Jason very aptly observed that a crack team should have been able to contain the situation rapidly and not the extended four days of drama that transpired. Indeed it now emerges that the situation was more or less contained on the very first day. and the rest of the time was just a cover-up for looting :( Can you believe that...people have lost their loved ones and hundreds injured and traumatised yet the best the KDF could do was to loot the mall under the cover of an operation to rescue hostages. (KDF-Kenya Defense Forces who are still present in Somaia rooting out the Al Shabaab terrorists.) All the shops in the mall were thoroughly looted and CCTV footage has emerged showing our KDF "heroes" marching out of the mall with bags full of loot from cash registers, jewellery and assorted looted goodies. Finally, the KDF blew up a large section of the mall which was the perfect cover up for thier looting! The truth will out and the true nature of our so called heroes will emerge for all to see.
The Westgate mall was one of the larger and extremely popular upmarket malls with a large expat community frequenting the place. The majority shareholder is of Israeli origin which we are told is why the mall was a principle target. Just like the other major terrorist strikes in Kenya (US embassy bombing in 1998), it now emerges that there was prior information with the Kenyan intelligence agencies indicating that there would be an atttempt on one of the malls. many of the embassies issue regular security bulletins and for the past one year (actually longer), they have been warning against visitng malls because of potential terrorist attacks. In the 1998 attack on the US Embassy, a Kenyan Guard working for the Kenya Railways actually walked to the embassy and reported that there were fellows who were observing the embassy from the Railways HQ which stood across the road from the embassy. Nobody listended to him and within a month the bombing took place.