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To: marcher who wrote (158273)	5/24/2020 2:03:15 PM
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After enough taking-in of the documentaries, romans, mongols, Alex the great, peter the same, Plantagenets, Zheng He, etc etc, one begins to suspect why empires fail Today we did a small party, all enjoyed, too long cooped-up The Mrs did the cooking, coconut helped, I did the washing up, and the Jack did garbage (sort of). Success under difficult circumstances, but all ingredients available and authentic, courtesy of Belt & Road :0) Pompeo did not make it here yet :0)

To: marcher who wrote (158273)	5/26/2020 10:19:49 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217518

Don’t know if you have had opportunity to check out the documentaries w/r to ancient conquerors that be the likes of Alex the great and such same, and about the crusades, but seems folks are always fighting over the same pieces of dirt bloomberg.com U.S. Says Russia Deploys Military Fighter Plane to Libya Samer Al-AtrushMay 26, 2020, 1:40 PM GMT+2 Forces loyal to Libya's Government of National Accord parade a Russian-made Pantsir air defense system truck in Tripoli on May 20. Photographer: Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty Images LISTEN TO ARTICLE Sign up to our Next Africa newsletter and follow Bloomberg Africa on Twitter The U.S. military said Russia has deployed fighter aircraft to Libya to support Russian mercenaries backing eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar, a move that threatens to escalate a proxy war with NATO member Turkey and its allies in Tripoli. “For too long, Russia has denied the full extent of its involvement in the ongoing Libyan conflict,” U.S. Africa Command Army General Stephen Townsend said in a statement on Tuesday. “Well, there is no denying it now.” The deployment, first reported by Bloomberg last week, includes at least one MiG 29, according to satellite images released by the U.S. A senior Libyan official had said Haftar received 6 MiG 29s and two Sukhoi SU-24 jets from a Russian-controlled base in Syria, as the commander’s forces warned of an unprecedented aerial campaign against the internationally recognized government in the capital and its Turkish backers. Haftar, whose self-styled Libyan National Army is also supported by the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, launched his offensive to take the capital of the oil-rich North African country in April last year. But the Turkish military intervention has all but foiled the campaign over the past month. Follow us @middleeast for more news on the region. Hundreds of Russian and Syrian mercenaries supporting Haftar have withdrawn from Tripoli’s frontlines in recent days following a series of defeats at the hands of the Government of National Accord. The reason for the redeployment wasn’t immediately clear, and Russia and Turkey have again called for a cease-fire in Libya. But the arrival of the warplanes suggests a possible renewed scramble for weapons ahead of any possible negotiations. Strategic MoveUnlike Turkey’s overt intervention, Russia’s government has repeatedly denied that it’s seeking to tip the scales in favor of Haftar, denying links with mercenaries deployed by the Wagner company, headed by a confidant of Vladimir Putin. The Russian aircraft “are likely to provide close air support and offensive fires for the Wagner Group PMC that is supporting the Libyan National Army’s fight against the internationally recognized Government of National Accord,” according to the U.S. statement. “The Russian fighter aircraft arrived in Libya, from an airbase in Russia, after transiting Syria where it is assessed they were repainted to camouflage their Russian origin.” Wagner Group was founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, an influential Moscow operator also known as “Putin’s chef” for his Kremlin catering contracts. Wagner was instrumental in turning the civil war in Syria in favor of President Bashar al-Assad, a Putin ally, although the Russian government has publicly distanced itself from the actions of Prigozhin and his hired soldiers. Prigozhin and one of his companies were also charged in the U.S. with attempting to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election. “Given how close Wagner is to the Kremlin, the deployment of these jet fighters -- much like the deployment of mercenaries in September 2019 --- should not be viewed as a mere commercial transaction,” said Emad Badi, a Libya expert and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. “It is meant as a strategic move that would increase Moscow’s political capital in Libya.” (Updates with background and analysis.) Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. LEARN MORE Sent from my iPad