[James Casbolt]

[B]I'd like to establish some more credentials here- namely those of the special forces guy who told me I was in Central America

Joined the Rhodesian Light Infantry in the 70's, saw much action on the eastern border of Mozambque, was involved in the Rhodesian war of independence against Zanu who were coming across the border from Mozambque into Rhodesia, killing babies and such atrocities, one farmhouse my friend went to had black babies heads on short spears called 'asuguys' ( not sure if spelt correctly ) Zanu had also skinned women there and raped them, was involved with Rlinit called 'Fireforce', saw action virtually everyday, RNI formed in 1965, very quickly became a commando unit, if terrorists in area of ops they Fireforce drop in by helicopter and chase them into a 'killzone', the killzone was formed by paratroopers in a line ( usually about 20 to 22 men ), RLI was formed into 3 groups ( and another support unit ) same as Delta Force and SABRE units in SAS ( SABRE fighting squadrons A,B, D and G ), RLI-highly professional and motivated soldiers from all over the world joined the RLI- ex foriegn legion, ex SAS, green berets, australian SAS- a lot of ideas and experience with threatre of war shared, still to this day the RLI is one of the most successful light infantry regiment ever formed, the terrorists coming from Botzwana, Mozam and occasionally South Africa and causing atrocities- quickly turned out they were commuinist backed ( Russian and Chinese ). All their weapons were Chinese and Russian ( AK-47's RPG's etc ), some of the best soldiers he served with were the King's African Rifles Regiment who were black soldiers my friend says, I'll finish the rest ASAP- Africa is a testing ground for more than meets the eye