Thread: Nairobi terror attack: Americans and Briton 'among the gunmen'

At least two Americans and one Briton were among the gunment that stormed the Westgate mall in Nairobi, killing at least 69 people, the Kenyan foreign minister has said.

One of the injured is carried from the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi by armed security men Photo: AFP/Getty Images

By Bonnie Malkin


Amina Mohamed said in an interview with “PBS Newshour” that “two or three Americans” and “one Brit” were among the militants in the attack.

She said the Americans were 18 to 19 years old, of Somali or Arab origin and lived “in Minnesota and one other place” in the United States. The British jihadist was a woman who has “done this many times before,” Ms Mohamed said, adding to speculation that it was the "White Widow", Samantha Lethwaite.

US officials said that they were trying to confirm if any of the assailants were American.

A State Department spokesman said there was "no definitive evidence of the nationalities"

An FBI spokesman in Minneapolis, home to a large Somali population, said the bureau was investigating reports Americans were involved in the attack but said the task was "complicated" by the ongoing siege in Nairobi.

"We are aware that names are floating around there but we're not in a position to confirm any identities at this point," said Kyle Loven. "If and when the situation is resolved we'll move forward with any information we receive."

White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said he had no direct information that Americans had participated in the attack, but could not rule it out.
"We do monitor very carefully and have for some time been concerned about efforts by al Shabaab to recruit Americans or US persons to come to Somalia," he said.
Last night Barack Obama, whose father was born in Kenya, said the United States stood with Kenyans against "this terrible outrage".
"We will provide them with whatever law enforcement support that is necessary. And we are confident that Kenya will continue to be a pillar of stability in eastern Africa," he said in New York.
Military chief Julius Karangi said the attackers came from all over the world. "We are fighting global terrorism here," he said, without giving their nationalities.
Lewthwaite is wanted in connection with an alleged plot to attack hotels and restaurants in Kenya. Asked if the dead woman was Lewthwaite, one Kenyan intelligence officer said: "We don't know."

Nairobi terror attack: Americans and Briton 'among the gunmen' - Telegraph

There's more of those "British", "American", "German", French", Australian, "Kiwi" and other European labelled non-white (and a few paler skinned) jihadists erupting out of the sewers lately.

Many do this type of jihadist stuff or go to Syria and such places ostensibly as "freedom fighters", or volunteers for some hairbrained cause, all in the attempt to get battle experience then back to their so called "homelands", UK, US, Oz, Europe etc to get ready for the next jihad against ol' honky.

Man, is there gonna be some sh*t flying!!

With pussy-cat type lefty softly-softly politicians in charge, there's gonna be a load of honkies arrested for complaining about it.

Wooja believe it, couldn't be real Muslims, they're peaceful.

C'mon, smarmy degenerates, let's hear it...the conquistadors, waaaa

Nairobi shopping mall attack: British-Australian architect killed with pregnant partner
A prize-winning British-Australian architect and his pregnant partner were shot dead side by side in the Nairobi shopping mall massacre weeks before she was due to give birth.



Architect Ross Langdon and his partner, Elif Yavuz

Ross Langdon, 33, and Elif Yavuz, a Harvard-educated Dutchwoman, were killed as they stood in a café in the Westgate shopping centre in the Kenyan capital. He was believed to be one of four confirmed British casualties.

The couple were based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and had travelled to Nairobi to take advantage of its better health care. Friends said the parents-to-be were “so happy” and in love, and had dedicated their lives to helping to create a peaceful world.

Born and brought up in south-eastern Tasmania, Mr Langdon had worked in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa. In Kenya he had designed an HIV-Aids hospital without charging a fee. He was a founding director of Regional Associates, an architects’ firm with offices in London and Melbourne.

The couple met in Kampala, Uganda, where Miss Yavuz, a specialist in malaria with a doctorate, was working for the World Bank.
Nairobi shopping mall attack: British-Australian architect killed with pregnant partner - Telegraph

Let's hear it from ya Cameron, tell us all it had nothing to do with Islam!

He already has done , read the link in my post #4!!

The New York Times staff photographer Tyler Hicks was nearby when gunmen opened fire at an upscale Nairobi mall, killing at least 39 people in one of the worst terrorist attacks in Kenya’s history. He was able to go inside the mall as the attack unfolded.

His conversation with James Estrin has been edited.

