07-01-2005 11:26									#271
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quote: Originally posted by techumseh Now this is news to me. Nigeria mounted an expeditionary force in Angola against the Portugese? Can you point me towards a reference?

Um. If you mean something concrete, quantitative, and that I can link to (and you almost certainly do) then not offhand, no.
Don't get the wrong impression about 'expeditionary forces' either. AFAIK they were small predominantly reinforced-company sized formations 'accompanied' by Soviet 'advisors' in support of the MPLA. Cubans supposedly played a part too, even at that stage although I don't recall how or at what level.

http://countrystudies.us/ can be useful for general references. It is US based, in principle, so take it with a grain of salt too but I couldn't find anything similar from Sweden or any other neutral. Here though it just refers to 'support' for the MPLA from the OAU (not Nigeria specifically), and Nigerian 'support' (through the OAU) for insurgents of colonial nations (not Angola specifically).

quote: This is interesting also. Can you elaborate on this insurgent campaign against Cuban forces in Namibia?

Er, not in Namibia.
Namibia, being subject to insurgencies/incursions from both Angola and Mozambique, fielded counter-insurgents. These probably did have Western support but I wasn't alluding to it.
The insurgencies I was referring to were back in their respective homelands (ie: UNITA in Angola's case, don't recall the name of the major player in Mozambique) and the step-up they received in US aid shipments following the above two nations going on the offensive in Namibia.

quote: He's right here, Ravagon. Castro was given a ticker tape parade on Wall Street right after the revolution.

Well, crap.
I can only re-iterate what I said about what they would've done had they known what he had planned ...

	07-01-2005 11:34									#272
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quote: Originally posted by ravagon Well, crap. I can only re-iterate what I said about what they would've done had they known what he had planned ...

No doubt about it!

	07-01-2005 15:22									#273
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quote: Originally posted by ravagon Er, not in Namibia. Namibia, being subject to insurgencies/incursions from both Angola and Mozambique, fielded counter-insurgents.

Do you have any evidence for this bizarre claim of Mozambican led insurgency in Namibia?

Other than perhaps that Mozambique and Namibia, although on different oceans, and with countries separating them, happen both to border on South Africa?


You'll notice that Namibia and Mozambique have no common border, and a brief refresher on 1970s' and 1980s' history would tell you that the Mozambique government had its hands full fighting Renamo, the South African Army and South African funded hit squads.