Our good friend Tom Secker recently emailed me about a new report put out by the NYPD on the Westgate Mall attack. The report is entirely open source intelligence and paints a picture eerily similar to what we talked about on ClandesTime as well as my own podcast. Here are just a few snippets that I found particularly interesting:
-Allegedly there were only 4 Al Shabab militants in the mall
-They left a full two days earlier than what the Kenyan authorities reported
-Most of the confrontation was between various different sets of Kenyan security services chasing each other around the mall
-The numerous plain clothes police present at the attack were only armed with pistols and one clip of ammunition.
-The plain clothes police had no identification or markings on them that would have identified them as police. This made it very difficult for Kenyan military to tell them apart from Al Shabab militants
-There were in fact several westerners and private citizens in the mall who were armed and assisted the Kenyan security services
–There is no proof that Samantha Lewthwaite a.k.a. The White Widow was present at the mall
There is much more in this report so I would suggest that you take some time and go through it.
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Mr. Redmond, keep up the good work! Any word on new podcasts?
The podcasts will be coming out again starting this week. Today I will be talking with Aaron Franz of theageoftransitions.com all about his book “Revolve: Man’s Scientific Rise to Godhood.” And this Saturday I will have Dr. Christof Lehman of nsnbcinternational.me on the show to talk about the imminent civil war in Mozambique.
The should both be out this week.