Henry240:


a 250 kg unguided bomb

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xXH6FNQGGI

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb1aJ1JkdwA

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WnriMeosUs

africaken:
burials of our fallen heroes

ViceAdmiral:
Kenya's Special forces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJcslIG2lVE

agaugust:


Kinda men to find and eliminate the top leadership of El Shabbab.

Notice important things the SF leader explained.

1. Maximum age for these SF men is 37 years of age, old men not allowed, get old and get out pf service, your experience does not matter, your body organs and blood is too old to do SF ops.

2. War all over the world has now changed, moved from conventional to irregular/assymetric, and moved again to terrorism/criminality, this is what I have been saying, there is a need for anti-terorism SF training for CT-COIN SF men, its a different skill and experience from traditional army SF who don't have knowledge of Islamic terrorism.

When you tell people truths on this forum, they keep arguing with you from a blind point of view.

Fighting M23 rebels is totally different from fighting El Shabbab Islamic terrorists, the enemy philosilophy and modus operandi is very different, so the tactics must be different, and training must be different.

NA has about 5,000 army SF, but is building another and a brand new anti-terrorism SF.

Way to go for AU and UN. Meanwhile, check out Tunisian SF guy's pouches loaded like an armoury as their country becomes the new target of African terrorism...

frumentius:
Slithe cargo plane, a week after our departure.

NEXT (subject to change): Cape Town - Namibia - Angola - DRC - Zambia - Zimbabwe - Botswana - Pretoria

Henry240:


Why's your bike on the floor?


You guys should do Cape-town - Lagos. "Africa united against terrorism" as the team.


I remember, the Vice-president of Nigerian Bikers Association did Lagos - Capetown in 2014.

Henry240:


Why's your bike on the floor?


You guys should do Cape-town - Lagos. "Africa united against terrorism" as the team.


I remember, the Vice-president of Nigerian Bikers Association did Lagos - Capetown in 2014.

MikeCZAR:
The Voetspore team was arrested in Niger years back.

jteku:

Cape-town to sambisa, Borno state will be a good idea

gottfried21:
Namibian Paratrooper

jteku:


Cape-town to sambisa, Borno state will be a good idea

africaken:

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WnriMeosUs

agaugust:


Kind of Kenyan and other nations' AMISOM men needed now to find and eliminate the top tactical field commanders and motivational leadership of El Shabbab.

Notice important things the SF leader explained.

1. Maximum age for these SF men is 37 years of age, old men not allowed, get old and get out of service, your experience does not matter, your body organs and blood is too old to do high tempo high stamina SF operations.

2. War all over the world has now changed, moved from conventional to irregular/assymetric, and moved again to terrorism/criminality, we mow have 3 types. This is what I have been saying, there is a need for anti-terrorism SF training for CT-COIN SF men, its a different skill and experience from traditional army SF who don't have special depth knowledge of Islamic terrorism.

When you tell people truths on this forum, they keep arguing with you from a blind point of view.

Fighting M23 rebels is totally different from fighting El Shabbab Islamic terrorists, the enemy philosilophy and modus operandi are very different, so the tactics must be different, and training must be different.

NA has about 5,000 army SF, but is building another and a brand new 5,000 troop anti-terrorism SF.

Way to go for AU and UN.

Meanwhile, check out Tunisian SF guy's pouches loaded like an armoury as their country becomes the new target of African terrorism...

bidexiii:


Has flintlock 2016 kicked off......

From December 13 to 18, dozens of military planners from Africa, North America and Europe met to prepare for Flintlock 2016, the largest Special Operations Forces exercise in Africa. Beginning in early February 2016, Senegalese and Mauritanian military units will welcome Special Operations Forces from more than 19 European and North American countries to train alongside soldiers from 14 African nations. The U.S. military participation in the exercise is led by AFRICOM, the U.S. military Command engaged in Africa.

