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The Blackwater of Jihad A consortium of elite, well-paid fighters from across the former Soviet Union are training jihadis in Syria. Their business model could go global.
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They're apparently pretty amateur but they were in the army for a year or two so they can teach stuff. Also with what I was talking about with the Kurds yesterday was partly true. A source I trust a lot more said YPG did displace other Kurds but it was to make a more defensible position, and not nefarious reasons. But they are colliding with Assad so that's still bad
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Mar 14, 2017 17:12
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Hot Karl Marx posted:They're apparently pretty amateur but they were in the army for a year or two so they can teach stuff. But enough about James Yeager.
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Mar 14, 2017 17:16
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chitoryu12 posted:But enough about James Yeager. I didn't know who that was and google brought me this: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1194745 (I know it's not a real CNN site)
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Mar 14, 2017 17:19
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Hot Karl Marx posted:I didn't know who that was and google brought me this: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1194745 (I know it's not a real CNN site) He runs Tactical Response, a tactical training company, which recently got banned from the Sacramento Valley Shooting Center because one of their instructors had a negligent discharge that put a hole in someone's truck. He also can't drive stick.
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Mar 14, 2017 17:21
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Yeah he seemed like some tactilol tool when I searched. Here's some real content: https://twitter.com/AfarinMamosta/status/841610488119230464
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Mar 14, 2017 17:22
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chitoryu12 posted:He runs Tactical Response, a tactical training company, which recently got banned from the Sacramento Valley Shooting Center because one of their instructors had a negligent discharge that put a hole in someone's truck. Is he the guy that suggested putting axle grease in ARs or was that another HSLD type guy?
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Mar 14, 2017 18:24
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Frosted Flake posted:axle grease in ARs 
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Mar 14, 2017 18:38
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Mar 14, 2017 19:25
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Frosted Flake posted:Is he the guy that suggested putting axle grease in ARs or was that another HSLD type guy? That's him! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXIsKEHo-4g Also his account of the fight is hilarious to read. One of the mercs blew their vague idea of stealth by spraying his MP5 in the air to get civilian cars to back off, and they ended up bailing out and firing in random directions when they got ambushed because Yeager forgot to put the car in gear and thought it had broken down.
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Mar 14, 2017 20:28
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I'm no expert, but axle grease seems to be a wildly inappropriate viscosity, and have the potential to end up a muddy sludge if my previous experiences with axle grease are anything to go by. Is there anything else that is a glaring problem with that?
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Mar 14, 2017 20:41
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i think white lithium grease is used by some gun guys but i dunno. i just stick with poo poo thats purpose made for gun cleaning and lube, even if that means im an idiot spending 5 bucks more a year for my cleaning supplies i actually havent cleaned my guns in years because i live in a dry climate and havent been shooting for a long loving time
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Mar 14, 2017 20:46
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not caring here posted:Is there anything else that is a glaring problem with that? Sand, dust, and cold temperatures would almost certainly cause jams almost right away.
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Mar 14, 2017 20:47
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chitoryu12 posted:But enough about James Yeager. Was he even ever in the military? I thought he was part of some backwater police department and parlayed his SWAT type training he got there into "IM UH OPERATOR" cred that landed him a job in Iraq. Until, you know, he hosed up and got people killed.
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Mar 14, 2017 20:48
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Scratch Monkey posted:Was he even ever in the military? I thought he was part of some backwater police department and parlayed his SWAT type training he got there into "IM UH OPERATOR" cred that landed him a job in Iraq. Until, you know, he hosed up and got people killed. He was never in the military.
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Mar 14, 2017 20:56
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to be fair, im willing to bet theres swat officers in big cities that have killed more brown people than your average grunt
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Mar 14, 2017 21:03
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What is it with bald dudes and goatees?
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Mar 14, 2017 21:05
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Scratch Monkey posted:Was he even ever in the military? I thought he was part of some backwater police department and parlayed his SWAT type training he got there into "IM UH OPERATOR" cred that landed him a job in Iraq. Until, you know, he hosed up and got people killed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prS_QpGIB8Q He seems like a winner.
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Mar 14, 2017 21:07
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Booblord Zagats posted:What is it with bald dudes and goatees? 
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Mar 14, 2017 21:08
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Scratch Monkey posted:Was he even ever in the military? I thought he was part of some backwater police department and parlayed his SWAT type training he got there into "IM UH OPERATOR" cred that landed him a job in Iraq. Until, you know, he hosed up and got people killed. That's exactly what it was. He was a cop for 12 years and spent some time as a SWAT officer in a unit that did little or nothing of importance, and he admits in his report that he had the least time in the Middle East of all the people in the group that got ambushed. There's also the hilarious finale where they drag the dead guy's body out of the car and it starts rolling forward as soon as the dead foot is off the brake, causing it to nearly run over another guy.
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Mar 14, 2017 21:13
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Where can I read about this?
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Mar 14, 2017 22:07
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Is this the same dude that was demonstrating that insane 1-arm handstand firing position from a car door? I guess there's a whole community of these guys...
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Mar 14, 2017 22:13
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:Is this the same dude that was demonstrating that insane 1-arm handstand firing position from a car door? I guess there's a whole community of these guys... That dude owned. He was climbing around his big rear end pickup truck being a cool guy lol.
