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2011-02-26 Africa North

Kenyan 'Dogs of War' fighting for Gaddafi

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Posted by Fred 2011-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 "They (the planes) had 300 men at a time, all of them coming out with weapons. They were all from Africa: Ghanaians, Kenyans," he is quoted in the Guardian.

Mugabe used to send plane loads of his ZANU-PF 'youth militia' to Libya for training. That seems to have ended about 2004.

Posted by Pappy 2011-02-26 02:01|| 2011-02-26 02:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Some of Obama's relatives?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-02-26 02:09|| 2011-02-26 02:09|| Front Page Top

#3 The big question is will the Libyan military turn its guns on the mercs?

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-02-26 06:13|| 2011-02-26 06:13|| Front Page Top

#4 The big question is will the Libyan military turn its guns on the mercs? I gather from reports it's happening here & there, but most of the regular military is holding back from doing anything. They are riddled by internal distrust, don't know which of their own membership is still working for Qadaffy. The mercs have a simpler setup: kill or die.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-02-26 07:03|| 2011-02-26 07:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Daffy's assets are being frozen around the world. What happens when the money to pay the merc's runs out?

Posted by JohnQC 2011-02-26 09:55|| 2011-02-26 09:55|| Front Page Top

#6 I would guess he has a stash under the pillow away from electronic money land.

And as AH9418 notes, the mercs cannot simply melt into the crowd and I'd guess that the crowd is not interested in just a timeout for the mercs.

From another angle, these bad-guy mercs are fighting and likely will die in Libya over a failed cause instead of being a menace in Kenya.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-02-26 11:39|| 2011-02-26 11:39|| Front Page Top

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