Posted on 11/02/2019 4:31:52 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Seven Russian mercenaries have been killed by ISIS-linked militants in Mozambique - including four who were shot and then beheaded.
The Russians, fighting for the shadowy state-affiliated Wagner Group, were killed in two separate attacks last month, according to sources in the Mozambique military.
Both attacks were ambushes in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado state, where ISIS first announced its presence in June this year.
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Russia has been supplying arms and military equipment to Mozambique to help in its fight against Islamist insurgent groups since signing a pact in early January 2017.
However, the deal did not stipulate the supply of fighters and as recently as October 8 Moscow denied it had any troops stationed in the country. Russia has been providing military support to Mozambique to fight local Islamist groups since 2017, but as recently as October this year denied having any troops in the country
Wagner fighters are not technically Russian soldiers as they are employed by a private company and not the state, but the firm's owner Yevgeny Prigozhin has close links to Putin and Wagner is also known to recruit from Russia's GRU.
Until this year they had largely been fighting against a local Islamist group called Ansar al Sunnah, which is trying to depose the government and establish an Islamist state in its place.
The group is known locally as al-Shabaab, but has no ties with the Somali terror group of the same name, and few known links with any group outside the country.
ISIS first announced its presence in Mozmbique in June in a statement released by its Central Africa Province group, which is also active in the DRC. ...
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"The military has reportedly punished six troops, including an Air Force two-star general, for their roles in the October 2017 Niger ambush"
"A 6,300-page investigation detailed by the Pentagon in May said that the mistakes leading up to the ambush were widespread. An unclassified eight-page summary was released for public viewing."
Paper tiger? 6,300 pages worth in this case.
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