasons.
The British military regularly train and operate out of Kenya, and have been involved in tracking UK citizens involved with hardline Islamists in Somalia and Yemen.
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Thank God for good, armed men.
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is Kenya that nice that British soldiers retire there?
I hope he offed his fair share of Islamics in the process.
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If this was in Florida he would have been put on trial and cast as a demon.
It wasn't an "assault rifle", was it?
and the demtards contnue to take guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens, or never let them get into their hands to begin with. either way disarmed and helpless like serfs.
He might yet depending on how Kenya sees handguns in civilian possession
I read elsewhere today that retired British officers (not sure about NCOs) are given very favorable immigration status in Kenya, basically an open door, including an unspecified “firearms license” to be granted them.
That’s a terrific show.
>The British military regularly train and operate out of Kenya, and have been involved in tracking UK citizens involved with hardline Islamists in Somalia and Yemen.<
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Would it not be more cost effective for the West to throw out all Muslims, send them to the ME hellholes, instead of having to spend exorbitant amounts of money for security against them?
Should I not be considered for a Nobel Prize for Economics?
Truth. I suspect that the ex Marine would have done exactly the same thing even if he were un armed, it’s just that he probably would have been killed in the process and would not have saved as many as he did.
RE: Should I not be considered for a Nobel Prize for Economics?
And a Nobel Peace Prize to boot ( not that the Nobel Peace Prize means anything so don’t get offended :)
With all the chaos, I often wonder how he was not shot by the LEO’s entering the building. Even when he escorted hostages out, it had to be tense, at least the first and second times.
I thought shopping malls were supposed to be gun-free zones.
If it happened here the Feds would arrest the Brit and charge him with attempted murder. Obummer loves terrorists.
If he would have done this in Britian he would have more than likely been arrested and jailed!
That’s a terrific show.
Season 3 has been gonzo...
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