Mr. Hicks describes arriving at the scene.
Q.
What happened? How were you so close?



A.
I was at a framing shop in an adjacent mall picking up some photographs that had been given to me as gifts by photojournalists who attended my wedding. I was very close. I didn’t have all of my equipment, just had a small camera that I always have with me in case something happens.

I ran over to the mall and I was able to photograph until my wife [Nichole Sobecki], who is also a photojournalist and was at our house, was able to collect my Kevlar helmet and professional cameras before she came to cover the news herself.

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Police and soldiers swept through the mall to pursue the assailants and to help civilians escape to safety.
When I left the framing shop, I could see right away that there was something serious going on, because there were lots of people running away from the mall. I ran over there and within minutes I could see people who had been shot in the leg or stomach from what appeared to be small arms fire being helped by other civilians. This went on for about 30 minutes.

The mall is Nairobi’s most high-end shopping center, completely up to Western standards, with movie theaters, nice cafes, supermarkets and a casino. Pretty much anything you need. I’ve been there, so I knew the layout inside.

From the beginning I wanted to get with some security forces inside the mall.



Glass was shattered inside the mall.

We managed to find an entrance where people who were hiding inside the mall were coming out. We ran into that service entrance and we hooked up with some police who let us stay with them as they did security sweeps clearing different stores — very much like what you see when the military enters a village. Shop to shop and aisle to aisle, looking for the shooters who were still inside.

I had a clear view in there. I could see that there were multiple bodies lying dead in the mall, some lying together just next to where they were having lunch at a cafe. It seemed everywhere you turned there was another body.


What Mr. Hicks found inside the mall.
Military forces didn’t know where the militants were, so they continued to sweep through looking for them. Of course, there was the concern of I.E.D.’s or that they would throw a grenade or shoot. In the shopping mall, there was an endless amount of places that they could hide or potentially attack from.

Q.
How long were you there?

A.
I was around the mall for the better part of the day. I was inside the mall for about two hours.




Several Kenyan soldiers were wounded.
Q.
What exactly was unfolding in front of you during those two hours?

A.
We were with one group of police for most of the time. There were moments when I branched out. If you had to stop, and they continued, you would be in the mall, completely alone, without anyone knowing where these gunmen were. So it was important to make the commitment to stay with them. They moved from place to place, sometimes running, sometimes having to clear areas around corners, where they couldn’t see around the corner, and it looked very much like a military operation inside.

They had two objectives as far as I could see: one was to try to find the militants. And two, to get civilians out of the mall. There were many civilians who had barricaded themselves inside shops, inside the movie theater, inside restaurants, inside a beauty salon — it seemed like everywhere you went, there were more people who just appeared out of the woodwork.

Q.
You didn’t see any of the shooters, either dead or alive?

A.
No, I didn’t see any of the militants. I only saw the casualties and the fatalities. I estimate I saw between 10 and 12 people who had been killed.

Q.
What are you thinking at this point? Is covering a terrorist attack where you live different than covering war in Afghanistan or Syria?

A.
When something of this magnitude happens, it’s just as dangerous, if not more dangerous than being in Afghanistan or any other number of countries where there are wars going on. You have to think about where you’re standing, you have to think about where you have cover, the type of obstacles you can place between you and potential gunmen. A lot of the same rules apply when they’re sweeping through a building like that.

This is just plain and simple murder of unarmed civilians. It’s not a war. These militants went into the mall and executed people: women and children, anyone who got in their path. That’s not typical of war.



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Nairobi attack: British woman allegedly involved in terrorism 'many times before' 'among attackers'
24 Sep 2013 08:32
Kenya Foreign Minister's claim fuels speculation that British terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite was involved in the atrocity

A British woman who has allegedly been involved in terrorism "many times before" was among the militants who slaughtered 62 shoppers in a Kenyan mall, the country's foreign minister has claimed.

The revelation will fuel speculation that British terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite, who was married to the July 7 bomber Jermaine Lindsay, was involved in the atrocity which has claimed the lives of six Brits.

Amina Mohamed said a British extremist acted alongside "two or three" Americans as security forces began a fourth day of fighting at the shopping centre.

The Kenyan authorities previously claimed all the militants involved in the Nairobi mall attack were men but Ms Mohamed contradicted that statement during a US television interview today.

