Gindra Liberation Front

This article is about a non-canonical topic in the Metal Gear series.

Gindra Liberation Front (GLF) was an armed separatist movement that sought to achieve political sovereignty for the Boias, an ethnic group in Gindra, Central Africa. The GLF also promoted a strong anti-Western sentiment, denouncing the West's exploitative influence in Africa and condemning the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in Gindra as an armed invasion of the country by the United States of America.

EguabonPP — "General" Augustine Eguabon.

Formed around the time of Commander William Weah's coup d'état in 1997, the movement initially struggled to put up an effective resistance against the oppressive regime. However, the situation changed drastically with the sudden appearance of "General" Augustine Eguabon, who took control of the budding separatists movement and rapidly built up its offensive capabilities. Not long after, the GLF had become a force to be reckoned with, and the Gindran civil war began in earnest, eventually involving several of the surrounding nations as well.

To finance their military operations during the civil war, the GLF trafficked drugs and rare metals (the former of which was Gindra's largest unofficial export), with the annual income from these operations amounting to more than $50 million. The group used these funds to purchase state-of-the-art weapons and equipment off the black market.^[1]

Unknown to all but Eguabon himself, the GLF was also provided substantial funding and material aid by the United States, as part of the clandestine Project Babel. The truth of Eguabon's secret relationship with the U.S., specifically the U.S. Army, would only come to light in 2002.

GLF's base of operations was the fortress of Galuade, formerly the location of Outer Heaven.

The GLF served as Solid Snake's main adversaries during the Galuade Incident in 2002.

Military resources[]

Ghost-babel-eguabon-video — Augustine Eguabon and Sophie N'Dram.

Members[]

"General" Augustine Eguabon (commander of the GLF)
Sophie N'dram (Augustine Eguabon's lieutenant)
Black Chamber (hired mercenary unit)
- Black Arts Viper (unit's leader)
- Marionette Owl
- Pyro Bison
- Slasher Hawk
- Brian McBride (unit's double agent within the CIA)

Vehicles[]

BTR-60 armored personnel carriers
Trucks
Dune buggies
Mi-28 "Havoc" attack helicopter
Metal Gear GANDER (hijacked)

Weapons[]

Equipment[]

Security systems[]

Notes and references[]

^ Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (2000).
Brian McBride: Don't underestimate GLF. They aren't just another rebel group - their annual revenue from drug and rare metal trafficking is more than $50 million, and their black-market arms were financed by that money. [Their weapons are] all state-of-the-art. Be careful.

[1] Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (2000).
Brian McBride: Don't underestimate GLF. They aren't just another rebel group - their annual revenue from drug and rare metal trafficking is more than $50 million, and their black-market arms were financed by that money. [Their weapons are] all state-of-the-art. Be careful.

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