To be honest.
I would show up into the poorer areas and find a small cheap house. In personnel I would take in country, I would take myself, my executive officer, personnel officer, operations officer, intel officer, and supply officer.
For about a year, I would perform recon on police forces, and military bases in country, watching for troop movernments, any military war-gaming or large-scale training operations. Also watching for any exports, imports, and any local training so to see what type of markets the country is currently part of.
During the year, my personnel officer would go around and began to study the people. Locals would make up the bulk of my force, and the way I'll pay them will be simply. I don't know their standard payroll, but I would think 12 dollars a day would be good, specially if the average man in country only makes 6 dollars a day. ( I really don't know how much an average person makes, but I would pay 50% more per day. ) I don't know about just having 100 people limit, but I would at least recruit 800 people, to at 2,000 soldiers.
The weapons I would gain wouldn't be simply brought. If I went to a country and said "I want 1,200-2,000 AK-47s" would rise some attention from people I don't want. I would take about 30-60 people with weapons brought with the 25 m, and simply attack the enemy to gain needed weapons. Raiding weapons from the enemy till I have at least 3-5 companies armed.
Oh hold, my brain hurts. I'm going to go lay down. I'll be back.
it could be good to spend some of your budget money to make very negative image of ruling clan/president in western media. in the end, IF operation have a success condition, you need support of public.
this can be done simply enough. paid jounalist, bribed publisher.
Hellfish, is there any timeline limitations for operation?
You can spend your money on whatever you want.Originally Posted by asch
Apparently Obiang is forced to travel overseas twice a month IOT seek treatment for terminal prostate cancer.
Severo Moto Nsá is the leader of the opposition Progress Party of Equatorial Guinea. He is a possible candidate for a puppet leader, however i doubt that he would be controlable in the long run.
Abuse me for forgetting about the budget...... I am willing to aid Pandy in the insertion intel mission. Just train me well. I have basic rifle (M16) skills. A bit of survival and can speak fluent English and Chinese....if it helps.....
Um.. not per se, but you should be ready to go within 6 months. Actual execution might be later.
Interesting.
I think the end game is that your sponsor has long-term oil rights.
Also seems to be a power struggle building between Armengol Ondo Nguema, the presidents brother and Teodorín Nguema Obiang, the presidents son.
Apparently the military backs the Uncle who until recently was the head of national security.
Head of National Security? Would it be productive if we captured him and tell us important information on the palace, gov buidings and military bases?
I guess the key to succeeding would be to get the people on your side. I'm sure with today's modern technology and the such it would be reasonably simple and cheap for someone with the right knowledge to remotely hack into radio/tv broadcasts and play what you want. For example promise social reforms (health care, education, employment, etc) and of course democracy and elections.
Disinformation would be a huge part of the coup. I'd rather scare their military than physically confronting them with 100 men. Broadcast announcements exagerating your own force and that they are firmly in control of the nation's capital, major natural resources, etc.
The native soldiers would be refered to as 'revolutionaries' who were fighting with the help of their allies (ie me and the rest of the foreigners) to restore power back to the people and ending corruption.
I'd go with Ngati's ideas of creating a distraction force far from the capital while a smaller force discreetly siezes the President and the other targets and "arrests" them for their crimes. I'm not sure if it'd be best to use one force to take control of a small town, or having a series of smaller ambushes on soldiers in various locations.
And also using ex-commonwealth soldiers using cheap, soviet made weaponry. I wouldn't want the body count to be to high because it would breed discontent in the military and increase the risk of counter-coups.
But in saying this I have very little knowledge of the country. And my chances of failure are high.
Good intel Ngati. Have to change/find a puppet that can be controled. The Uncle looks like a good potential.
Fighting Population
15-64 years: 54.5% (male 141,914)
Life expectancy
total population: 49.54 years
male: 48 years
HIV rates of total population
3.4% (2001 est.)
Could pose as a medical team entering the country to assess the damage of AIDS on the country especially considering the other risks of infectious diseases
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2005)
Operation to commence on their national day of independance when all major players can be expected to be in the capital
Independence Day, 12 October
Historical conflicts over boundaries with Cameroon could help supply additional local guerillas to secure the four airports and main port in Malabo
Just a thought
Telephone system:
general assessment: poor system with adequate government services
domestic: NA
international: country code - 240; international communications from Bata and Malabo to African and European countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Probably not considering in all likelyhood it would telegraph our intentions to a large extent.
Besides, with six months and 25 mil you can easily gather all the intel you need.
Yeah....you do have a point. The weapons....we get from the Black Market? And what is their Elite force?
Ah... so hacking into it remotely would be a no go? Surely the radio station would be possible to do? I've seen enough movies to know all you need is some little do-dad attached to the back which you can use to control the computers.
I bet every man and his dog has a radio in that country. I'd use radio rather than television broadcasts.
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