NLaob:

“I would tell you that there’s no one more surprised or disappointed when partners that we’re working with or have been working with for a while in some cases decide to overthrow their government,” Sands told Rolling Stone. “We have not found ourselves able to prevent it.”

NLaob:

Rear Adm. Milton “Jamie” Sands, the Special Operations Command Africa chief, denied US involvement in the coups and said it was a coincidence as the US had partnered with regimes that didn’t align “with the rights and will of their people” and ended up being overthrown.

NLaob:

Rear Adm. Milton “Jamie” Sands, the Special Operations Command Africa chief, denied US involvement in the coups and said it was a coincidence as the US had partnered with regimes that didn’t align “with the rights and will of their people” and ended up being overthrown.

NLaob:

The Flintlock exercises that began as a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET)-like program in 1968 and initially included a number of Western countries were first conducted in Africa in 2005. The JCET exercises are aimed to provide US Special Forces with training opportunities abroad. The Flintlock exercises, as well as JCET, are also intended to let the host countries practice basics such as small-unit tactics, marksmanship, land navigation, and combat medical skills.

NLaob:

Among other military figures who participated in the US-led exercise and later took part in takeovers in their countries are Colonel Mamady Dumbua, who became president of Guinea in 2021 as a result of a coup, and Colonel Assimi Goita, who seized power in Mali the same year..

NLaob:

 He remained the head of the country until the end of September, when he was overthrown by a group of military forces led by Ibrahim Traore, whose connections with US instructors are unknown.

NLaob:

Another Burkinabe military figure, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who overthrew the authorities of the country in January this year, also participated in the exercises. 

BentizilL:

That's your problem, mumu hypocrite who are you trying to deceive?
Baa is writing like a neutral man when we all know you're a western asslicker..

Where are you in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, Vietnam??

NLaob:

At the same time, according to the outlet, the Burkina Faso officer Gilbert Diendere was trained by the US in 2010, and in 2015 he staged a coup in Burkina Faso.

akwesenana:

TBH, the US have a reputation of toppling unfriendly governments whether democratic or not.

NLaob:

Kelly Cahalan, spokeswoman for US Africa Command, claimed that "military seizures of power are inconsistent with U.S. military training and education.”

NLaob:


"SOCAFRICA’s Flintlock exercise may not be an incubator of insurrection, but recent putschists have been some of its highest profile participants," Rolling Stone pointed out.

NLaob:


"SOCAFRICA’s Flintlock exercise may not be an incubator of insurrection, but recent putschists have been some of its highest profile participants," Rolling Stone pointed out.

NLaob:

Since 2008, US-trained African military officers have attempted at least nine coups in five West African countries, of which eight have been successful, Rolling Stone reported. The successful coups indicated by Rolling Stone occurred in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, and Mauritania in different years; the unsuccessful one took place in Gambia in 2014.

NLaob:

The US’ Africa Command (AFRICOM) has reportedly confirmed that several African military leaders who conducted coups in their countries participated in AFRICOM's Flintlock anti-terrorist exercises.

NLaob:
Report: US-Trained African Troops Carried Out at Least Eight Coups in West Africa Since 2008

baralatie:

As in repeating the same news and line again and again!
Na wa o

Uprightness100:
A Russian missile hit Energodar in Ukraine

Amichai Stein

NLaob:

"The situation in Kherson is under full control. All of the Ukrainian Nazi’s attempts to attack were frustrated. All groups had to retreat to the woods. Our forces have not moved back an inch. Everything is under control," he said on his Telegram channel.

NLaob:

All of the Ukrainian military’s attempts to launch an offensive in the Kherson Region have been quashed, the region’s deputy governor, Kirill Stremousov, has said.

NLaob:
Breaking, Nazi millitary faced with another barrage of disappointment
Situation in Kherson under control, Ukrainian army’s attempts to attack quashed — official

NLaob:

According to the acting governor, the situation remains calm in Kherson.

"We have a lot of military personnel here. The grouping is solid and robust, so there is reliable protection. But we are relocating people to make it easier for the army to carry out their assigned tasks and to protect the civilian population," Saldo stressed.

Alamkir:


Me walk away u dnt know what u are saying.
Guy behave make all of us enjoy this thread, I said it maturely. It's up to u to show that u are also matured

politicoNG:
He will be buried tomorrow.



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NLaob:

According to the acting governor, the situation remains calm in Kherson.

"We have a lot of military personnel here. The grouping is solid and robust, so there is reliable protection. But we are relocating people to make it easier for the army to carry out their assigned tasks and to protect the civilian population," Saldo stressed.