NEW: Guinean Special Forces that stormed the presidential palace on Sept. 5, seizing power, were being trained by Green Berets. The U.S. military told @declanwalsh and @EricSchmittNYT it had “no prior indication” that their students were planning a coup. nytimes.com/2021/09/10/wor…
This video of two vehicles w/ men with U.S. flag patches and Guinean soldiers pushing through a crowd chanting “Freedom!” is authentic: geolocated to a roundabout south of the U.S. Embassy in Conakry and officials told @nytimes it shows their Green Berets.
The geolocation of the video was relatively straightforward. Here are some of the steps. First, the red licence plate on the Toyota matched with licence plates used for the Conakry Region (worldlicenseplates.com/world/AF_GUIN.…), suggesting the video was likely filmed in Guinea. 
Secondly, the soldiers perched on the back of one of the vehicles have visible Guinean flag patches and, as @IntelWalrus pointed out, a kit consistent with Guinean special forces, further suggesting this video is indeed from Guinea.
https://twitter.com/IntelWalrus/status/1435836073595351041
Thirdly, the empty triangle billboard briefly seen in the video is a key visual clue for geolocation. Assuming billboards are often next to larger roads, one can easily spot them on Google Maps along Rte le Prince — often next to roundabouts.
Fourthly, there is a multi-storey building visible with an open top floor and orange rooftop. Google searches with “conakry” and French keywords for roundabouts (“rond-point,” “carrefour”) yielded this photo by @YouriLenquette with a good match at “rond-point Bambéto.”
The location of the Bambéto roundabout is quickly found with a Google search (it's just south of the U.S. Embassy in Conakry) and satellite imagery allows to match the triangle billboard and the multi-storey building: google.com/maps/@9.588951….
Lastly, given that there's a large, jubilant crowd shouting “Freedom!” at the Green Berets, it seemed likely there'd be more footage from the roundabout. And indeed, there is (note the triangle billboard at 0:26).
https://twitter.com/elbahdara/status/1434574867282767879
That's it for verification details — U.S. officials confirmed to @EricSchmittNYT and @declanwalsh that the video showed Green Berets returning to the embassy on Sept. 5, but denied it implied support for the coup. Read the full story: nytimes.com/2021/09/10/wor…
tldr? basically this
https://twitter.com/AbraxasSpa/status/1435810764426817538
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