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I have to laugh when I see the International Republican Institute
(IRI) described by the international media as an "organization that
promotes democracy" (in this case, on NPR). The IRI is in the news lately because Egypt's military government has put some of its members
on a "no-fly" list and thereby trapped them in the country, facing
investigation and possible trial. I am wondering just how credulous
these journalists and editors are: if I were to describe the Center for Economic and Policy Research as "a magical organization that transforms scrap metal into gold", would that become CEPR's standard description in the news?The
IRI is an international arm of the US Republican party, so anyone with
the stomach to watch the Republican presidential debates might doubt
whether this would be a "democracy-promotion" organization. But a look
at some of their recent adventures is enough to set the record straight:
in 2004, the IRI played a major role in overthrowing the democratically elected government of Haiti. In 2002, the head of the IRI publicly celebrated the short-lived military coup
that overthrew the democratically elected government of Venezuela. The
IRI was also working with organizations and individuals that were
involved in the coup. In 2005, the IRI was involved in an effort to promote changes in Brazil's electoral laws that would weaken the governing Workers party of then President Lula da Silva.Most recently, in 2009, there was a military coup against the democratically elected government of Honduras. The Obama administration did everything it could to help the coup succeed,
and supported "elections" in November of 2009 to legitimize the coup
government. The rest of the world – including even the Organization of
American States (OAS), under pressure from South American democracies –
refused to send observers. This was because of the political repression
during the campaign period: police violence, raiding of independent
media, and the forced exile of political opponents – including the
country's democratically elected president.http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/pes46/a_poll_of_arab_public_opinion_by_the_university/
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This creates a vicious cycle in which hated and often repressive governments are supportive of US foreign policy,
and these governments receive US support, increasing regional animosity
toward the United States. In some cases, it also leads to terrorist
attacks against US institutions or citizens, which is then used by our
leaders to justify long or endless wars (for example, Iraq and
Afghanistan). A poll of Arab public opinion (pdf)
by the University of Maryland and Zogby International, which included
Egypt, asked respondents to "name two countries that are the biggest
threat to you": 88% named the United States, and 77% named Israel; only
9% chose Iran.Another ugly side-effect of US government-sponsored
"democracy-promotion" is that it helps governments that want to repress
authentic, national, pro-democracy movements. Most of the repressive
governments in the Middle East and North Africa
have tried to delegitimize their opponents with the taint of
association with Washington, in most cases falsely. In Egypt, before the
raids on foreign organizations, the government arrested youth activists
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OK. they are playing the game now
as for this morning:
1. credit rating downgrade
2. world bank (zoelick) start yapping about egpt economy/ no money for you
3. the so callled "christian newspaper" start yapping about religion in egypt.
so they are doing the usual job. destroying currency, creating social strife, economic instability.
-----------------------Standard and Poor's downgrades Egypt on reserves, politics
http://news.google.com/news/more?hl=en&gl=us&q=egypt&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dj1jUdkRnWSRGbMBwuV1TO4cojT7M&ei=hEQ1T5SzKYShtwfJlvirAg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=5&ved=0CFAQqgIwBAWorld Bank chief expects tension over Egypt aid
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_765157.html
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The way it will play out:
- embargo and currency attack are the most obvious move. They will do it.
- Devaluation. (you have to do it regardless anyway. But you choose the time)
- they will tie you up in gigantic international debt. (so watch very careful who you borrow money from, they gonna fuck you up. Take inventory of all your international economic data. This is pure colonialism. Put a very competent economic team.)
- worst case scenario 20-25% GDP implosion. ((via trade war, embargo, currency war, etc)
I don't know how Egypt scenario is going to play, I for one have nasty feeling it will get rough ... ( push comes to shove.....we need to increase security and safety clearance for all ship going through suez cannal. Specially all nuclear powered ship... bla bbla.. essentially... NO US MILITARY and supply ship will pass through Suez. ... there goes Hormuz war.
All atlantic crossing oil tanker will have to satisfy new inspection regulation or else no crossing. Natrually, no currently operating ship will be able to pass the inspection. (this will pretty much destroy entire US/europe economy within 2 weeks.)
and probably even nastier move, the Pakistan bluff gambit,...move half tank inventory toward the buffer zone. ready for suez crossing. Then beat the war drum. (This is the sort of thing that will control the Fox news brigade.) combine with atlantic supply cut, any wild eyed admiral will think twice doing any operation.
Tho' that's kinda too obvious and thuggish, no class. But will get the message across.
The next step you have to deal with clandestine/sabotage/assasination operation as retaliation. Exactly like Libya, Syria, etc. . This is all very obvious "freedom on the march (tm)"
But I for one will play long term diplomatic game, since the game will be so blindingly obvious, it won't take a genius to play these war mongering craze like violin. You can read them like a book.
Plus you do have legitimate, elected parliament, so ... What good is a revolution if not saving the country?
