Kenya hotel attack

[T.Lex]

On the newsworthy side of things, at least 14 killed, and it looks like it was 4 terrorists who used a combination of rifles, grenades, bombs, and suicide bombs.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46888682

On the lighter side, those tank mains are SO slow....
https://twitter.com/Nairobi_News/status/1085427167440310272

 

[T.Lex]

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-a...-what-happened-during-the-nairobi-hotel-siege

Pretty cool review, including 3D animation, of the attack.

Importantly, the BBC included a line about how armed civilians assisted police forces.

 

[Alamo]

That was an good video. Sounded like Kenyan police/military response to this was much better than back when the mall was attacked...although room for improvement.
Interesting tidbit: guy slid mattress towards foot a bit, laid down in space created at head, and covered himself with pillows. I'd rather be shooting back, but given the circumstances, this was a clever hideout.

By chance I just re-read The Siege: 68 Hours Inside the Taj Hotel this past weekend. This is a very good account of the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai in 2008. It covers Lashkar's preparation for the attacks, the ...peculiar...involvement of Pakistani-American David Headley/Daoud Gilani, the lack of preparation by the Mumbai authorites, and lot of minute by minute accounts of the victims of the attack. Highly recommend reading it.