Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed

Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by christmm on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:48AM (#28140413)

strange how the BBC remains completely radio silent regarding the Turkish mercenaries there, and the recent request from the Libyan Foreign Minister, for Turkish mercenaries to withdraw

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by enkid on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:29AM (#28140682)

Why are you distracting from Russian warcrimes? Whether or not the Turkish mercenaries are in Libya doesn't change that Wagner is killing prisoners and civilians. So why wouldn't the BBC report on this?

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by guilhas on Thursday August 12, 2021 @05:56AM (#28154223)

A war crime is what USA UK and EU did to Libya

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by f6v on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:45AM (#28140799)

> Why are you distracting from Russian warcrimes?

Alleged warcimes.

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by enkid on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:51AM (#28140850)

That's what journalism is, alleging something. Adding the word alleged in front of what they are reporting is only meant to distract from the allegation without adding anything substantive. Of course it's alleged. All human discourse is alleged.

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by f6v on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:00AM (#28142064)

> That's what journalism is, alleging something.

It's not journalism if it's based on "this anonymous guy said it's true so it's true". Wikileaks is journalism, not this.

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by Voloskaya on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:59AM (#28142812)

Using Wikileaks, which probably uses anonymous sources more than anyone else, to prove that BBC is not real journalism for.. using anonymous source is great. Good job.

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by pessimizer on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @03:41PM (#28146730)

Wikileaks has never used quotes from anonymous sources as far as I know.

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by f6v on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:41AM (#28154998)

They leaked actual documents.

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by brnt on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:33AM (#28142480)

But it does?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54547304

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by m00dy on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @08:15AM (#28141068)

Turks are there because they have been invited officially.

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by hutzlibu on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @09:19AM (#28141637)

Well, but the thing in a civil war is, 2 (if not more sides) claim to be the official side.

I honestly do not dare to judge from the outside. I know it is a complicated mess, with lots of hypocrosy and lots of foreign powers playing geopolitics.

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by m00dy on Thursday August 12, 2021 @04:21AM (#28153570)

But Turks got invited from the side that is officially recognized by the UN.

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by baybal2 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:32AM (#28142464)

> Turkish mercenaries

Not mercenaries, but a standing Turkish army unit, which by the way completely stomped them.

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by cblconfederate on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @12:24PM (#28144064)

No, mercenaries https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-679a6d6fc549bd...

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Re:Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed by baybal2 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @08:27PM (#28150064)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Libya_campaign

Turkey - Col. Okan Altınay † (Turkish military officer)[36]

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