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2020-05-08 Africa North

1200 Russian Wagner Group mercenaries fighting for Haftar in Libya

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Posted by Fred 2020-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 1200 peeps is a pretty big crowd. I wonder what sort of equipment and toys they brought with them.

Posted by SteveS 2020-05-08 02:17|| 2020-05-08 02:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Looks like they're having fun.

What's the slogan on the banner?
Looks s.t. like, "MYSTERY CONSULTING GROUP ... WE'RE NOT ANGELS, BUT WE ARE HERE" (?)

Posted by Lex 2020-05-08 02:28|| 2020-05-08 02:28|| Front Page Top

#3 "Happy to be where the Americans won't fire on us."

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-05-08 07:26|| 2020-05-08 07:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Jeez. What a congerie..of snakes, if not eels.

Posted by Mercutio 2020-05-08 08:07|| 2020-05-08 08:07|| Front Page Top

#5

#3^ From the front lines guided bravely akin to Wells Fargo management. Guess it's a bit easier to battle the sand people!

Posted by Woodrow 2020-05-08 09:32|| 2020-05-08 09:32|| Front Page Top

#6 about 10 times better to have russian mercenaries (like the LNA does) than to have Syrian mercenaries (like the GNA does)

Posted by lord garth 2020-05-08 11:22|| 2020-05-08 11:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Wagner's 1200 is a tenth of Erdogan's 11,000. My guess is that Wagner's concentrating on training, not fighting. LNA's tactics and discipline have improved quite a bit in the past year.

Posted by Fred 2020-05-08 11:47|| 2020-05-08 11:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Good guess yippie's boys take a lot of go pills. So pisslamic...

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-08 16:40|| 2020-05-08 16:40|| Front Page Top

#9 If your entire life's ambition ends up to play for the ~~Washington Generals~~ Ankara Emirs, you'd want some pills too.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-05-08 19:02|| 2020-05-08 19:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Which of the bad players on all sides is LEAST bad?

Posted by 3dc 2020-05-08 19:29|| 2020-05-08 19:29|| Front Page Top

#11 Well, What day is it? I need a calendar, lately

Posted by Frank G 2020-05-08 20:16|| 2020-05-08 20:16|| Front Page Top

#12 #10 - sort of like the Spanish Civil War. At least those winners peacefully transitioned to representative government without the entire economy in the tank.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-08 20:30|| 2020-05-08 20:30|| Front Page Top

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