I’m late on this. So, a man who was wanted by the US as an Al Qaeda terrorist, who was also head of the “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an armed Islamist group which the US officially considered a terrorist organisation until four months ago, with a $10m bounty on his head”…
Africa
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The Washington Post: Trump threatens potential military action in Nigeria, says aid will cease
Wow. This sounds serious. Some of us might remember back to 2015 when STTEP PMCs went in to help Nigeria, and almost destroyed the Jihadi terrorist group Boko Haram, until the STTEP were inexplicably told to stand down and leave. This was the kiss of life for Boko Haram. –RdM…
History, Conflict, Terrorism, Political Talk and Anecdotes
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This is pure evil, a product of communist doctrine, fanaticism and Stalinism, the Katyn Massacre
🟠During WWII, Chief Executioner of the NKVD Vasily Blokhin is estimated to have personally shot and murdered over 7,000 Poles during the Katyn Massacre; this “remains the deadliest record by a single individual in history.” He had an ambitious goal of 300 executions per night, each victim shot at the…
History, Conflict, Terrorism, Political Talk and Anecdotes
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‘International troops won’t want to enforce Gaza peace, says King of Jordan (BBC News)’ But Risks Remain for Any Stabilization Force
Of course, Jordan, nor any other Arab country’s “peacekeeping” force or so-called “stabilization” force, wants to become targets for Gaza militants while operating inside the enclave. However, once peacekeepers are on the ground, they will have no control over what militants will do to the peacekeepers’ presence. As we know…
Military History
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Battle of Huế – Vietnam War Combat Footage | Viet Cong Tet Offensive (1968)
ITN reporter Sandy Gall says something at the beginning of the footage that isn’t very flattering to the Americans fighting at Hue: “…Bravo Company, which started off with more than 130 men, is now down to 90. They are courageous, but they lack cunning. And because they lack cunning, they’re…
History, Conflict, Terrorism, Political Talk and Anecdotes
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A Friend’s New Novel, Shanghai’ed, Promises a Lot of Intrigue, Adventure and Historical Facts in Context
Shanghai’ed (Lucky Bastard Series Book 1) A young Canadian cavalry trooper of mixed Canadian native and Scottish blood is blown up in a WWI cavalry charge in France. He is presumed dead with his horse in a deep water-filled shell crater. The trooper’s life is saved by a Chinese Canadian…
Mali
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Great Report about PMCs Arms Control and Wagner in Mali, But Falls Short Understanding Arms Procurement Processes and Usage
This is an interesting and very insightful report by Global Initiative called ‘Private military companies and arms control challenges, The Wagner group in Mali‘. There is a bit in the report about Russians not getting along with the Malian troops are entirely in line with expectations. In Mozambique a few…
Israel-Hamas War
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Many Thought the Gaza Ceasfire Celebrations Were Premature. The IDF is Responding to Hamas Violation of the Ceasefire.
Should any of us have expected anything else? Hamas applies deception and deceit as a religiously sanctioned thing. The failure of the ceasefire at this moment was more than predictable. The celebrations over the Gaza ceasefire and a peace initiative were premature. Included in Hamas’s religiopolitically sanctioned objectives, and their…
History, Conflict, Terrorism, Political Talk and Anecdotes
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DefenceWeb: Cabo Delgado insurgency persists amid failed military strategy
Great report. It raises some questions about how this war is being handled. In late June, during my last discussion with Phil Gurski on his podcast Borealis ‘How serious is the jihadi threat in Mozambique?’, we discussed the ongoing war, terrorism, the government’s and Rwandan forces’ campaign against the insurgency,…