The Heavy Meta Podcast

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The Final Assault on the DusitD2 Hotel, Told by the SAS Operator Who Led It (Part 3 of 3)

September 18, 2026

Just after first light they heard the terrorists praying for the first time all night. Christian Craighead told the Kenyans to get ready, then started singing the Hail Mary. On "amen," four grenades came down the stairs.Part 3 of 3 — the finale. The seventh-floor standoff through the night: the iPhone charger, the fire alarm that ran for fifteen hours, the minibars. Then Iraq, 2003 — three men walking into an armoured division with no air support, the whisper behind the berm, a black dog on a...

"They Were Already Planning My Court-Martial" — Christian Craighead, Part 2

September 18, 2026

He's inside 14 Riverside Drive alone. His own side is planning his court-martial. Nobody sends him maps, mug shots, or orders — and 150 people are hiding in a hair salon.Part 2 of 3. Christian Craighead — former SAS — walks through the DusitD2 assault door by door: the kitchen full of wounded, the hair salon, the 12-story car park, the police commissioner who asked "Can you lead my men?", and the phone call that put him on the line with the President of Kenya. It ends on the sixth floor of th...

SAS Operator Breaks His Silence: Christian Craighead, In His Own Words (Part 1)

September 18, 2026

In January 2019, an SAS operator walked alone into a terrorist attack on the DusitD2 hotel complex in Nairobi. More than 700 people got out alive. Then his name started disappearing from the coverage.This is the first time Christian Craighead has told his story. His book, One Man In, was blocked in the UK. He fought it through the courts, lost, was denied appeal, and is publishing in America anyway.Part 1 of 3. This episode covers the morning of January 15th, the phone call, the drive, and th...

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