Posted on 09/23/2013 6:41:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Kenyan security forces, including commando teams and military helicopters, launched a "final assault" on the luxury shopping mall in Nairobi where a group of armed militants were holding around 30 hostages.
As night fell in the Kenyan capital a huge blast reverberated around the Westgate mall, where the attackers thought to be members of the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab had been holed up since shooting their way into the shopping centre on Saturday afternoon.
Two hours later the Kenyan defence forces tweeted that they had rescued most of the hostages and secured most of the mall. Four soldiers were reported to have been injured during the operation and taken to hospital.
Heavy and sustained gunfire was heard from the mall for about five minutes early on Monday morning, a Reuters witness reported. The blast of gunfire was followed by a lull, and then a series of small, sporadic explosions.
Kenya's military had earlier said on its Twitter feed it was making every effort to bring the siege "to a speedy conclusion".
The carnage in and around the four-storey building, where heavily armed fighters opened fire on weekend shoppers on Saturday, claimed at least 68 lives with 175 people injured. That toll, which rose steadily throughout Sunday, was expected to climb higher.
Kenya's president, Uhuru Kenyatta, who lost a nephew in the attack, promised to punish those behind it "swiftly and painfully", and said Kenya "would not relent on the war on terror".
Barack Obama called Kenyatta to offer condolences and US support in bringing the perpetrators to justice .
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
It will happen in DC or Mass or somewhere like that...
They will be peaceful until there are enough Muslims to start demanding exemptions and exceptions from rules and laws.
Yes, I believe thee final war which will bring Jesus back will be the good people against evil..Islamic people willing to kill for their satanic religion.
Sounds like a plan! ;-)
“But if it does, I wonder how that would play out in a right-to-carry state...”
Let’s see. You are the leader of a terrorist cell, hell bent on attacking a mall. Are you going to choose a mall in Virginia, which has reasonable CHP laws, or are you going to cross the Potomac and choose a mall in DC or Maryland, which have essentially no conceal carriers?
The first couple that I cap will furnish me with a weapon upgrade.
The first couple that I shoot will furnish me with a path to safety.
I’m with you. I’m only surprised that the attack didn’t take place here, given how many “Americans” and “British” appear to have been among the attackers.
Without changing our Constitution, we can stop admitting Muslims except as diplomats, and repatriate the non-citizens. No refugees, tourists, students, immigrants, visitors.
Heckuva job, NSA, /s
An old friend joked after 9-11 “Well, I guess it is time to play cowboys and muslims.”
The US can be the most ruthless country out there, once it becomes a matter of survival. We destroyed the German state, ended (in large part) the old Japanese civilization. Once we decide to do it, we can smash the world of Islam.
We need to get with Russia, and maybe China...both of whom have REAL problems with Islam.
I propose that we can accomplish 3 SERIOUS PROBLEMS in about 45 minutes- The time it takes to launch all the ICBM, SLBM, MRBM, and IRBMs in nuclear inventory!
1) Get rid of all nuclear weapons by using them on Mooselimbs. A third [nuclear] crusade would give a hundred, maybe thousand years of true peace on earth.
2) We will solve global warming with the accompanying nuclear winter.
3) Adopt the eco-nut fantasy of population reduction to appease the anti-war left.
With no nukes, no muslims, nice moderate weather, and the type of eco-nut population control measures that the liberals can't get away with now, we can do it! /sever sarcasm&faceiousness off>.
The only places left without "shall issue" CCW are Hawaii, and some states in the Northeast (DC, MD, NJ, NY, etc). Even in the northeast, they would have to be careful to choose a mall where there weren't any gang bangers.
Not in public places in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts or Connecticut. Damned near impossible to get a carry permit in those states.
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