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| Red Dawn: Chinese Paramilitary Reportedly Training Elite Cuban Forces |
| 2021-08-02 |
| [Western Journal] Spooked by the protests that rocked Cuba in July, the island’s communist regime called out an elite security force of the country’s Ministry of the Interior with training from one of China’s most ruthless tools of repression ADN Cuba, a Cuban opposition media website, reported in a Google translation on Saturday that, over the past six years the Special National Brigade, known by its Spanish acronym BEN, has been receiving special training from members of the Chinese People’s Armed Police Force, a paramilitary force that specializes in riot control and fighting terrorism. The training is conducted in Cuba. BEN troops, according to the article, are instructed in areas such as "sniper preparation and intervention tactics" among other methods of suppressing the population. ADN notes that China is "an expert in silencing their citizens and cutting off any sign of political opposition or public disagreement that calls into question the alleged totalitarian support for the Communist Party." Members of BEN, which was established in 1980, are known as the "Black Berets," according to ADN. Their purpose is to handle an assortment of special situations, according to ADN, and are often "mobilized to frighten and repress dissidents, opponents and independent activists." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #15 Is China hoping for a pincer? That unit spotted training on the southwest Canadian coast and the unit now in Cuba? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-08-02 20:11 |
| #14 NOT so sure training is their mission. The demonstrations were so huge I think Cuba requested the presence of the Chinese Military. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-08-02 18:31 |
| #13 In tyrannies, the "elite" forces are the ones with the most members related to the tyrants. They also tend to be the best fed and armed. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2021-08-02 17:57 |
| #12 There are elite Cuban forces? Who else to oppress the non-elite Cuban forces? |
| Posted by: Slease Phailet8995 2021-08-02 16:55 |
| #11 Possibly to control those 'problems', JQC. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-08-02 13:25 |
| #10 There are elite Cuban forces? Cuba has enough of its own problems. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-08-02 12:10 |
| #9 /\ Laura Ludwig die gesaßmuskulatur, so schon. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-08-02 09:19 |
| #8 In other news: American volleyball stars April Ross and Alix Klineman defeat Cuban team to face reigning German beach queen Laura Ludwig in the quarterfinals |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-08-02 09:12 |
| #7 /\ I didn't know that Cuba needed help with this. I doubt the Cuban's did either. The leasing agreement however, was simply too lucrative. Perhaps a Caribbean Uighur homeland is in the works. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-08-02 06:28 |
| #6 ADN notes that China is "an expert in silencing their citizens and cutting off any sign of political opposition or public disagreement that calls into question the alleged totalitarian support for the Communist Party." I didn't know that Cuba needed help with this. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2021-08-02 06:18 |
| #5 Shaolin monks too?😊 On the slopes of the Songshan they trained some fine Han. They all went one by one, at least those who liked fun, to the studios minting Yuans. But some escaped on boats, to go live with the Ip Mans. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-08-02 05:30 |
| #4 Chinese are so strong and smart. |
| Posted by: Wren 2021-08-02 04:15 |
| #3 Truncheons and boots work better on impoverished Uighurs and monks. Shaolin monks too?😊 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-08-02 03:24 |
| #2 methods of suppressing the population Truncheons and boots work better on impoverished Uighurs and monks. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-08-02 03:13 |
| #1 Infiltration of enemy lines by small groups of no more than a million soldiers? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-08-02 02:26 |