Ryan O'Farrell
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@ryanmofarrell
Non-state actors and conflicts / mostly East Africa / Ohioan / Defections Operations Coordinator at the Bridgeway Foundation / @SAISHopkins alum
The ADF Part 2: Naming the Killers — Uganda, ISIS-DRC, and the War on Terror in Congo x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
I was told early last yr that there's a LOT of ISCAP footage that IS Central categorically refuses to publish bc of its brutality.
Breaking: The city of Ber becomes the fourth location in northern Mali to be handed over peacefully from the Russian Africa Corps and Malian army to the FLA/JNIM coalition, and the first city in the Tombouctou region to fall to the rebels.
#RDC : dans le cadre de ses partenariats stratégiques avec les États-Unis d'Amérique (USA) et les Émirats arabes Unis (EAU), la République démocratique du Congo a franchi un pas déterminant avec le financement de 100 millions de dollars américains consacré à la création de la Garde minière dans 22 provinces du pays, selon un communiqué de l' Inspection générale des mines (IGM) lundi. Il est prévu que ce corps compte 20.000 membres bien formés, afin d'encadrer le secteur minier et surtout assurer la traçabilité dans ce secteur crucial pour les partenariats avec les USA et les EAU. "La volonté du Président de la République, que nous mettons en œuvre, est d’assainir l’ensemble du secteur minier de la RDC, en éliminant les pratiques contraires à la bonne gouvernance à la transparence et à la traçabilité des minerais", a déclaré l’Inspecteur général des mines, Rafael Kabengele. La Garde Minière aura pour principales missions : "la sécurisation des sites miniers sur l’ensemble du territoire national; le convoyage sécurisé des minerais, depuis les zones d’extraction jusqu’aux unités de traitement et aux postes frontaliers", a précisé le communiqué. Le 4 décembre, la RDC et les USA ont signé un accord de partenariat sur les minerais critiques et la sécurité. Un accord de partenariat similaire a été aussi conclu par Kinshasa et Doha sur l'or.
Le régime de Kinshasa a choisi le moment de la reprise des négociations politiques pour pilonner, à l’aide de Sukhoi, plusieurs villages à Minembwe causant mort et désolation parmi les civils ainsi que la destruction des plusieurs habitations civiles, églises, écoles, hôpitaux,..
For additional context, the image posted to President Trump's account is an image that initially circulated back in February, but has been altered. Between the two images, one edit was made. Below is a comparison between the original AI image that was posted (back in February), versus what was posted to President Trump's social media page. The raw, primary-source material and links to the original posts are listed below, for those who want to verify for themselves.
Hmm? I’m old enough to remember the ADF terrorism for over 25 years. Good question, “Why has no drone ever been deployed to track down the ADF?”
As the ADF threat withdrew from the Semliki Valley (northeastern North Kivu & southeastern Ituri), warnings were issued through all channels that it would become uncontrollable if it moved closer to #Mambasa & #Epulu forest and the entire western part of Ituri & eastern #Tshopo. It wasn't an ideology, it wasn't scaremongering, nor was it a matter of “undermining the Head of State's efforts,” as we were accused of doing. Now, the damage is done. Mambasa territory is the more autonomous part of Ituri. If, right here between the small towns of Mambasa and Niania, Paul Sadala, a.k.a. Morgan gave us a hard time; imagine what it must be like dealing with tropical Islamists: mobile, scattered in small groups, and waging an ideological guerrilla war. Do you think the people of Mambasa will just sit back and take it? Mambasa is not eastern Beni; I'm so sorry. Not me. My biggest fear is that conspiracy theories will take hold, and that the FARDC and the local military administration will be rejected. We don’t want that to happen, but that’s the sentiment that seems to be emerging. People are suspected of being rejected and sacrificed. And what are you/we going to do? Label them all as ADF, just like Lt. Jules Ngongo did with the young people in Butembo, Lubero, and Beni? The corrupted celebrations in #Kinshasa are what they might be, but the threat is getting closer and closer to #Kisangani. And it will have gotten out of control.
At some point, superintelligent AI will be able to defeat the U.S. Military -- or any military -- just by hacking all its weapons. At that point, either we de facto nationalize AI, or a corporation is our new government by default.
