Foiled coup attempt in Congo DR: American mercenaries arrested

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It's blowing my mind that Zaire and Congo are the same country. I remember learning about Zaire as a child but for some reason, I never heard of them changing their name to Congo. :mindblown:
There's the Demorcratic Republic of the Congo formerly Zaire and the Republic of the Congo right across the river.
 

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A Small Hat???? reallly with Dan Gertler running around free?

Dan Gertler (born 23 December 1973) is an Israeli billionaire businessman in natural resources and the founder and president of the DGI (Dan Gertler International) group of companies. He has diamond and copper mining interests[2] in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and has invested in iron ore, gold, cobalt, oil, agriculture, and banking.[3] He may also hold citizenship of that country.[1] As of 2022 his fortune was estimated at $1.2 billion by Forbes.[4]

Gertler's deals have been under scrutiny by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank since 2012. He has been described as "controversial", and as making most of his fortune from "looting Congo at the expense of its people".[5] The Panama papers revealed deals carried out through Mossack Fonseca shell companies, among his many offshore companies.
 

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It's blowing my mind that Zaire and Congo are the same country. I remember learning about Zaire as a child but for some reason, I never heard of them changing their name to Congo. :mindblown:

Some more :mindblown:
There is republic of Congo and democratic republic of congo
 

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those aren't mercenaries those are US Green Berets, and overthrowing govt's is what they're trained to do.

they became "mercenaries" once their plan failed and they got caught, so the US can cut them loose and deny its involvement.
Unfortuntely if the US wanted a coup they'd just pay the Defense Minister to clap the president.

Green Berets can help a government out and help a government OUT but Congo is huge a couple of dudes can't do nothing by themselves those days are over.
All coups are okéd by at least one of the countries on the UN security council. If someone had no backing from one of them unless he had the backing of the people overwhelmingly they'd sanction the country to death meaning the coup plotter and his people would hve no access to money and all the trinkets that world leaders get and if they tried to go to a decent foriegn hospital or send their kids to a decent foriegn school they'd be denied in which case most coup plotters would step down or get clipped by someone given the nod by one of the UN security council members.

All delevoping nations depend on global trade and or aid. As an expat not getting Honey nut cheerios is annoying just imagine having the big chair and you have no access to spare parts for the presidential G6
 

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They were waving the Zaire flag wanted them Mobutu days again.
I can't beleive they thought it would work. You're in the region you know how rich the DRC is basically the Eastern DRC is it's own country controlled by Rwanda yet they thought they could clap the Vice Prez and set up shop???
 

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Malanga was living in Salt Lake City, Utah and is a despicable puppet like president Mobutu Sese Seko who ruined Congo for 26 years.

Mobutu had close ties with the apartheid South African government. Also opened up the border to the Hutus after the Rwandan genocide. Dude was a pos
 

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I can't beleive they thought it would work. You're in the region you know how rich the DRC is basically the Eastern DRC is it's own country controlled by Rwanda yet they thought they could clap the Vice Prez and set up shop???

Yup Kagame would have pushed that m23 button again . Also would have had Uganda coming in as the adf still coming across the border
 
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