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Mar 14, 2017 22:15
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Beastie posted:Where can I read about this? Another bald man with goatee explains http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1110003,00.html#ixzz2HpY88cmC e: Here's the actual ambush video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-fjrRB7WPQ Who taught this dickhead how to write a report? James Yeager posted:We followed our written S.O.P. in relation to dress which is a locally procured ankle length shirt (also known as a “man dress”) that had been cut off at the waist to make me look like an Iraqi while seated in a car. Everyone wore something like that and/or a Shemag (the “rags” locals wear on their heads that gets them the “rag head” moniker). Frosted Flake fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Mar 14, 2017 |
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Mar 14, 2017 22:16
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Beastie posted:Where can I read about this? http://www.defensereview.com/stories/biap/Yeager%20Incident%20Report%20BIAP%204.20.2005.pdf This is the report as written by Yeager. Long story short, one of the guys in their "low profile motorcade" started shooting an MP5 in the air to scare away cars that were driving too close to them. An SUV full of insurgents spotted them and whipped around to begin a drive-by, which domed one of the mercs and hit two others in the femoral artery. Yeager forgot how to drive stick and thought the car was disabled because he couldn't put it in gear, so everyone bailed out and started randomly shooting vaguely in the direction of the gunfire. The insurgents just drove off after the initial volley and were never seen again. And then they almost gun run over by their own car dragging the corpse out.
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Mar 14, 2017 23:11
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So basically this guy was a mouth breathing retard who got boners for moto TIER ONE OPERATOR poo poo but never served and idiots listen to him about dumb bullshit? Sounds like par for the course with the gun/TACTICOOOOLLLL community to me.
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Mar 14, 2017 23:30
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actually he seems to be pretty reviled by most gun weirdos, although theres enough suckers out there that keep him in business
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Mar 14, 2017 23:59
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chitoryu12 posted:http://www.defensereview.com/stories/biap/Yeager%20Incident%20Report%20BIAP%204.20.2005.pdf Are there any books that deal with the clusterfuck that was the 
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Mar 15, 2017 00:11
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Missionary Positron posted:Are there any books that deal with the clusterfuck that was the You need to read about the Thirty Year Wars a.k.a. the war that Germans consider to this day to be worse than either WWI and WWII and was essentially fought by armies of 17th century Blackwaters on every side
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Mar 15, 2017 00:29
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Missionary Positron posted:Are there any books that deal with the clusterfuck that was the One of the first big ones was Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq. It's a look at how despite being pile of shitheads they were pretty much a law unto themselves, and had poo poo like M72s, AT4s and even a M113 squirreled away in their compounds illegally. There are also countless times they opened up on civilians and escaped prosecution.
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Mar 15, 2017 00:57
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To give you an idea he's sometimes referred to as "Buck Yeager" due to his uncanny resemblance to FtM transsexual porn star Buck Angel
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Mar 15, 2017 01:32
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Scratch Monkey posted:To give you an idea he's sometimes referred to as "Buck Yeager" due to his uncanny resemblance to FtM transsexual porn star Buck Angel this seems mildly insulting to true badass chuck yeager
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Mar 15, 2017 01:41
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:this seems mildly insulting to true badass
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Mar 15, 2017 02:55
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hmm, no. my original point was the correct one, but thanks for trying anyway
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Mar 15, 2017 03:05
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Frosted Flake posted:The Blackwater of Jihad quote:The first iteration of PMCs in Syria was the Slavonic Corps, an ill-fated, Hong Kong-registered company comprising ex-Russian military that briefly worked alongside government forces in 2013, according to a report by the Interpreter magazine. But it quickly became clear that they did not have the full support of the Syrian government. First, the Syrian army stole their vehicles, then their paychecks never arrived, and finally a Syrian air force helicopter crashed into the Slavonic Corps convoy after flying too low and running into power lines, injuring one mercenary. The Slavonic Corps’ misadventures came to an end when the group disbanded after a defeat by rebels in the desert near the city of Sukhnah in southern Syria in October 2013. The mercenaries returned home to Moscow and were promptly arrested by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) for their unsanctioned Syrian intervention. 
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Mar 15, 2017 03:32
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:actually he seems to be pretty reviled by most gun weirdos, although theres enough suckers out there that keep him in business Yeah bingo
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Mar 15, 2017 04:08
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  also I think this is the same dingus that threatened to shoot the president on his youtube channel, got his CCW revoked because of this, threw a hissy fit, and somehow got it reinstated  Anyway I've been using high temp high pressure wheel bearing grease on my guns to pretty good effect. Granted I'm not in a super dusty environment or anything but I just give the grease points a little dab or two and I haven't had them gum up on me.
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Mar 15, 2017 04:26
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Capn Beeb posted:also I think this is the same dingus that threatened to shoot the president on his youtube channel, got his CCW revoked because of this, threw a hissy fit, and somehow got it reinstated Not the president, just innocent people. He also lied about having a Tennessee Department Of Safety Certified Firearms Instructor certificate (which doesn't exist). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNhsJLEEZ54 chitoryu12 fucked around with this message at 12:24 on Mar 15, 2017 |
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Mar 15, 2017 12:20
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I call those types "Tactical Snake Oil Salesmen"
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Booblord Zagats posted:I call those types "Tactical Axle Grease Salesmen"
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