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Hugo Kaaman
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Researcher & analyst. Focus on SVBIED design & tactics by non-state actors. Articles @MiddleEastInst @JanesINTEL — John 8:32 ✝️
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    Oct 28, 2020
    I just published my most extensive work of 2020 with @MEI_CTE: "Shifting Gears: HTS's Evolving Use of SVBIEDs During the Idlib Offensive of 2019-2020" A lot of details on technical developments & tactical/strategic reasoning. Check it out: mei.edu/publications/s…
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    Feb 27, 2022
    Sweden just announced it will deliver 5000 anti-armour rocket launchers, 5000 body armour kits, 5000 helmets, and 135,000 field rations to the Ukrainian armed forces
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    Apr 14, 2020
    Forget everything you thought you knew about dismantling IEDs. As this Peshmerga EOD guy clearly shows, all you need is a pickaxe and a pair of pliers.
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    Apr 22, 2021
    BREAKING: The Taliban have captured the Windows XP wallpaper
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    Jan 21, 2022
    The battle of Mosul was the most gruelling urban warfare since WW2. During the entire 9 month battle, IS continuously sent waves of up-armoured SVBIEDs (which were pften guided by drone teams), as part of their defence against Iraqi forces, using a total of 482 SVBIEDs overall.
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    Mar 1, 2022
    All footage from the Russian airborne helicopter assault into Gostomel airbase on the outskirts of Kyiv during the first days of the invasion. Includes new MANPADS launch and shootdown fotage. Multiple Ka-52 helicopters hit and shot down
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    Feb 3, 2023
    Taliban fighters from rural Afghanistan struggling with integrating into the group’s administrative structure in Kabul is fascinating. TB ministry personnel with little to do spending their days scrolling on Twitter & complaining about fixed office hours
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    AAN Afghanistan
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    Feb 2, 2023
    "After we arrived in Kabul, we were stunned by its complexity, its expanse, its size. We didn’t know where to go. Everything was strange to us and of course, we were strange to the local people." bit.ly/3kPqxTK #Afghanistan
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    May 28, 2022
    Swedish police may have prevented a 2nd Breivik-style attack in November last year, when a 25-year old right wing extremist (NMR) was arrested. His farm had 50 tons of fertilizer stockpiled, a bomb lab, weapons & much more. Attack was planned for a year aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/WjPb…
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    May 17, 2023
    A Ukrainian brigade (3000-5000 soldiers) has received military training in Sweden, including Leo 2, CV-90, and Archer practice ahead of the Ukrainian offensive. The brigade returned to Ukraine earlier this month
    Uppgifter: Ukrainsk brigad tränad i Sverige
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    Oct 12, 2022
    [Thread] At 6AM on October 8, a massive explosion collapsed sections of the Kerch road bridge & also damaged the adjacent railway bridge, severely incapacitating Russian logistics to and from Crimea. Here's my take on the attack, and why It was likely a suicide car bomb (SVBIED)
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    Jan 23, 2023
    Pro-Ukrainian Chechen foreign fighters near Bakhmut recently ”prepared a gift” for the Russians. It’s an RC-VBIED with a ~700kg explosive charge consisting of 60+ TM-62M anti-tank mines, sections of a DKRP-4 mine-clearing charge, TNT blocks, & det cord - h/t @CalibreObscura
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    Oct 19, 2022
    Mass theft of speed cameras across Sweden connected to war in Ukraine. According to SÄPO, more than 100 speed cameras (Canon DSLR) have been stolen in recent months, some of which have allegedly been sold to Russia(n proxies) & used in improvised drones
    Ska stoppa fartsyndare – misstänks nu användas i kriget i Ukraina
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    Sep 28, 2022
    Werner Herzog's documentary on the Kuwaiti oil fires in 1991 is something else
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    Hugo Kaaman
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    Jul 18, 2020
    This is terrifying. Video released by the Mexican cartel and paramilitary group CJNG show the extent of militarization of their special forces. Scores of armed & kitted out fighters in standardized uniforms line a large convoy of up-armored troop transport vehicles and technicals
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