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On one occasion in 2009, Washington appears to be funneling dollars
to the leader of the Egyptian Organization of Human Rights, Hafez Abu
Seada, through a U.S.-funded non-government agency in Morocco,
apparently to wipe out the money trail. Some dictionaries call that
money laundering.Abu Seada is facing an investigation in Egypt for receiving foreign
government funding without authorization. Several Americans are facing
trial in Egypt for applying this policy. And for whose sake did the
State Department cross ethical lines? For Egyptian politicians quoted in
the diplomatic cables as warning other Egyptians about the United
States - even after they've received U.S. support.One of them is Hisham Kassem, who just weeks after he had won the
2007 Democracy Award from NED, is cited in an Oct. 30, 2007, diplomatic
cable telling another embassy contact, Gameela Ismail, that in the
United States, "nobody cares about democracy in Egypt" and that, "if you
got arrested, there would not even be a statement released by the USG
(U.S. government)."With his lack of belief in U.S. democracy efforts, you would think
Kassem would not ask for more U.S. support. But a June 21, 2009, cable
reads: "Kassem urged the Obama administration to invest in building democratic institutions in Egypt."Washington did. And Kassem now serves on the steering committee of
one of NED's U.S.-funded initiatives - the World Movement for Democracy.Paying any more U.S. tax dollars to duplicitous Egyptian politicians
with suspect democracy credentials at the expense of a fruitful
strategic relationship with Egypt is money down the drain. Oddly,
Congress and the U.S. State Department are now fighting for that waste
to go on.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/10/ED9J1N3RN0.DTL
This corrupt shit has been going on for a looooooong time. forget the small money that goes to this and that brown people. It's major repug and dems money source. Look at the organization list, fucking weasels and scumbags fleecing the nation. who is who. "spreading democracy" is just a cover for massive money operation.
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An explosion on Aurangzeb Road in New
Delhi damaged an Israeli embassy car, and injured
its occupants.Tal Yehoshua Koren, the wife of the
defense attache at the Israeli embassy was
seriously wounded. She is in critical care. She
was on her way to pick up her children from their
school. It is unusual for a diplomatic vehicle to
be attacked on the streets of New Delhi. The Delhi
police went into action. The international media
wanted to know who had done the attack minutes
after it was reported.
The police was
wary. Let us conduct our investigation, they said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went
before his parliament and accused Iran of a
terrorist act. "The elements behind these attacks
were Iran and its protege, Hezbollah." Iran, he
said, is "the largest terror exporter in the
world" and Israel "would act with a strong hand."
This was all the confirmation that BBC needed. It began to
report the attack as an Iranian act against an
Israeli diplomat on Indian soil.
Why would
Iran conduct an attack on an Israeli diplomat in
India, particularly as India is in the midst of
trying to negotiate a delicate arrangement with
Tehran to pay for Iranian oil? The question
mystifies.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/NB15Df02.html
The war is ON bitchez, the zionists are planting false flag all over, precisely in pattern predicted.
-India
-Thailand, again.
lemme guess what's next (redoing Iraq war run up): argentina, Columbia, more central asia, mysterious powder, US mysterious shooting, then standard domestic orange alert stuff. Waposh, NYTimes are all doing Judith miller routine. Fox News is in overdrive mode,. Then false flag in the gulf. .. maybe one or two action in europe (france is ripe for this type of crap) for fun, ethiopia, west african nation, sudan. South africa or something.
(basically, any country with big jewish presence, has bought israel military gear, and the status quo is compromised, previously was used in iraq war run up)
I'd say Iran bombing will start about 3-4 months from now, once measureable public opinion start supporting the war.
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UPDATE:
The latest episode being used to fuel the flames of war are two attacks
yesterday on Israeli diplomats: one in India and one in Georgia. The
headline in The Washington Post tells
you all you need to know about how these attacks are being used:
“Israel blames Iran for India and Georgia bombing attempts; Tehran
denies role.” As Juan Cole points out,
Indian investigators do not believe Iran was responsible, though he
writes that “American media just parrot” the accusations against Iran by
Israeli officials. We’ll likely never know who was actually
responsible, though what is clear is that the attacks are being
instantly exploited by Israel-devoted neocons to further depict Iran as a
Grave Menace (Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post:
if Iran is responsible, it’s “one more piece of data that Iran is
growing ever bolder and more aggressive”), all without noting the
glaring irony that the mode of attack in
India is virtually identical to the one used to kill numerous Iranian
scientists (“a magnetic bomb was slapped onto [the] car by a passing
motorcyclist”). One thing is crystal clear, as macgupta put it in the comment section: “In any case, no matter who the perpetrators are, these attacks are a sign that we are moving closer to a war with Iran.”
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/14/us_media_takes_the_lead_on_iran/singleton/
Look, if Israel has proof, they can always bring it to the UN, and have full on investigation. But instead they are chomping at the bit to start a war. ..
Somebody is going to record all those zionist clowns on TV for future record, and when judgement day comes, they will remember WHY things like "Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung des Berufsbeamtentums" was passed.
