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US ambassador and embassy staff in Sudan take shelter as fighting breaks out between militia troops and the army
2023-04-15
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • US ambassador John Godfrey and staff taking shelter amid gunfire in Khartoum

  • Fighting between Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group broke out today

  • British embassy has also advised all British nationals there to remain indoors
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Posted by:Skidmark

#9  Very useful information, Helmuth. Thank you — I’ll add that to tomorrow’s report on events, so that we don’t forget. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-04-15 23:01  

#8  RSF = the old genocidal Jangaweed militia and war criminal ex-Pres Omar al-Bashir. They have partnered with Wagner PMC to extract/smuggle gold. attempting counter coup to overthrow the 2019 counter coup which overthrew the 1989 coup, ad infinitum.
Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Sholugum4538   2023-04-15 22:40  

#7  Did a 6 week TDY there back in the day (circa 2002 ish). Rough part of town to say the least. Performed risk assessment that later sadly proved to be spot on (Granville).
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2023-04-15 17:39  

#6  "Defense forces were wiped out?....like with a cloth?"
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-04-15 12:55  

#5  "At this point, what difference does it make?"
Posted by: Frank G   2023-04-15 11:26  

#4  I thought of a Heston scene from another movie that seems to apply to our modern life.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R4sPM8ugSWc&pp=ygUZQ2hhcmx0b24gaGVhdG9uIG9tZWdhIG1hbg%3D%3D
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-04-15 11:02  

#3  Image of Charlton Heston as Gordon on the stairs come to mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFjCXBmPVqs
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-04-15 10:52  

#2  I bet Godfrey is thinking, "oh, no, not Libya V2.0!".
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-04-15 10:36  

#1  "...This sounds like a job for....EPAULET GUY!!!"

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2023-04-15 10:29  

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