Fijileaks military sources inside the RFMF claim that 10 or more drivers and mechanics will be leaving for Brisbane, Australia, around the 20th of this month to undergo familiarisation training on the Australian built Bushmaster Armoured Personnel Carriers.
The military sources claim the APCs are being purchased by Fiji government for Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) in the Golan Heights: 10 APCs, 7 for Golan Heights and 3 for Fiji for training purposes. The APCs are $A1.5million a piece.
If true, this will be the first time a Pacific Island country will get them, and for what?
The military sources point out that past practice is that the UN supplies it only for training and use in operational areas and not HOME - in this case, FIJI.
Why is the Australian Government, if it is true, allowing a APC, which is really a light tank, to be sold to Fiji?
And, what happened to the Russian supply?
Apparently Motufaga, the Land Force Commander, Naliva the CO3IF and Vananalagi, CO LSU, had gone first to Brisbane for preliminary discussions.
The military sources claim the APCs are being purchased by Fiji government for Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) in the Golan Heights: 10 APCs, 7 for Golan Heights and 3 for Fiji for training purposes. The APCs are $A1.5million a piece.
If true, this will be the first time a Pacific Island country will get them, and for what?
The military sources point out that past practice is that the UN supplies it only for training and use in operational areas and not HOME - in this case, FIJI.
Why is the Australian Government, if it is true, allowing a APC, which is really a light tank, to be sold to Fiji?
And, what happened to the Russian supply?
Apparently Motufaga, the Land Force Commander, Naliva the CO3IF and Vananalagi, CO LSU, had gone first to Brisbane for preliminary discussions.
The Bullets and Lautoka businessman Aiyaz Musa: Pass it to Interpol
The military sources also claim that the bullets are those used by the RFMF. They say it is easy to trace, for each packet and bullet has serial numbers on it that indicates its origin, date of manufacture, and what company, country etc. So all police has to do is to pass it onto Interpol not RFMF. The sources claim that RFMF could contaminate the evidence with ammunition sourced from elsewhere. Hence the defence lawyers must demand for verification before any contamination attempt on the part of the RFMF. If our military sources are correct, was it a set up?
$A1.5million a piece - the APCs
THROWING in the WHITE flag in Golan Heights
 Container trucks from Russia escorted by the police and the military police along Mead Rd on their way to the Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Nabua |  Two disused trucks among the recent hardware that arrived from Russia for RFMF in Fiji |
