Nigerian Peace Keepers In Liberia

[Seraphim]

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Colonel Onwuama Egbu Emeka, one of the Economic Community of West African States Mission in Liberia (news - web sites) (ECOMIL) Nigerian peacekeeping troops, is carried aloft by a celebrating crowd cheering 'peace at least' across the runway at Robertsfield airport near the Liberian capital Monrovia Monday, Aug 4, 2003. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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[Apogee]

Is the dude in the last picture (and some of the other ones) carrying a 240B b/c it sure looks that way besides the wooden stock?

[Chris1]

:roll:
Either a normal old MAG-58 or an early model L7

[He219]

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Nigerian Brig. Gen. Festus Okonkwo, 2nd right in camouflage hat, who will oversee the West African deployment of peacekeepers, greets the first of the Economic Community of West African States Mission in Liberia (ECOMIL) Nigerian peacekeeping troops as they arrive at Robertsfield airport near the Liberian capital Monrovia Monday, Aug 4, 2003. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)


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Nigerian Colonel Emeka Onwuama (L) waves to cheering Liberians upon his arrival at the Monrovia airport, August 4, 2003. Long-awaited West African peacekeepers swooped into Liberia by helicopter on Monday, as war-weary Liberians danced for joy in ruined streets on hopes of an end to 14 years of bloodshed. *******/Juda Ngwenya

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[Chris O`Crooh]

That kid carries Zastava M-70B1; notice grenade launcher on the muzzle and the GL sight folded on the handguard.

[Upfrontreporting]

A lot of M-70B1 around in the Liberian capitol as well as some M93 Black Arrow/Crna Strela .50 cal sniper, most of the Zastava rifles in the pictures from Liberia look very new and in good condition, I wonder who supplied these weapons?? ;)

[He219]

I was just reading that, hehehe. And the Folding Stock Makes them the M70AB(2):


Serbian Gunrunners in Africa
by Adam Geibel
July 30, 2003
If the UN went through a strenuous weapons-collection and destruction campaign in the early 1990s, after the Liberian Civil War, how were President Taylor's loyalists and the LURD rebels able to rearm? On March 26, 2003, President Taylor openly declared that Liberia would import weapons for self-defense and provided the UN with a list of weapons it had already procured. The UN concluded that these weapons were obtained in Serbia from the arms manufacturer Zastava, using a false Nigerian end-user certificate in 2002. There was also probably another 50 tons of Serbian military equipment shipped from Belgrade to Liberia via Kinshasa, using an end-user certificate from the Congo.

Serbian government was cooperated with the UN in determining who at Zastava exported the weapons and although Zastava is suffering for it's complicity. As of June, the company was only working at 25 percent of its production capabilities.

The actual smugglers included the Belgrade-based company Temex, Moldavian registered Aerocom, Belgium’s Ducor World Airlines and freight forwarders Interjug AS. The “chief sanctions buster” was Temex executive Slobodan Tesic, who traveled to Liberia with business partners Orhan Dragas and Jovan Aleksic in order to broker the deal. Aerocom and Ducor World Airlines then illegally transported the weapons to Liberia, using paperwork provided by Interjug AS.

In addition to hundreds of thousands of AK-47 (7.62x39 mm) rounds, the Serbians also shipped ten 12.7 mm 'Black Arrow' M93 long-range rifles and a few hundred RPGs.

The most-commonly seen evidence of these new weapons is in recent news photographs. There you see many of the 5,000 M70 AB2 AK-47s distributed from June to August 2002 to government forces throughout Liberia, several hundred of which were promptly captured by LURD rebels. LURD also had previously acquired stocks of RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, PKM general purpose machine guns, RPK and RPD light machine guns and a small number of FN FAL rifles.

LURD also has nine 'Strela' SA-7 man portable surface-to-air missiles, in all probability given these weapons by Guinean forces after the Guineans captured the weapons from the Liberian-backed during fighting in 2000 (although LURD claimed to have actually captured them). They probably came from one of international arms dealer Victor Bout's sanctions busting shipments to Liberia in May 2000.

