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Militia from local militia you've got alleged special forces Congo using these militia

essentially you know as a forward position and then you've got m23 rebels

but in the sun there's a lot more people out there I mean I know you mentioned Romanian mercenaries

what's the deal so this is where things start to get really unhinged so there are

two private military societies who have been contracted at God only knows what cost to provide certain services for the Congolese Army.

So ostensibly, these, you know, if you're, I mean,

more than welcome to come to Goma and just stand

on the middle of the road that heads between Goma and Sarkay

and you'll see convoys of these white soldiers

tooled up with combat gear, you know, like bulletproof vests, big rifles and like, you know, these face covering, sunglasses, tactical helmets,

you know, in combat gear moving back and forth between, you know, the front line and their

hotels, which they're staying in.

They're ostensibly just instructors. and their

ostensibly just instructors, you know, but two of them have been killed fighting

and several of their, you jeeps have been destroyed.

There's also another private military, yeah exactly, I have very hands on there's another

private military company which has a contract to, you know, basically run the Congolese Air Force.

And that's been really important just on like, you know, a tactical level at keeping the rebels from, you know, advancing, you know, as

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