"From the information that we have, two or three Americans (were involved) and I think, so far, I have heard of one Brit... a woman ... and I think she has done this many times before," she told the PBS NewsHour programme.

It was also claimed last night that Lewthwaite may have been shot dead by Kenyan soldiers during the attack.

Investigators are trying to identify the body of a white woman found among the Islamic militants killed as troops stormed the complex.

An intelligence source said last night: “Lewthwaite is the most wanted female terrorist in the world.

"She has managed to evade capture for two years but she may have finally been killed.”

Lewthwaite, dubbed the "White Widow", is known to be in East Africa and is wanted by Kenyan police over alleged links to a terrorist cell that planned to bomb the country's coast.

In March last year officials said she had fled to Somalia and that officers were hunting a woman who used several identities, including hers.

Mirror.co.uk Nairobi attack: British woman allegedly involved in terrorism 'many times before' 'among attackers' - Mirror Online

Samantha Lewthwaite, the 'White Widow,' possibly organized Kenya Mall attack.


September 23, 2013
In regard to the massive-deadly terrorist attack at a mall in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi which has held headlines for the past few days, there are now reports that some of the terrorists were men dressed as women, according to an Inquisitr report on Monday. In fact, it is being suggested that the attack which left at least 62 persons dead may have all been put in place by Samantha Lewthwaite who is also known as the “White Widow.”

Lewthwaite, of British descent, converted to become an Islam extremist when she met her former husband who was one of the terrorists killed in the 7/7 bus bombings in London.

The notion that Lewthwaite may have been behind the Kenya mall attack began when investigators found a white woman as one of the dead terrorists at the mall. Furthermore, an intelligence officer and two soldiers on the scene have said that a deceased white woman who meets Lewthwaite’s description has been found.

The latest information on the tragedy states that Joseph Ole Lenku, the Interior Minister of Kenya, reports that the hostages are free and at least three terrorists were killed. He says that he believes the incident will end soon as the special forces present are in control. The terrorists are reportedly on the run and hiding in stores where there is no room for escape.

An initial Twitter message on the attack openly stated that the group responsible for the attack wanted to kill Americans and Kenyans. The Red Cross now says that 62 people or more have been killed and 63 are still missing. Additionally, approximately 200 have been injured.
Samantha Lewthwaite, the 'White Widow,' possibly organized Kenya Mall attack - Chicago Top News | Examiner.com

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She has managed to evade capture for two years but she may have finally been killed.”

They are hard to identify in their ridiculous face masks.

All the more reason to ban this stupid misogynistic device in civilised societies.

Yeah but some of these English bints need some sort of bag over their heads. I mean look at the state of that.

Quite dramatic headlines. Of course, it's all based on a statement by one Kenyan politician. Even should some part of it turn out to be true, the "Americans" are certainly not "Americans", but spawned in Somalia, admitted to the US as refugee children, and returnees to their homeland to join the 'jihad'. Hardly BillyBob from East Texas. IF she's involved, IF, the British lady is at least a homegrown Brit and a genuine bad sort. I get really tired of tabloid journalism - which, nowadays, is most journalism.

They're doing lots of reports on British TV about how many young Somalians are being recruited from Britain to go and fight the jihad.

I think the Government should be offering them free, one-way tickets myself.

Business class even, if they're dithering. Charter a fucking aircraft.

Whatever it takes, it's still worth it.

Why are so many Muslim terrorists trained in and coming from America recently? Is it Obama's fault?

Originally Posted by Bangyai

White Widow", Samantha Lethwaite.

String the kunt up in Trafalgar Square and let the British public throw rocks at her head.

Global surveillance of communications, but they can't find a fat kunt turned terrorist for six years. She can Twitter with impunity, so can her whole organisation, and several of her laptops have been found in her previous hideouts, indicating she's been in the internet continiously for years. Better yet, 3 of her 4 litters have been born during her terror career, one of them during a visit to England. This monitoring evidently isn't there to catch terrorists. So, what pupose does it serve?

Originally Posted by Rainfall

Is it Obama's fault?

I don't he started the War of Terror. It was those Bush & Blair fellows.

Originally Posted by piwanoi

Originally Posted by ENT

There's more of those "British", "American", "German", French", Australian, "Kiwi" and other European labelled non-white (and a few paler skinned) jihadists erupting out of the sewers lately.