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[Royal]

If you want to be a real spotter, it could also be an M70AB or an M70AB1, although jugding by the article above (and the greater numbers produced) I would go with M70AB2...

[andrew45c]

That kid is wasting time strapping those AK mags to the side of the gun with tape (way too much tape ) he will have trouble getting them off.

[USAF G]

The mags are taped to eachother, not the gun. If you'll notice, only one of his spare mags has any rounds in it. ;)

[Beloved Shiv]

That kid carries Zastava M-70B1; notice grenade launcher on the muzzle and the GL sight folded on the handguard.

Fascinating observation.

[duck]

Africa is sad to look at. The nigerian military has an official HIV/AIDS infection rate of 11%, but it is widely believed to be between 40-50%. And now those guys will be away from home and the liberian women will take any chances to get away from the chaos...

[He219]

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A can of looted evaporated milk lies amongst a litter of shell casings in the rebel-held port area of the Liberian capital Monrovia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003. Much of the port area has been heavily looted during the recent fighting. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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A looter carries an armful of cans in the rebel-held port area of the Liberian capital, Monrovia, Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003. Much of the port area has been heavily looted during the recent fighting. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)


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Rebels from Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) beat a looter in the suburb of Freeport(AFP/Georges Gobet)


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Liberian rebels are seen in the rebel controlled area of Monrovia, August 5,2003. A top Liberian rebel commander said on Tuesday that even if his forces withdrew from Monrovia's vital port they would not pull out of the capital before President Charles Taylor leaves the country. The quietest day in Monrovia for well over two weeks offered a welcome chance for hundreds of thousands of war-weary people to creep out in a hunt for scanty supplies of food without the terror of zinging bullets and shrapnel. *******/Juda Ngwenya


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Liberian rebels ride atop a truck in the rebel controlled area of Monrovia, August 5,2003.

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Liberian rebels are seen in the rebel controlled area of Monrovia, August 5,2003.

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Liberian rebels ride atop a car as journalists visit the rebel controlled area of Monrovia August 5, 2003. A top Liberian rebel commander said on Tuesday that even if his forces withdrew from Monrovia's vital port they would not pull out of the capital before President Charles Taylor leaves the country. The quietest day in Monrovia for well over two weeks offered a welcome chance for hundreds of thousands of war-weary people to creep out in a hunt for scanty supplies of food without the terror of zinging bullets and shrapnel. *******/Juda Ngwenya


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Liberian rebels ride on a car in the rebel controlled area of Monrovia August 5, 2003. A top Liberian rebel commander said on Tuesday that even if his forces withdrew from Monrovia's vital port they would not pull out of the capital before President Charles Taylor leaves the country. *******/Juda Ngwenya

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Flanked by bodyguards, Liberian acting rebel chief of staff Major General Seyea Sheriff leaves his headquarters near the port district of Bushrod Island in Monrovia August 5, 2003. President Charles Taylor has said he will step down on Monday, but Nigeria said he now appeared unwilling to take up an asylum offer that he had earlier accepted. Sheriff warned, 'If he (Taylor) refuses to abide by the international request to leave Liberia (news - web sites), I will attack him, we will move on him.' *******/Juda Ngwenya

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A Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel fighter signals his good intentions as the convoy containing Nigerian peacekeepers and the American ambassador cross the bridge into the rebel-held port area of the Liberian capital Monrovia, Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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From left to right: Nigerian peacekeeping force commander Brig. Gen. Festus Okonkwo, Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel Major General Seyeah Sheriff and U.S. Ambassador John Blaney speak to the media after meeting at a LURD command center in the rebel-held port area of the Liberian capital Monrovia, Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)


