Yesterday, I posted about the news going around that the hybrid Russian PMC Wagner Group was leaving Mali, ‘Is the Hybrid Russian PMC Wagner Group Really Leaving Mali?‘ There were a lot of questions and some confusion. As some reports indicated, and as some of us thought, the contract with…
Africa
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Is the Hybrid Russian PMC Wagner Group Really Leaving Mali?
There are reports coming in today that Wagner Group, the hybrid PMC, is leaving Mali. One report says that “Wagner Group” is “leaving” so to speak while its rebranded form, The Africa Corps (TAC), is officially taking over, albeit in a more advisory role. If the “Wagner Group” is indeed…
History, Conflict, Terrorism, Political Talk and Anecdotes
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Should Canada have a Foreign Intelligence Agency? A Trip to Ottawa Has Me Thinking…
On Tuesday night I was in Ottawa to hear guest speaker Ward Elcock, former Director of CSIS, presented by the Pillar Society Speakers Series. The theme of Mr. Elcock’s presentation was ‘Guiding Canada’s Security Service Through Global Transition.’ What he said about Canada establishing a foreign intelligence agency was detailed…
Cabo Delgado
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ISIS-Mozambique Steps Up Attacks on Macomia Using Child Soldiers
ISIS-Mozambique (IS-M) terrorists using child soldiers is the sort of thing we’ve come to expect from such conflicts. Meanwhile, IS-M are on the offensive. Zitmar news from Mozambique reports that ‘At least 10 Mozambican soldiers were killed on Tuesday in an attack by Islamic State-backed insurgents on a military outpost…
Haiti
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The Latin Times – Haiti Reaches Deal With Military Contractor Erik Prince To Fight Gangs Close To Taking The Capital
See: https://lnkd.in/eJHuBKBDhttps://www.latintimes.com/haiti-reaches-deal-military-contractor-erik-prince-fight-gangs-close-taking-capital-583877 Prince and other contractors are reportedly deploying drones to kill gang members The Haitian government has hired U.S. military contractor Erik Prince to help its forces fight against powerful gangs controlling most of the capital, as local forces and a multinational mission led by Kenya continue struggling to make gains….
Africa
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Not All Insurgencies, Guerrillas and Terrorists Require Outside Support to Survive and Continue
What many do not understand is that insurgencies typically need to be self-sufficient to survive and continue the fight. Outside support helps, but this is not always the case. ISIS and AQ have survived on their own terms for a long time, for example. Guerrilla warfare 101 calls for being…
Gaza
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Some International Lawyer Claims that Armed U.S. PMSCs ‘under guise of aid relief in Gaza is unlawful’… But Is It?
Read the article from ‘International News’: ‘International lawyer says deployment of armed U.S. mercenaries under guise of aid relief in Gaza is unlawful‘: New York, May 20 (RHC)– A prominent human rights lawyer and former director of the New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says…
Syria
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Trump Flatters Former Al Qaeda Now Syrian President al-Sharaa, Lifts Sanctions on Syria… No Mention of Minority Massacres… What’s the Game?
Trump said of the brief meeting in Saudi Arabia with the Syrian interim president and Islamist al-Sharaa that it went “great”, saying the Syrian is a “young, attractive guy. Tough guy. Strong past. Very strong past. Fighter.” Trump likes to flatter the leaders he meets, it’s his MO, but to…
Africa
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US Brokers a DRC-Rwanda Peace Deal; American Private and US Government Mineral interests; DRC Will Continue to Contend with Other Rebel Groups and ISIS-affiliated ADF…
If this peace deal is signed, it might not hold. Meanwhile, DRC security will remain distant. Outside of M23 rebels and their allies, and any Rwandan troops in the DRC, there are several other rebel groups for Kinshasa to deal with, including the ISIS-affiliated ADF terrorist group (a.k.a ISIS–Central Africa). Estimates…
ISIS Mozambique
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ISIS-Mozambique Attack Inside Niassa Province, Targeting A Hunting Lodge, and 2021 Niassa LI Article
Last week on the 19th of April, ISIS-Mozambique (IS-M) Islamist terrorists raided Kambako hunting area, a tourist spot, in the Niassa Special Reserve, destroyed, murdered and looted, as they do. What’s a little more unique about this attack is that they were operating in Niassa province outside of their regular…