US military team arrives in Liberia

[Trident-za]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/931163.asp?0sl=-21

[Seraphim]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030707/ap_on_re_af/liberia_030706210070

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U.S. Marines, part of a 20-member team assessment team, are seen moments after they arrived by helicopter at the heavily-fortified U.S. embassy in Liberia's coastal capital of Monrovia, July 7, 2003. The team will look at how best to bring stability to the broken West African country as President Charles Taylor prepares for foreign exile. Photo by Luc Gnago/*******


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Some 20 U.S. military civil affairs specialists and 15 elite anti-terrorist troops depart for Monrovia, Liberia from the U.S.-Spanish base at Rota in southern Spain in this image made from television early Monday, July 7, 2003. The contingent is to conduct a fact-finding mission to assess humanitarian needs in the embattled west African country which has seen one third of its 3 million residents forced from their homes by fighting since 1999. (AP Photo/APTN)

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[96B]

"15 elite anti-terrorist troops" = ?

[REMOV]

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030707/i/1057582199.2281775160.jpgThe symbol of our times - US Marines getting off in Africa from civil Russian helicopter (AFAIK Mi-17/Mi-171 or Mi-8 with tiny US banner and probably with Ukrainian or Belorussian crew) ;)

[budanski]

What U.S. units was it that actually flies Soviet aircrafts?

[DirtyBilly]

Could it be International Charter Incorporated of Oregon (ICI)?
http://www.icioregon.com/index.htm

[REMOV]

Could it be International Charter Incorporated of Oregon (ICI)?Hey, you're probably right, they operate in Liberia.
The same helicopter (Mi-8 MTV) or not?
http://www.icioregon.com/Imagees/Liberia2.jpg

[He219]

Yep, ICI has Mi-8's at ECOMOG base, Liberia.

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=368143

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=368122

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The first arrivals of a U.S. military security assessment team arrive by helicopter on the helipad of the US embassy in the Liberian capital Monrovia Monday, July 7, 2003. The team of U.S. military experts arrived in Liberia to assess whether to deploy troops as part of an intervention force that would restore order to the war-torn West African nation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

p-)
He219

[He219]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=368311

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=368313

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A U.S. military security assessment team arrive by helicopter on the helipad of the US embassy in the Liberian capital Monrovia Monday, July 7, 2003. The team of U.S. military experts arrived in Liberia to assess whether to deploy troops as part of an intervention force that would restore order to the war-torn West African nation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Definately Russian 2nd Archangel Aviation Division, leased and operated with Russian technicians.

[SABER 2-3]

What U.S. units was it that actually flies Soviet aircrafts?

Could it be those wacked out CWO's at Irwin and Polk. The resident OPFOR is way better than the real threats and there good poker players too.

[budanski]

Yeah, I remember reading somewhere that a unit of CIA guys equipped with Soviet wares - flew S.F. units into Afghanistan in the beginning of the war there.