Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta declared on Jan. 16 an end to the attack and siege on a hotel in an upscale neighborhood in Nairobi, almost 19 hours after the incident was first reported. A small group of militants affiliated with al Shabaab stormed the Westlands compound -- which encloses a bank, hotel, drinking establishments and the offices of several multinational corporations -- on the afternoon of Jan. 15. The Kenyan government revised the reported death toll to 21 -- far less than the al Shabaab claim of 47 deaths. However, at least 50 people are still unaccounted for, meaning that the official death toll may still rise. At least two westerners are among the dead: one American and one British citizen. Al Shabaab was quick to claim responsibility for the attack, with a spokesman for the group announcing that the compound was specifically targeted because it was in an "opulent"...
