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2003-12-27 Africa: Central

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Posted by Dan Darling 2003-12-27 12:16:32 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In reality most of these groups are nothing but mafias, gangs and cults that have fancy names. And not just in Uganda, it's the same all over the Third World.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2003-12-27 12:25:18 AM|| 2003-12-27 12:25:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This is killing me. Can they be any more like Life Of Brian?

Splitters!

Posted by 4thInfVet 2003-12-27 1:29:36 AM|| 2003-12-27 1:29:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 4thIV - LOL! Re: LoB, I particularly enjoyed the "vendors" working the colosseum crowd with wren's spleens and other delicacies. Played off well against the scattered factions containing one member.

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As with the story above this one Re: the Taliban & Indians, the number of True Believers is dwarfed by the mercs. Cut off the cash - then deal with the dribble that's left.

Regards cutting off the money flow - that's rather obvious, if troublesome to those who can't wrap their minds around it. Time to "get over it" voluntarily -- in advance of being forced by some nasty event that kills many Americans in one shot plus the slow-burn toll it's taking on our kickass military. If we think it through without the PC blinders, this shit does not need to be happening. 'Nuff said.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-12-27 3:24:07 AM|| 2003-12-27 3:24:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Oops - above post is mine, not Anonymous.

Posted by .com 2003-12-27 3:29:17 AM|| 2003-12-27 3:29:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey 4th, if you want to see the alphabet soup of rebel/terrorist groups taken to a new level of ridiculousness, here is a list of (most of) the insurgent groups operating in India

Posted by Paul Moloney 2003-12-27 3:34:30 AM|| 2003-12-27 3:34:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 PM, that's unreal - excellent link, lots of information there.

I particularly liked these combinations;

United Liberation Front of Barak Valley (this group is for the dads)
Barak Valley Youth Liberation Front (this ones for their yoots)
Jammu & Kashmir Students Liberation Front (students need to be involved too)
There's a lot of competition for snazzy names in Kuki - this has lead to some groups having unfortunate acronyms, eg KIA - one can but hope
Kuki National Army (KNA)
Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA)
Kuki National Organisation (KNO)
Kuki Independent Army (KIA)
Kuki Defence Force (KDF)
Kuki International Force (KIF)
Kuki National Volunteers (KNV)
Kuki Liberation Front (KLF)
Kuki Security Force (KSF)
Kuki Liberation Army (KLA)
Kuki Revolutionary Front (KRF)
United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF)

and on...and on...

Posted by Tony (UK) 2003-12-27 4:59:08 AM|| 2003-12-27 4:59:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Tony: that's 'cause they're like the Edd Byrnes character in 77 Sunset Strip -- kuki -- sorry

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-27 5:18:37 AM|| 2003-12-27 5:18:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Sounds like combinations of N taken K at a time...

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-12-27 3:40:14 PM|| 2003-12-27 3:40:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Kuki, Kuki Liberate Your Comb (KKLYB)

Posted by RMcLeod 2003-12-27 4:44:54 PM|| 2003-12-27 4:44:54 PM|| Front Page Top

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