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| Africa: Horn |
| Darfur-Bound African Force Lacks Arms, Funds |
| 2004-09-04 |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 The question about the Rwandans is "what happens when the mechanizeds come out"? After all, the real advantage of government backing for the janjaweed isn't so much small arms or even militiamen as it is air cover and armored vehicles to deploy munitions. Your optimism I believe is predicated both on the janjaweed fighting merely as an unorganized mass of infantry and upon the African force having sufficiently loose rules of engagement to effectively neutralize a janjaweed deployment or pursue retreating janjaweed. |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-09-04 3:15:56 PM |
| #1 As far as African troops go, the Tutsis of Rwanda seem to be the most competent. I believe they have sufficient small arms, but lack transport. It will be interesting to see what the Janja(dick)weed does when faced with armed soldiers, instead of starving women and children. I think they will run away as almost all mooslimbs have done for the last century. |
| Posted by: Brett_the_Quarkian 2004-09-04 1:50:04 PM |