Israeli forces enter Nairobi mall!

Why are 'Israeli forces'(of all people) in a mall in the in Nairobi of Kenya, the capital of an African country?

Westgate Mall? Wonder who owns that?

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A Kenyan security official says Israeli forces have entered a shopping mall in the capital, Nairobi, where Somali militants have already killed dozens of people and an unknown number of hostages are still being held.


Local security officials say the Israeli forces have joined Kenyans to end the deadly mall siege on Sunday. The Kenyan troops backed by Israeli forces are now battling against gunmen holding dozens of people hostage inside the shopping mall for the second day.

"The Israelis have just entered and they are rescuing the hostages and the injured," media outlets quoted an unnamed senior Kenyan security source as saying.

Kenyan military spokesman noted that a large number of well-equipped forces are fighting the assailants that attacked the mall, killing nearly 60 people and injuring some 200 more.


"We are still battling with the attackers and our forces have managed to maroon the attackers on one of the floors," said Colonel Cyrus Oguna, adding, "We hope to bring this to an end today."

There are reports of sporadic gunfire inside the mall as Kenyan forces try to kill or capture the remaining 10 to 15 gunmen who are holding about 70 people hostage.

The carnage on Saturday started when gunmen stormed the Westgate Mall in an upscale neighborhood, throwing hand grenades and indiscriminately firing at people.

Somalia’s al-Shabab fighters have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in retaliation for Kenya’s military intervention in Somalia.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says he has lost family members in the deadly attack. He also vowed to bring perpetrators and attackers to justice for targeting innocent civilians


"Let me make it clear. We shall hunt down the perpetrators wherever they run to. We shall get them. We shall punish them for this heinous crime,” Kenyatta said in a televised address to the nation late Saturday.

The attack was the worst in Nairobi since an al-Qaeda bombing at the US Embassy killed over 200 people in 1998.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/09/22/325379/israeli-forces-enter-nairobi-mall/

 

PressTV?

 

Maybe Kenya needs support from a very well honed counter terrorist force.

 

try this- http://www.firstpost.com/world/nair...l-final-assault-by-kenyan-troops-1125697.html

8 mintues old.

 

The mall's ownership is Israeli, and security experts have long said the structure would make an attractive terrorist target.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/22/kenyan-forces-standoff-militants-mall-nairobi

 

Oh dear...

Did you see that there are women among the attackers?

 

The Israelis have a lot to deal with. Did you read about this? http://www.myfoxny.com/story/23492187/israel-soldier-abducted-killed-by-palestinian The guys were friendly. Just awful.

 

They should be doing more of this than attacking E.U diplomats and generally using their influence for the good of the world. I wouldn't mind if what they did had benefits for the World Community.

 

The Guardian is reporting that Israelis own the Westgate Mall.

 

i missed that? must have been in the video-i tend to skip those. anywho, that's a new spin for islamists. they seem to act like girls are icky.

 

Yes.. women don't usually join the men..

One of the women is a white American or British woman..

I am drawing a blank on her name. Its something like Leftwaite.

 

Any reason to think that isn't true? Otherwise, it can be counted as just another murderous attack against a benighted people. Our thoughts and prayers should be with them.

 

Israelis did deal with so much Islamic terrorism and it's inhumane ways,
they are quite credible to be called upon.

 

I just make it a point to check anything that comes out of PressTV.

Somalia is such a mess that they can't attract investors... so part of this may be economic envy.

 

Indeed they do.

However, what they do not do is name them.

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Except that is not what you did.

An apology for your hasty and early attempt to belittle the thread would be nice .

Via PM if need be.

 

Reports seem a little confused as to what Israel is actually doing. But a couple of sources are saying the Kenya's have been offered help from a number of countries. I think aside from the magnitude of the attack, the presence of many ex-pats have gotten the international community interested.

 

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Yup, and the Kenyan authority always had the last say.

 

Actually it's true. It's not the first time the Israeli special forces have worked with the Kenyan army. The mall is partially owned by Israel and they have other investments in Kenya as well.

As for the Israeli special forces, who wouldn't want their help...especially if it's free.

 

Yes.. I have posted that twice.

 

Before I read they owned the mall, I was thinking maybe, just maybe it might be a benevolent action on behalf of a nation. Perhaps I had my hopes a bit too high.

 

owned by the government or owned by an Israeli investor???

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If that is true why do you have to repeat lies like that of organ harvesting./....... only horrible bigots or people with no arguments say things like that.

 

If an Israeli has an investment in the mall it is not owned by Israel.

 

Exactly.. More likely it is owned by a private investment group in Israel.

 

I am not even sure of that, I can't seem to hunt down the investors.

 

Well it needs confirmation on the particulars. PressTV is about as reliable as Debka or World Net Daily.