Training will focus on increasing military cooperation across the region and will take place at multiple locations, including at the Senegalese military training base in Thies. Additional training locations will include Podor, Bakel, Saint Louis and sites in Mauritania. Mauritania will, together with Senegal, co-host Flintlock 2016. More than 1,700 military personnel are expected to participate in Flintlock. Training will focus on information sharing, communications, first aid, logistics and civil affairs. In addition, training will cover maritime and riverine operations, as well as headquarters operations.

An explosion rocked a commercial plane after it set off above East Africa on Tuesday, injuring two people before the pilot landed safely, a passenger said.

Somali authorities later discovered a body near Mogadishu they believe fell from the Daallo Airlines plane.

Late Tuesday night, a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN that Somali authorities confirmed one passenger had been blown or ejected out of the hole created by the explosion. Somalia's National News Agency reported that one passenger died after falling from the plane.

Pictures from the ground showed a hole in one side of the airliner, just above its wing and slightly smaller than one of its doors.

Initial tests of the damage on Flight D3159 came back positive for explosive residue, a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.

A spokesman for Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke didn't immediately indicate a bomb had gone off mid-flight, echoing a Daallo Airlines worker in saying "the incident is under investigation."

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRenM8fQHZw&feature=share

Patchesagain:




I would really appreciate it if you could outline for this thread how Islamic COIN is so vastly different from other COIN.

Terrorism does not attempt to challenge government forces directly, but acts to change perceptions as to the effectiveness or legitimacy of the government itself. This is done by ensuring the widest possible knowledge of the acts of terrorist violence among the target audience. Rarely will terrorists attempt to "control" terrain, as it ties them to identifiable locations and reduces their mobility and security. Terrorists as a rule avoid direct confrontations with government forces. A guerilla force may have something to gain from a clash with a government combat force, such as proving that they can effectively challenge the military effectiveness of the government. A terrorist group has nothing to gain from such a clash. This is not to say that they do not target military or security forces, but that they will not engage in anything resembling a "fair fight", or even a "fight" at all. Terrorists use methods that neutralize the strengths of conventional forces. Bombings and mortar attacks on civilian targets where military or security personnel spend off-duty time, ambushes of undefended convoys, and assassinations of poorly protected individuals are common tactics.

Insurgency need not require the targeting of non-combatants, although many insurgencies expand the accepted legal definition of combatants to include police and security personnel in addition to the military. Terrorists do not discriminate between combatants and non-combatants, or if they do, they broaden the category of "combatants" so much as to render it meaningless. Defining all members of a nation or ethnic group, plus any citizen of any nation that supports that nation as "combatants" is simply a justification for frightfulness. Deliberate de-humanization and criminalization of the enemy in the terrorists' mind justifies extreme measures against anyone identified as hostile. Terrorists often expand their groups of acceptable targets, and conduct operations against new targets without any warning or notice of hostilities.

Ultimately, the difference between insurgency and terrorism comes down to the intent of the actor. Insurgency movements and guerilla forces can adhere to international norms regarding the law of war in achieving their goals, but terrorists are by definition conducting crimes under both civil and military legal codes. Terrorists routinely claim that were they to adhere to any "law of war" or accept any constraints on the scope of their violence, it would place them at a disadvantage vis-à-vis the establishment. Since the nature of the terrorist mindset is absolutist, their goals are of paramount importance, and any limitations on a terrorist's means to prosecute the struggle are unacceptable. http://www.terrorism-research.com/insurgency/

Terrorists resort to physical violence. They utilise terror as a means of coercion and use violence as a necessary means of attaining their political, religious or ideological goals, thereby causing harm and death to innocent people and maximum damage to property. Militants may or may not actively engage in physical violence, but they are certainly very aggressive verbally or use verbal violence to achieve their desired goals, as undoubtedly, they feel themselves in “war mode”;

> Terrorists have no regard for humankind and, usually target civilians, instil fear and psychological effect on them in order to gain the attention of the authorities. As terrorist organisations, they will commit violent acts by murdering civilians, scholars, religious leaders and sanctioning of extortion and demanding ransom.

Henry240:


Why's your bike on the floor?


You guys should do Cape-town - Lagos. "Africa united against terrorism" as the team.


I remember, the Vice-president of Nigerian Bikers Association did Lagos - Capetown in 2014.