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UNOCI comes to an end

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Bangladeshi UN soldiers sit on top of armoured vehicles during a patrol in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, photo via AFP

Bangladeshi UN soldiers with blue painted U.S. M1 helmets sit on top of Soviet-made armored vehicles and carry Chinese spiker Type 56 AKMs during a patrol in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, photo via AFP

In something rarely seen in recent years where nation building seems to never conclude, the UN Security Council has lifted remaining sanctions on the Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) and will end the peacekeeping mission there.

Some 6,000 UN peacekeepers and international police will leave Ivory Coast by next April, and in June the UN mission will officially close after 12 years in the country.

I love African Wars

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If nothing else for the far out pictures of modern weapons combined with voodoo, mixed with juju, and the good old fashioned machismo of a kind that the west has long since forgot

April 2011 is a happy time for me so far….

I give you, Rebels in Libya (which is of course North Africa). Note the World War II Allied medals, Combloc surplus East German gear, and $9.99 cheapo sex-cuffs

 

He only narrowly outclasses (due to the mustahce) the rebels of the Ivory Coast .

Note how he has SIX (thats 6) mags ready to go…about 210 rounds of 7.62x39mm AK fuel in his Kalishnikov. Im sure that the extra 15lbs pullinng down on his magazine well should cause no feed problems whatsoever- i mean its an AK right?!…The French camo looks tres chic too…

And the opposition forces in Ivory Coast get an honorable mention….Because Even though you have a top of the line FN assault rifle, the best masks are made with 99-cent watch caps and a pair of scissors….

 

Is it just me or does this guy remind you of Dumb Donald from the Fat Albert gang? Just saying