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2023-04-15 Africa Horn

US ambassador and embassy staff in Sudan take shelter as fighting breaks out between militia troops and the army

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

US ambassador John Godfrey and staff taking shelter amid gunfire in Khartoum

Fighting between Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group broke out today

British embassy has also advised all British nationals there to remain indoors

Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-15 07:30|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Sudan

#1 "...This sounds like a job for....EPAULET GUY!!!"

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2023-04-15 10:29|| 2023-04-15 10:29|| Front Page Top

#2 I bet Godfrey is thinking, "oh, no, not Libya V2.0!".

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-04-15 10:36|| 2023-04-15 10:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Image of Charlton Heston as Gordon on the stairs come to mind.

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

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-04-15 10:52|| 2023-04-15 10:52|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought of a Heston scene from another movie that seems to apply to our modern life.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R4sPM8ugSWc&pp=ygUZQ2hhcmx0b24gaGVhdG9uIG9tZWdhIG1hbg%3D%3D

Posted by Super Hose 2023-04-15 11:02|| 2023-04-15 11:02|| Front Page Top

#5 "At this point, what difference does it make?"

Posted by Frank G 2023-04-15 11:26|| 2023-04-15 11:26|| Front Page Top

#6 "Defense forces were wiped out?....like with a cloth?"

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-04-15 12:55|| 2023-04-15 12:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Did a 6 week TDY there back in the day (circa 2002 ish). Rough part of town to say the least. Performed risk assessment that later sadly proved to be spot on (Granville).

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2023-04-15 17:39|| 2023-04-15 17:39|| Front Page Top

#8 RSF = the old genocidal Jangaweed militia and war criminal ex-Pres Omar al-Bashir. They have partnered with Wagner PMC to extract/smuggle gold. attempting counter coup to overthrow the 2019 counter coup which overthrew the 1989 coup, ad infinitum.

Posted by Helmuth, Speaking for Sholugum4538 2023-04-15 22:40|| 2023-04-15 22:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Very useful information, Helmuth. Thank you — I’ll add that to tomorrow’s report on events, so that we don’t forget. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2023-04-15 23:01|| 2023-04-15 23:01|| Front Page Top

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