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2013-10-20 Africa North

Dutch Mull Commandos, Attack Helicopters for Mali

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Posted by Fred 2013-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa

#1 Wonder how much Srebrenica still haunts some of the Dutch, military and civilian. Doesn't seem like a good idea to put 400 guys into a continent the size of Africa.
Joseph Conrad once referred to a European gunboat shelling the jungle for some European gunboat reason. Back in that day, no radio contact with observers, aerial observers, just firing into the vastness of Africa. It was a metaphor for The vastness of the place and the uselessness of pinpricks.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2013-10-20 06:54|| 2013-10-20 06:54|| Front Page Top

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