‘A gift to Moscow’: dismay as NYPD takes part in UAE Swat games with Chechnya and Belarus. Event has already been widely used as PR opportunity for notorious Chechen unit accused of war crimes in Ukraine

by Independent_Lie_9982

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  1. >At home in Chechnya, the special police forces have long been accused of committing widespread human rights abuses including kidnapping, forced disappearances, torture and murder as well as pogroms against the LGBTQ+ community.

    >The Akhmat is led by Zamid Chalaev, one of Kadyrov’s top security officials. Chalaev is under US sanctions for the siege of Mariupol and “the transfer of Ukrainian children to camps in the Chechen Republic”.

    >Pictures published by the Swat Challenge website show him attending the tournament.

    Redditors believe they’re “all dead”, of course, however the Kremlin Rasputin necromancy briefly resurrected them for this event to win against the Americans.

    >Announcing the Chechen victory at the Swat Challenge on Tuesday, one state-run outlet triumphantly wrote: “Akhmat again demonstrated that it is the best special forces on the planet.” Kadyrov told his 2 million followers on his Telegram channel that his fighters had a “great result” in a tournament of “global proportions”.

    >Galeotti said: “US participation legitimised the event but far more importantly was a gift to Grozny (and Moscow). The USA ends up looking incompetent at best, downright eager to flout its own rules at worst.”

    The literal losers NYPD sharing words of wisdom:

    >In a post on X on Tuesday (https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/1754658529548325232), the NYPD thanked the Dubai police for the invitation to participate, writing: “In a friendly competition, our NYPD Specialops emergency service unit team partook in the Swat Challenge and got to showcase their training and techniques.”

  2. What, US Police is wanting to share some “show and tell” with war criminals?

    Hey, I am unsurprised at this stage.

  3. American brown shirts doing brown shirt things. Shocker.

  6. Well this was an UAE event not one run by Moscow. US swat teams coming behind so many teams is not great, not something to be proud off. It’s not a victory for Kadyrov as they didn’t win either.

  7. Chechnya and Belarus….and teams from 46 other countries. Sounds like a non-issue.

  8. Bit of a clickbait title. The three American swat teams and Canadian swat team did not take part in games *with* Chechnya and Belarus, they competed *against* them. But yes, western police forces should have refused to participate even if there was several thousand dollars worth of prizes.

    “Hosted by the Dubai police over the last week, the 5th UAE Swat Challenge bills itself as the Olympics for elite law enforcement agencies and aims to “foster cooperation and exchange of tactical techniques and skills” among international police teams, according to the event’s website.

    In videos published by organisers, 87 Swat teams from 48 countries are seen engaging in various mock tactical challenges including assaults, rescues and shooting drills.”

    It would be interesting to see a full list of the participating police forces

  9. Ans wasn’t winning trophy given to some chonky kid who was not even taking part in it?

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