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When will fate call you? What will you do?
Will you take action on your own, or wait for someone to tell you to act?
Remember the first terrorist attack at the shopping mall in Kenya back in 2013? Well, in 2019 there was another, when a member of the British SAS probably saved hundreds because…it was the right thing to do to run towards the gunfire.
I give you a man known by his nom de guerre: Christian Craighead,
The Attack: On the afternoon of January 15, 2019, five Al-Shabaab militants stormed the DusitD2 hotel and shopping complex using suicide bombings, grenades, and automatic rifles, killing 21 civilians and 1 General Service Unit (GSU) officer.
The Man: Stationed in Kenya to train local forces, Craighead was off-duty when he learned of the attack from a friend. He drove to the scene in his pickup truck armed with combat gear, a rifle, and a pistol.
The Moment: Entering the complex initially on his own—and later coordinating with Kenyan police, security units, and allied personnel—he helped evacuate hundreds of civilians, cleared buildings floor-by-floor, and engaged the gunmen through a multi-hour standoff.
Aftermath & Honors: Craighead was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC) by the British military for his bravery.
Of note, go to the 25-minute mark of the video below to hear how he was received in the USA in 2019…and look at what his own nation is doing to him...just because he wants to write a book about what was seen by everyone as it took place.
For some reason, the UK government hates its best. On top of going after geriatric SAS on trumped-up charges related to decades old “Troubles” issues, and now this.
FFS…there is nothing classified about what he did. It was all open source. This stinks of bureaucratic mindlessness and spite.
That is from 2023, and it still has not been approved for publication in the UK.
The good news is the USA fought for its independence from the UK, so his book, One Man In: The Explosive Firsthand Account of the Lone Special-Ops Commando Who Fought Off a Major Terrorist Attack in Kenya, was published here last month.
Craighead, however, is still under considerable legal jeopardy for publishing it.
His American publisher, Simon & Schuster, is largely protected. America’s First Amendment protections and a law called the SPEECH Act make foreign libel judgments or censorship orders (like a British MOD injunction) unenforceable in US courts unless they pass strict American constitutional standards.
Freedom wins.
Is Craighead in the UK now, or has he moved over here? What will happen to him should he return to the UK?
No idea…but what I do know is that the SAS develops unique men.
In Kenya and against bureaucratic pig-headedness and envy—Fullbore.

h/t W.
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