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Robert Young Pelton
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Good RUMINT re #Mozambique. Erik Prince's secret proxy merc helo deal for #CaboDelgado may have been bigfooted by #Putin in deals signed a month ago in Moscow by Nyusi. It looks like VTB and Wagner get the gold mine, Credit Suisse, FSG/EP and the saffers get the shaft.
Many remember when Prince bid on Goodluck Johnson's attempt to flush out Boko Haram from Nigeria and some friends of mine did it for wholesale. Since then Putin has been wiggling his Wagner in African leader's faces and offering a goodie bag that PMC's alone can't provide.
Same crap, different African election. The Russians are providing a complete electionfuckery/mercenary/guns/money package like in DRC, Sudan, Libya etc. People like Prince and even China can't match Putin's Hybrid "Pump You Up!" discount Strongman package. allafrica.com/stories/201909…
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Robert Young Pelton
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Is anyone else thrilled that the NSC, the world's most advanced spy agency, still uses Courier typeface ? games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/def…
What are the odds that an "eyes only" document would be released to the general public? I dunno... lets ask Trump's fixer at the DoJ.
straight up mob dialog; "I think it's.something you want to look at but the United States has been very·very good to Ukraine. I wouldn't say that it's reciprocal necessarily because things are happening that are not good but the United States has been very very.good to Ukraine."
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Robert Young Pelton
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Russia invaded the Ukraine and is engaged in aggressive violence against a peaceful state. Both countries are in Europe. So we have a war inside Europe and Trump was more concerned about extorting the new leader by witholding urgent military aid. #Classy ukrinform.net/rubric-defense…
Most of this aid consists of purchases of American military and intel hardware along training and support contracts to US companies to bolster the Ukraine military. In essence it all comes back to us. defense.gov/Newsroom/News/…
The Ukraine deal is a drop in the bucket compared to other nations. Some that neither need or appropriately use our aid. Like Nigeria, Pakistan or Uganda.
Afghanistan ($4.89 billion)
Iraq ($3.36 billion)
Israel ($3.18 billion) concernusa.org/story/foreign-…
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Robert Young Pelton
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I also confirmed @Nrg8000 the location to Bayingol, Xinjiang. What is disturbing is the logistics and training system created by China to process humans. Presumably Uighers. I have seen other processing centers in Somalia, Italy, Libya etc but this is definately worth exploring.
@Nrg8000 I want to take you back 8 months to a story in which Erik Prince's FSG posted a signed agreement to train and support a Chinese mercenary group in Tumxuk Xinjiang, China 8 hours away 39.866004, 79.041990
"FSG will invest 40 million yuan ($6 million) in the centre, which will have the capacity to train 8,000 people a year, state media said in a report. reuters.com/article/us-chi…
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@thecadclub retweeted an article about #Putin praising Russian women for STAYING BEAUTIFUL and taking care of the home.

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💣BOOM💣

THREAD: Mueller probing attempts by the UAE to " buy political influence" by directing money to support Trump *during the campaign*‼️ 1/

#Corruption

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