Tag Archives: africa
Peacekeepers replaced with The United Nations force in Africa
The United Nations has threatened to forcibly disarm rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an early test of the robust new mandate for the multinational peacekeeping contingent that includes going on the offensive there.In an uncharacteristically stern warning on Tuesday, the United Nations ordered individuals near the eastern city of Goma to turn in […]
Drones lead western imperialism in Africa
Nearly every day, and sometimes twice daily, an unarmed American drone soars skyward from a secluded military airfield in Niger, starting a surveillance mission of 10 hours or more to track militants in neighboring Mali. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/11/world/africa/drones-in-niger-reflect-new-us-approach-in-terror-fight.html?pagewanted=1&ref=world The two MQ-9 Reapers that are based here stream live video and data from other sensors to American analysts […]
War on Terror paves way for neo-imperalism in Africa
The United States and Niger will bring together in that West African nation police officers, customs inspectors and other authorities from a half-dozen countries in the region to hone their collective skills in securing lightly guarded borders against heavily armed traffickers and terrorists. Denmark has already forged a partnership with Burkina Faso to combat violent […]
Pentagon looks to aid foreign troops that violate human rights
The Pentagon is increasingly training and equipping local security services to combat militants in their countries. A 16-year-old law that bars American aid to foreign security forces that violate human rights is drawing unusual fire from some top military commanders who say it undermines their ability to train the troops to fight militants. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/us/politics/military-says-law-barring-us-aid-to-rights-violators-hurts-training-mission.html?ref=us The […]
NATO to assume security role in Nothern Africa
Libya has been bedeviled by instability since a NATO air campaign helped topple the country’s longtime dictator. Now NATO is sending a team of experts to Libya to assess how the alliance can provide security assistance. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/world/africa/nato-to-send-team-to-libya-to-assess-security-aid.html?hp&_r=0 The overthrow of Colonel Qaddafi’s autocratic government has left the new government struggling to fill a security vacuum. […]
UN expert calls for killer robot ban
A United Nations expert called Thursday for a global moratorium on the testing, production and use of armed robots that can select and kill targets without human command. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/world/europe/united-nations-armed-robots.html?ref=world “War without reflection is mechanical slaughter. A decision to allow machines to be deployed to kill human beings worldwide, whatever weapons they use, deserves a collective […]
Food as a weapon against development
A quarter of the world’s children are at risk of underperforming at school because of chronic malnutrition. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22685208 A study suggests that children aged eight who are stunted due to malnutrition were 19% more likely to make mistakes reading a simple sentence like “the sun is hot” or “I like dogs” than those with a […]
US admits drone killing of americans
The administration on Wednesday formally acknowledged for the first time that it had killed four American citizens in drone strikes outside the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/us/us-acknowledges-killing-4-americans-in-drone-strikes.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0 The American involvement in Mr. Awlaki’s death has been widely reported, but the administration until now had refused to confirm it. Likewise, Mr. Holder confirmed the government’s […]
NWO, “War on Terror suits us very well”
A top Pentagon official said Thursday that the evolving war against Al Qaeda was likely to continue “at least 10 to 20 years” and urged Congress not to modify the statute that provides its legal basis.“As of right now, it suits us very well,” The assistant secretary of defense for special operations, said, referring to […]
West fails to address famine, blames militants
Nearly 260,000 people died during the famine that hit Somalia from 2010 to 2012, a study shows. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22380352 Half of them were children under the age of five.”It suggests that what occurred in Somalia was one of the worst famines in the last 25 years,” An estimated 4.6% of the total population and 10% of […]
More neo-Imperialism in Africa
France has proposed keeping a permanent force of 1,000 French troops in Mali to fight armed Islamist militants. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/world/africa/mali-france-proposes-permanent-force.html?emc=eta1 “France has proposed, to the United Nations and to the Malian government, a French support force of 1,000 men, which would be permanent, based in Mali and equipped to fight terrorism,”
US special forces to lead neo-imperialism
Army Special Operations Command is planning for a significantly increased presence in Africa, Asia and Latin America for the Special Forces soldiers with the distinctive green berets. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/world/military-plans-broader-role-for-special-operations.html?ref=world Army Special Operations forces can be out there looking at instability, and looking at how to build capabilities. ” I am campaigning to either shape the environment […]
Arming Africa and Al Qaeda for profit
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to temporarily rescind part of a 21-year-old arms embargo on Somalia, the East African country once considered synonymous with warlordism, piracy and anarchy. The new government who is strongly supported by the United States and Britain, had been pressing for an end to the United Nations […]
US drones lead African agenda
Friday that about 100 American troops had been sent to Niger in West Africa to help set up a new base from which unarmed Predator aircraft would conduct surveillance in the region.The US did not say how many aircraft or troops would ultimately be deployed. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/world/africa/in-niger-us-troops-set-up-drone-base.html?_r=0&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1361628183-xpQPI2/bl1WObwvsLFmwAg Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world, […]
Dirty Babylon 