WORLD at WAR, Official 2012 Thread (TO BE CONTINUED) Israel, Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, PA, Egypt, Libya, Pakistan, North Korea, Russia, China, U.S.

FYI. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf has passed away. He was one of the great Generals of our time. May he rest in peace.

Ummm...the Beauty and the Beast

When you make a new thread, please post the link here. I'd hate to lose you guys in the GLP crazy pages. As for what I can contribute ~ January is a go for the B-2's to mobilize. The bunker busters are going out for deployment and training at their new homes.

Amen, but they should have gone through Iraq the first time and I think he was willing to do so.

Agreed, that was not the UN mandate at the time however.

How do you post a pic? I have my special assistant to the moderator uniform picked out...

(I removed pic from twitter; twitter has gotten me into more trouble that you can imagine- see post below)

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You request a custom smiley

Thanks

And back on-topic...

Africa is in even worse shape than usual. We've had the on-going disaster in Congo. (Last week there were literally pictures of a child taking a bite out of...I can't even finish sentence)

This week, the Central African Republic just collapsed...

Here's Washington Post article - AP source: US shuts embassy, pulls team out of Central African Republic as rebels advance [link to www.washingtonpost.com]

Also, there are reports that Sudan launched air strikes on South Sudan...

Many of these countries have been weapons smuggling points for Iran... Could it be related? I know Africa is always a mess; but this is actually worse than usual...

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That outfit may distract MM from properly carrying out his moderator duties...good job!

Darby......im for u being gate keeper to mm...plus maybe being national security advisor to mm and thread...as one of mm's HUMINT staff...i just want to say that info mm receives he filters opsec and posts info so the readership can stay informed and take necessary steps to protect our families.....DD, ive read all of your posts and your good...
Advice cause were in this together.........dont wear it on your sleve...put some extra protective shields around it....i say that with the utmost respect..
MM..2013!!!!!!!!

Thanks, BUT I will not trespass on MM's domain. My role, if one is offered, will be decorative only. As you can tell, my uniform is lacking sleeves; and if you haven't noticed, I'm kind of a flake...

PS - I hate this pic; it was taken last 4th of July; it had been a long July 3rd - but it's the only pic I had in uniform...



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MM.....????*&^#$@*...
Admiral (sorry its my speak) General (3 star)MM.......2013 thread is ready.....
Also.......contact has texted....no good....bad voodoo.....email

Here's a link re: recent violence between Sudan & South Sudan...

During Pillar of Cloud, we learned that Sudan was a major transit point in the Iran to Hamas smuggling routes...

[link to nyti.ms]

Here's article from last month on Sudan link to Hamas rockets

[link to www.nytimes.com]

Here's article from this month on Iranian ship docking at Sudanese port...

[link to www.haaretz.com]

Note - Central African Republic shares long border with South Sudan...

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DD.....dont hate pic........G-D bless america! You wear the colors perfectly!

Pretty Darby

Rebels are advancing in CAR. The US began evacuating earlier today, but because of a security risk, had to stop. I don't have info on what the risk is. The weather was a little iffy and it was a little difficult getting to several locations.


[link to www.standardmedia.co.ke]

Thanks - The Washington Post story said 40 Americans were evacuated from Capitol - but that could just be embassy staff & dependents...

What the heck is going on in that part of Africa? It's like a whole region has just blown up...Are the French up to something? Iranians? Chinese?

I have absolutely no clue what's going on (big picture) - but there's this area between the Horn of Africa & the Western Cape (east of Burkina to Kenya) that's turned into war zone... Given the bookends - it's worth looking into..

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Hmmmmm, ceremonial OP granted.

One of my dear friends has a son that is in the Marine's. He is in Africa (helicopter crew chief). All I know is they have been really busy there. He doesn't get to check in much with his momma. I will see her next week and post if she has anything to say that is relevant.

Darby, if I didn't like you so much, I'd just have to hate you!LOL You have the body I always wanted! Unfortunatly, I got my German ancestor's genes! Not fat, but not what I'd hoped for. :(

Been a lot of flying anti terror units all over Africom this month. For training the governments, they say.

Roger that! Been a lot of talk as of late, Bibi and Jordan, Russia on the move, US working on the case too. Behind the scenes would suggestt watch out.



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You go girl!

There were several flights going to 6 locations to remove US, French, and other friendly citizens. It was my understanding that the evacuation was just about done, then heard they haulted it for some reason.
I'm not to sure of what is happening, all I know is that US troops are supposed to be training mlitary forces from several countries. The troops are not supposed to be engaging in any force for/with another military, but I do believe that an order can be wriiten.. Probably by Ham or Shoemaker.
I'm not sure why the big blow up all of a sudden. It's been nuts over there for a while, but now it's getting out of hand, fast.

Thank you...

Part of the reason I have so many recent bikini pics is that I haven't had this body for very long (2 years). After I passed the CPA, I was kind of lost. Too much "free time." So, I bought an exercise video I saw on an infomercial. In 10 weeks, I lost about 15 lbs and I looked totally different. Anyone can look like me - it just takes 200 crunches/day everyday for a couple of months; and then 150 crunches/day everyday forever after. The video may actually promote a form of mental illness now that I think about it...

Back to Africa...

Here's a map...
[link to www.ilike2learn.com]

There's been recent fighting in Northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan (which is roughly the bottom 1/3 of Sudan on the old map), and now in the Central African Republic.

Boko Haram has been problem in northern Nigeria for several years...Chad's been in constant state of war for years. Chad has had 4 civil wars since independence and it's an open question as to whether the last one has actually ended. Here's link on Chad - [link to www.bbc.co.uk]

It's like a connect the dots - there is a line running across the continent- with really awful dots..

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The al-Shaaba was is a problem, even though they have lost control of many areas, they are ruthless. It's another terror group that forces children to join. I think they are also responsible for helping transport weapons for Iran.

Aside from the resourses in Africa, I think we are there helping because it maes it much easier to keep an eye on the area and movement of terror organizations.

I thought one of the interesting things to come out of the Al Jazeera Gaddafi tapes was the fact that the Gaddafis called the Somali pirates by their names...Literally, there were taped conversations in which they said we should call Abdul's crew to help us w/ shipping...They were joking about the call; but I think they actually knew some of the pirate leaders by name. Who would know the actual names of the Somali pirate leadership? (My guess - Someone who had some type of relationship w/ pirates)

So there could still be Libya blow-back going on throughout Africa (and not just in Mali)...I think the reason it isn't discussed more is because we covered for G's crazy ass for so long (but that is total conjecture on my part)...

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Don't post anything that could be put to bad use...I always worry about who (besides us) could be reading these posts...

Some of the things that plane watchers post just frankly scare me. There are these reports coming out of Crete that are YIKES. I know it's a hobby; but it's like they are doing intel work for al Qaeda. I have friends on some of those planes...

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