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RSS Feed"(Jerry) Rawlings introduced something quite new into African politics. He established the idea that there are laws of natural justice that not even military men can evade. Even political generals are accountable to the law; nobody is outside the law."
- Emeka Ojukwu, Sept.1981.
25 November 1985- "It's hit! it's going down!" Operation CERBERUS: A 5 Recce team and UNITA shot down a Antonov An-12 cargo plane, used to supply FAPLA forces, with a captured SA-9 missile outside Menongue #Angola, killing all 21 on board #AngolanCivilWar #SouthAfricanBorderWar
3C.I.A. Officer Is Killed in Somalia https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/us/politics/cia-officer-somalia-death.html?smid=tw-share
Operation DRAGON ROUGE: Approximately 1,600 Europeans were flown out from Stanleyville on 24/25 November 1964; it was too late for the 28 hostages killed, including American Missionary Dr Paul Carlson, sentenced to death by Simbas eight days before #SimbaRevolt
4Operation DRAGON ROUGE: The night march on 24 November 1964 by column of 5 commando mercenaries and Congolese troops led by Mike Hoare was held up by Simba ambushes on the road to Stanleyville and arrived several hours late; CBS correspondent George Clay was killed #SimbaRevolt
424 November 1964- Operation DRAGON ROUGE: 320 Belgian paratroopers jump at Stanleyville, securing the airport before the rush into the city #Congo to rescue the hostages #SimbaRevolt
425 November 1970: @UN mission headed to #Guinea to investigate the attack on Conakry by then unknown forces; their report issued on 4 December would conclude the Portuguese military was responsible and was an attempt to kill PAIGC leader Amilcar Cabral https://youtu.be/zehsPW3q9m4
Operation SAVANNAH: One of the five Eland 90 of Battle Group Foxbat lost to the Cubans and FAPLA at Battle of Ebo on 23 November 1975 and pictured in 2009 #SouthAfricanBorderWar
223 November 1970- "Have personally seen four ships and fighter planes flying over the city": @UN Secretary General U Thant reads telegrams from #Guinea President Sekou Toure on Portuguese raid on Conakry https://youtu.be/hJ-08iFAz4o via @YouTube
Nkunda's War: rebel soldiers of Laurent Nkunda's CNDP north of Goma #Congo in November 2008: The CNDP launched an offensive on 26 October that routed
@FARDC_ and displaced a quarter million people #CNDPRebellion
Operation DINGO: corpses of dead ZANLA guerrillas at Chimoio base #Mozambique killed during the SAS/RLI aerial assault on 23 November 1977; at least 560 guerrillas were killed with higher estimates to two Rhodesian KIA and 12 wounded #RhodesianBushWar
4M23 rebellion: M23 rebels outside Sake as residents flees the town 27 km west of Goma on Lake Kivu #Congo; rebels briefly held the town before it was recaptured by @FARDC_ and Mai-Mai militia on 22 November 2012
221 November 1979- "Don't worry about Mugabe. They always say some wild thing like that. They will accept a cease-fire": Muzorewa in Salisbury #Rhodesia on his return from Lancaster House Conference; Mugabe would agree to a cease-fire on 5 December https://youtu.be/FRJ58Jsf5Hc
Uganda Releases Opposition Leader After Clashes Kill at Least 28 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/world/africa/Uganda-Bobi-Wine-protests.html?smid=tw-share
20 November 1993: Thousands were killed in ethnic violence since the failed coup d'etat by Tutsi officers on 21 October 1993 who assassinated the Hutu President; Up to 300,000 would be killed in the #BurundiCivilWar before a transitional government took office in November 2001
2Deadly Protests Erupt in Uganda After Arrest of 2 Opposition Figures https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/world/africa/uganda-bobi-wine-arrest.html?smid=tw-share
Virus is everywhere. Coronavirus has gone viral in the physical, mental and emotional realms as well as in Cyberspace. It is literally everywhere. The fear and stark reality of COVID-19 has literally paused the world. The Fight While governments and organisations do their best to contain it, everyone is doing their bit to either fight
In theory, there is a huge focus on access to mental health support in the UK. I imagine this is a driver worldwide, at least in the so-called civilized parts. How well is this working when it comes to the now ageing, frailing veterans of the Bush wars that were conscripted to fight for long,
RHODESIAN THANKSGIVING REMEMBRANCE DAY 11th November Flame lilies grow in the ‘Hondo’ valley, where brave soldiers fought and fell, They witnessed courageous young men fight to the very gates of Hell. Like the crimson poppies of Flanders field, let Rhodesians always recall, We too have a flower of great beauty that witnessed brave Rhodesians fall.
They were only boys…but their stoic heroism survives.
They are etched forever in our hearts, minds and souls,
Their names forever engraved on our Rhodesian scrolls,
“Hamba kahle”, brave soldiers prematurely gone to rest,
“Sala kahle”, by your legacies Rhodesians are truly blessed. – by Alf Hutchison
Culture is Good. Nationalism is Bad. Now you have caught up on your culture cues ….It’s all change. Culture risks becoming CULT – YOUR. (or Your Cult – for people who speak languages that run in straight lines). Diverse cultures were often misunderstood. This caused problems until cultures blended. Many forgot their root cultures for
PTSD / Lessons from old Servicemen World at War Today Most of the world is currently involved in war. Now. At this very moment. 2016 – & we are still at it. Media coverage is limited to human stories. A badly injured child or an isolated event captures viewers interest for day or maybe a
