Irish Ranger saves lives in Nairobi Mall

c-90

Hedgemeister wrote: »

Sorry c90, but I completed my selection course (and passed)
Don't wish to be re-tested on an internet forum.

Just yanking your chain man.


Its from the film ronin.

Claypigeon, not your place to say "f*ck privacy. they can take it".

Besides, *you* think *you* know better about al shabaab than these guys who have decided to request privacy?

Morpheus

Please dont post any more pictures unless you edit them first. it takes two seconds to respect their wishes and requested privacy, regardless of where the images are hosted and blur them before posting them. Just because the rest of the internet sticks its hand in the fire, doesn't mean that we have to do likewise.

Other than that, everyone chill out, no need for argumentative debate.

Hedgemeister

c-90 wrote: »

Just yanking your chain man.


Its from the film ronin.

Apologies c-90,
guess I was overly sensitive :cool:

riffmongous

Be like Nutella wrote: »

true that.. men who shoot innocents are nothin but pussies when it comes down to it no matter how they wish to justify it. I'm a proud Irishman but I would put every IRA member (and every UVF member etc) who shot or blew up an innocent during the troubles in exactly the same category as these assholes. Killing innocents is not the last remaining option - it is NEVER an option to a sane person.

You seem to have forgotten another major group that killed innocent people during the troubles in your list..

Fair play to the people involved who did what they did, ex-SF or not they didn't have to help anyone (assuming they weren't clients!) and I think it's the kind of story that needs to be told about the people working in the private security industry, god knows there are enough books listing some of the actions carried out in Iraq

donaghs

claypigeon777 wrote: »

If you were a special forces hard b*st*rd like these guys they wouldn't want to come after you.

These are religious fanatics who target innocent men women and children.

When they are up against professional soldiers they sh*t their pants.

Not so sure. They could for instance just leave a car bomb outside a location where they might be based. So I understand their need for discretion.

Following up on earlier comment on people calling private security before bothering to call Kenyan emergency services, the shop keepers are now complaining that the Kenyan's looted their stores after the siege ended.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/kenya-probes-looting-linked-to-the-four-day-siege-of-nairobis-westgate-mall/story-e6frg6so-1226731307658

Calibos

c-90 wrote: »

Just yanking your chain man.


Its from the film ronin.

....and yet he didn't say, "I won't be tested on an internet forum, but wtf are you talking about boathouses in the Curragh?? Theres no boathouse on the Curragh FFS LOL????"

Terrlock

Sounds right outta a die hard movie, fair play to him to have those kinda skills, and resolve to do the right thing with them.

Talk about being in the wrong place at the right time though.

People should stop trying to find out who is is and just leave kind messages of thanks.

I'm sure he will receive them well.

gizmo555

This guy brings a whole new meaning to the term "mystery shopper" . . .

tricky D

Just released CCTV footage. SAS or ARW man likely at 2.49

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOq6owl8k4M

gizmo555

The Irish Independent today (02/11/13) publishes excerpts from an interview with the ex-ARW man involved in this incident, full interview promised for tomorrow:

In an exclusive interview with the Irish Independent, he revealed: "There were bodies littered everywhere. They (the terrorists) cut down everyone in front of them."

The soldier, who did not want to be identified, said he believed that the al-Qa'ida-aligned terror group showed a level of military training that had not seen before in such an incident.

He said: "The media spin coming from Kenya is that this was a small, poorly organised gang but from my first-hand experience that is not the case. They were well-trained, well-prepared and disciplined." . . .

The former Ranger, who served on UN missions in Lebanon and East Timor, is the head of security for a major oil company employing 5,500 staff across East Africa.

He and a colleague were in their office a 10-minute drive away when heavily armed terrorists stormed into the Westgate Mall, which was full of Saturday afternoon shoppers.

The ex-soldier said: "We were notified of the attack immediately and quickly discovered that two of our clients were trapped in a restaurant within the Mall.

"At that stage we had just one mission and that was to rescue two of our clients. In our efforts to get to them in the shopping centre, we helped evacuate a lot of people. There was nothing heroic about that – I was just doing my job."

He and his colleague were the first rescuers to enter the fashionable shopping centre within 30 minutes of the beginning of the attack.

It is estimated that the two men, along with a few police officers, helped to evacuate up to 500 people during the drama.

Neither man was armed when the incident occurred but the former Ranger managed to obtain a handgun from a civilian, which he used to engage the terrorists.

CCTV footage from inside the mall showed the security specialist armed with a handgun as he made a dash to save his clients who were trapped along with 100 others in a restaurant.

In a major interview to be published in tomorrow's 'Sunday Independent', the security consultant describes in detail the dramatic rescue operation and the horrifying carnage he encountered . . .

Horse84

Full interview here
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/how-an-unarmed-irish-soldier-rescued-hundreds-in-nairobi-29722212.html

Ben D Bus

I read about this in the Observer when in the UK at the weekend

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/02/westgate-mall-attacks-kenya