Many do this type of jihadist stuff or go to Syria and such places ostensibly as "freedom fighters", or volunteers for some hairbrained cause, all in the attempt to get battle experience then back to their so called "homelands", UK, US, Oz, Europe etc to get ready for the next jihad against ol' honky.

Man, is there gonna be some sh*t flying!!

With pussy-cat type lefty softly-softly politicians in charge, there's gonna be a load of honkies arrested for complaining about it.

Of Course Cameron's take on the latest Islamic atrocity was quite predictable , no doubt any one in the UK who protests to strongly will be arrested for religious hate crimes ,just glad I am well out of the Country , this article takes a bit of swallowing without feeling the need to throw up No, Mr Cameron. The Kenyan massacre is all about Islamism » Spectator Blogs

Good link. If that doesn't wise up the snoozers nothing will.

Iow, nothing will, the 5th column is well entrenched in the West and protected by our own hate filled losers that cling to the weird rational that the enemy of its enemy must be its friend.

Originally Posted by Rainfall

Global surveillance of communications, but they can't find a fat kunt turned terrorist for six years. She can Twitter with impunity, so can her whole organisation, and several of her laptops have been found in her previous hideouts, indicating she's been in the internet continiously for years. Better yet, 3 of her 4 litters have been born during her terror career, one of them during a visit to England. This monitoring evidently isn't there to catch terrorists. So, what pupose does it serve?

Helps with the unemployment figures?

Originally Posted by Rainfall

Global surveillance of communications, but they can't find a fat kunt turned terrorist for six years. She can Twitter with impunity, so can her whole organisation, and several of her laptops have been found in her previous hideouts, indicating she's been in the internet continiously for years. Better yet, 3 of her 4 litters have been born during her terror career, one of them during a visit to England. This monitoring evidently isn't there to catch terrorists. So, what pupose does it serve?

To watch over the real enemy, the real threat to the status qua, the people. jim

Originally Posted by leemo

Originally Posted by piwanoi

Originally Posted by ENT

There's more of those "British", "American", "German", French", Australian, "Kiwi" and other European labelled non-white (and a few paler skinned) jihadists erupting out of the sewers lately.

Many do this type of jihadist stuff or go to Syria and such places ostensibly as "freedom fighters", or volunteers for some hairbrained cause, all in the attempt to get battle experience then back to their so called "homelands", UK, US, Oz, Europe etc to get ready for the next jihad against ol' honky.

Man, is there gonna be some sh*t flying!!

With pussy-cat type lefty softly-softly politicians in charge, there's gonna be a load of honkies arrested for complaining about it.

Of Course Cameron's take on the latest Islamic atrocity was quite predictable , no doubt any one in the UK who protests to strongly will be arrested for religious hate crimes ,just glad I am well out of the Country , this article takes a bit of swallowing without feeling the need to throw up No, Mr Cameron. The Kenyan massacre is all about Islamism » Spectator Blogs

Good link. If that doesn't wise up the snoozers nothing will.

Iow, nothing will, the 5th column is well entrenched in the West and protected by our own hate filled losers that cling to the weird rational that the enemy of its enemy must be its friend.

Well it's right, but it doesn't paint the full picture. These boys want payback on Kenya for bombing the shit out of them.

Hopefully the Kenyans will go in and finish the job off now.

Is Obamas extended Kenyan family safe,hope they where not caught up in this.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Yeah but some of these English bints need some sort of bag over their heads. I mean look at the state of that.

She's Irish, from Co. Down.

Originally Posted by Rainfall

Why are so many Muslim terrorists trained in and coming from America recently? Is it Obama's fault?

Most of them come from Europe, second generation ragheads on welfare wannabe jihadists.

Originally Posted by Rainfall

Global surveillance of communications, but they can't find a fat kunt turned terrorist for six years. She can Twitter with impunity, so can her whole organisation, and several of her laptops have been found in her previous hideouts, indicating she's been in the internet continiously for years. Better yet, 3 of her 4 litters have been born during her terror career, one of them during a visit to England. This monitoring evidently isn't there to catch terrorists. So, what pupose does it serve?

She moves around a lot, uses proxy servers, several computers, several locations, several IDs, uses Asian websites and fora to post on, it's an interesting and complicated network.

PS.
ECHELON is even looking at you!