military jets buzzing that building very, very loud. and then nothing. absolute silence for quite a while and sources we were speaking to said that was very much in keeping with the kind of distraction activities that armed forces put into effect when they are trying to move special forces or trying to move troops in a way without, and assuming we are seeing s.w.a.t. forces in the u.s., trying to carry out operation while distracting the hostage takers. we didn't actually hear anything from that operation. we did spell it to see increase of activities, heavy weaponry. tank came past us. kenyan forces, trucks moving back and forth. and a statement by the kenyan police force that they believe this operation could soon be over. >> live in nairobi for us, thank you so much. earlier, cnn international peter burgian talked about the