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Civilians celebrate the passing of the convoy containing Nigerian peacekeepers and the American ambassador as they leave after visiting the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel group command center in the rebel-held port area of the Liberian capital, Monrovia, Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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A government fighter carries a white handkerchief tied to his AK47 rifle in the Liberian capital Monrovia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003. A number of rebel and government fighters cautiously met each other at the middle of a new bridge, by their own volition, to greet each other and discuss the situation in the war-torn West African nation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel General Acapulco, center, asks government fighter Colonel George P. Rollins, left, and another unidentified government fighter why they were fighting, on the middle of the new bridge in the Liberian capital Monrovia, Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003. A number of rebel and government fighters cautiously met each other at the middle of the bridge, by their own volition, to greet each other and discuss the situation in the war-torn West-African nation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)


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Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel General Acapulco, right, reaches out to shake the hand of an unidentified government fighter on the middle of the new bridge in the Liberian capital Monrovia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003. A number of rebel and government fighters cautiously met each other at the middle of the bridge, by their own volition, to greet each other and discuss the situation in the war-torn West-African nation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)


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Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel General Acapulco, right, reaches out to shake the hand of government fighter Colonel George P. Rollins on the middle of the new bridge in the Liberian capital Monrovia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003. A number of rebel and government fighters cautiously met each other at the middle of the bridge, by their own volition, to greet each other and discuss the situation in the war-torn West African nation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel General Acapulco, right, asks government fighter Colonel George P. Rollins, left, why they were fighting, on the middle of the new bridge in the Liberian capital Monrovia, Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003. A number of rebel and government fighters cautiously met each other at the middle of the bridge, by their own volition, to greet each other and discuss the situation in the war-torn West-African nation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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A rebel fighter, right, and a government fighter embrace, calling each other 'brothers' as a sign of friendship, on the middle of the new bridge in the Liberian capital Monrovia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003. A number of rebel and government fighters cautiously met each other at the middle of the bridge, by their own volition, to greet each other and discuss the situation in the war-torn West-African nation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)


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Liberian rebels brandishing rifles and small arms celebrate in the streets of a rebel-held area of Monrovia August 5, 2003. Enemy fighters hugged and joked at a bloodily contested bridge in Liberia (news - web sites)'s capital on Tuesday as West African troops and U.S. warships built up military might to try to end 14 years of murder and mayhem. *******/Juda Ngwenya


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Older rebel fighters wrestle the gun from a young fighter reluctant to give it up, over a disciplinary matter, in the rebel-held port area of the Liberian capital, Monrovia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

[Beloved Shiv]

Africa is sad to look at. The nigerian military has an official HIV/AIDS infection rate of 11%, but it is widely believed to be between 40-50%. And now those guys will be away from home and the liberian women will take any chances to get away from the chaos...

Completely agree. The stacking of the dead in front of the American embassy to implore our intervention was horrific. More so that it only receives nominal mention in the press while a gay clergyman is being reviewed.

The depravations spanning the entire continent are profoundly troubling. I'm both proud and grateful to live in a nation where I'm not compelled to leave my murdered family members in front of the police station to prompt neighborhood patrols. 'Far less implored by what particular f**king model of AK-knockoff a kid is carrying, than with the fact it is a CHILD carrying it.

[BLINDADO]

BUENO ESTOS NEGROS QUIEN LES ENTIENDE ..SON UNOS HIJOS DE SU PINCHE MADRE
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Colonel Onwuama Egbu Emeka, one of the Economic Community of West African States Mission in Liberia (news - web sites) (ECOMIL) Nigerian peacekeeping troops, is carried aloft by a celebrating crowd cheering 'peace at least' across the runway at Robertsfield airport near the Liberian capital Monrovia Monday, Aug 4, 2003. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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[BLINDADO]

ASIQUE ESA TENEMOS ....BOLA DE NEGROS POR ESO NADIE LOS QUIERE ,PERO ESO SI MACHITOA HASTA DONDE NO.... :bash:

[Cpl.Roldan]

Where;s CANADA WHEN U NEED THEM