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Not really bigger....I've been dagging for this since Jan so we knew it was coming.  It'll likely be the same size as OP CROCODILE, they've put in a proposal for a few more admin types to support the BGen, but I don't believe the DCDS has signed off on it yet. Thanks Slim, will do.

Rwanda has been helping out in some cases, however, DROC is not one of them.  In the news lately we've seen lots of reports of Rwanda sponsoring rebel attacks in Congo.  Burundi and Rwanda have it out for the Congolese and it doesn't look good. On another note, the CF contribution to OP SAFARI...

The role of the DM is essentially that he/she is chief of staff of the civilian workforce of DND and is the senior civilian advisor to the MND.  The CDS does not answer to the DM, but more to the MND.  All regulations and orders pertaining to the CF are issued by the CDS or by the MND through...

There is quite a bit of legitimate evidence to support this heightened level of situational awareness.  It was mentioned that this was the first time that the threat has been so specific as well, which does seem odd to some of the int community.  The US Dept of Homeland Security does'nt raise...

HUMINT on the ground did'nt stop Sept 11th.  We can't rely on intelligence all the time, we can have the greatest HUMINT, SIGINT and IMINT in the world, but it still does'nt mean we should'nt defend ourselves against the unknown.  Plus try infiltrating someone into Al Qaeda or one of these...

Yes it will cost a lot of money, but I think we should contribute to it.  We are the other part of NORAD, and I think this system will be an effective detterent to missile attacks.  The likelihood of a missile attack happening....slim, but it only takes one.  I don't think we can put a price on...

Sanctions won't do anything to help this situation.  The Govt of Sudan is very adament in its flat out denial that anything is even happening over in Darfur.  Of course, they're not supplying the Janjaweed, rag-tag Arab militias regulary have close air support and Hind attack choppers. The GoS...

Casing One other thing you have to think of, something I am going through right now in fact.  How is your wife going to react when you get deployed.  I say when not if, because the reality in today's Forces is that pretty much everyone is getting deployed.  We have too many committments abroad...

I am 100% sure that he is not the Africa Desk Officer at NDCC.....and you are completely right, Sudan is unique, you can't generalize it with all the conflicts in Africa.  Different people, different reasons for fighting.  And as someone who watchs the trends and the conflicts there...

Just an FYI Karpovage George W Bush is one of the main driving forces behind the push for peace in the Sudan, predominantly because of the miniscule Christian population there that is being ousted by Islamists.  If he wants to make it his personal agenda, then yes, he should provide some troops...

The four years you have in will count as part of your leave.  They do up a total of Class B days (which are 1 for 1) and Class A and come up with some total that you'll have on your offer.  You have a deployment, so that should help a lot, it will give you mucho TCP (time credited towards...

thanks for that AntiArmour.....NDCC is quite good at doing it's job, it's certainly not an easy one, and there is'nt much credit given to the shiftworkers there.

News from the Darfur front........the rebels (Sudanese Liberation Army, not to be confused with the SPLA in the South) and the JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) walked out of the peace talks on 17 July.  Khartoum (GoS) said it "demonstrated the rebels' lack of commitment to peace".  The rebels...

You know my story old friend. Took about six months, but my unit dragged on the paperwork.  Then got an offer and accepted.  Are you staying in the Branch?  I am considering crossing over to the dark side this year. 

hurry break out the amnesia ray......

SFontaine It's not propaganda against Bush, it's a matter of fact.  Bush may not be a religious nut, but that is his main reason for backing this particular civil war in Africa.  I don't know where I read it, I read a lot of material on Sudan on a daily basis, and these facts have been...

Now if anyone wants some really hot stuff on this subject, mull on this..... Secretary of State Colin Powell visits Sudan at the same time as Secretary General Annan to view the crisis in Darfur.  It came out yesterday that the village they had visited had apparently been "sanitized" by GoS...

cheers Ex-Dragoon!

Where are some of this LeeYang's posts???  Chinese are notorious for their int-gathering techniques, and though I find it very unlikely that this is one of their sources of OSINT (open-source intelligence), stranger things have happened.....not sure if the "powers that be" would be interested in...

Pugnacious, Supposedly we will have some sort of guards with us....presumedly troops from some other feeder nation of SHIRBRIG.....could be a good thing considering a lot of them have somewhat "looser" RoE's.