.. next will come those puppets in congress, doing the usual song and dance, mushroom cloud aluminum pipe from independent secret intelligence source.. bla bla.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_for_the_Restoration_of_the_Professional_Civil_Service
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A top Republican lawmaker called for "punitive action" Thursday
against Egyptian officials for the crackdown on US democracy advocates.Representative
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee,
singled out Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Abul
Naga."The Egyptian government's actions cannot be taken lightly
and warrant punitive actions against certain Egyptian officials, and
reconsideration of US assistance to Egypt," Ros-Lehtinen told a House
hearing."While the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces bears
ultimate responsibility for this strain in relations, the minister of
international cooperation should not be exempt from punitive actions."watch out egypt. hardcore zionist. She will plot and scheme her way to bomb your ass. you've been warned.
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Yemen holds presidential election with one candidate
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/21/world/meast/yemen-elections/?hpt=hp_bn2
Freedom on the march (tm)
It's a US backed putsch against Saleh. Yemen itself will continue to be increasingly unstable... basically it's another fool's errand.
Follow this episode closely specially when Saud regime falls. Then Yemen will turn from boring corner to one of most dangerous piece of desert. It will play pivotal role in collapse of petro dollar cycle.
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NPR -In Egypt,
growing tensions between Muslims and Christians have led to sporadic
violence. Many Egyptians blame the interreligious strife on hooligans
taking advantage of absent or weak security forces.
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be alert Egypt. They gonna pull string and try to create religious riot again.
1. community leaders should work to ensure tension reduction.
2. report suspicious activities. (the usual suspects)
3. monitor usual trouble makers trying to fan media to start religious riot. (carricature, radio recording, etc. the usual stuff) same area..
4. manufactured accidents/rumor ....anything religion.
5. arson, shooting, riot...etc. same old tricks.
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Egypt suspends NGO activists' trial
Ninemsn - 4 hours agoThe Egyptian trial against activists working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) over alleged illegal funding has been suspended.
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look, this is fairly useless. if i were you (assuming you have very good evidence)
1. take blood sample, biometric, complete backgrounder. Permanently banned from entering egypt, put them in national terrorist list.
2. make deal. in return for you guys stop meddling with Egyptian election and sovereignty.
3. change entrance policy(obviously they think they can go in, create chaos and out at will without being checked. These are some nasty people, they will do it again. And you will never fix your country ever with them around.)
4. watch the clinton game. nasty. write it down in contract and get a receipt. Her words don't worth anything. No contract/treaty, no deal. Otherwise, once egyptian election is protected, just move this out of the way quickly, while these fuckers are worrying about "election" mud slinging. (republican/zionists nipping about some arab taking hostage) All you need to do is make sure you can prevent this happening again. There is always more scheme and ploy with these gang. As long as you can track zionist intention you have the general narrative.
... some bullshit about "friend of egypt" conference before NATO bombing because zionist money order a regime change. -
Hillary Clinton favorite little war. This one is going to blow up on her face for sure.
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A pro-Syria Lebanese Member of Parliament (MP) accused France of secretly sending troops to Syria.
The Lebanese Baathist MP Asem Konsoa claimed that the Syrian regime
forces arrested 18 French officers and 100 paratroopers, along with 70
Lebanese for joining and fighting within the ranks of the protesters in
the restless city of Homs.
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Possible Mali coup as soldiers storm TV station
Soldiers are angry over the government's perceived failure to come to
grips with a northern rebellion by Tuareg separatists that has claimed
the lives of numerous soldiers since January.In Bamako, which has weathered multiple coups, the population was on edge. Throughout Western Africa, military takeovers usually begin with the seizing of the state broadcaster.
US
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said: "The situation is
currently unclear and unfolding quickly. We understand that radio and
television signals are dead. There are reports of military forces
surrounding the presidential palace and movement of vehicles between the
palace and the military barracks." US were advised to stay off the
streets.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/21/mali-coup-soldiers-storm-tv-station?newsfeed=true
ah yes. Who doesn't see this one coming. Lesse who support the rebellion. (hint, the current government is leftist alliance, it overthrowed France/US backed military regime.)
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Chad is next. Within a decade all of countries around sahara desert will burn. There will be no talk of "freedom on the march/democracy" here. Whereby exposing massive hyporacy and total collapse of US diplomatic credibility. (But who is counting. By next year European economy will be in huge crisis, rivaling collapse of GM)
http://www.businessinsider.com/john-paulson-holding-in-randgold-mali-coup-2012-3
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Mali's US-trained coup leader says he is in control of the country,
has no fears of a counter-coup and wants peace talks with the rebels
whose northern rebellion was the trigger that led him to oust a
democratically-elected president.
Captain Amadou Sanogo, who appeared exhausted, his voice
hoarse, stressed the importance of unity for the West African nation in
an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at Kati garrison
outside Bamako, the capital.
What started there on Wednesday as a mutiny of
low-ranking officers and rank-and-file soldiers turned into a full-blown
coup d'etat.
"Tuareg people in the north, Arab people, are our
brothers. ... I want all of them to come to the same table right after
this interview, my door is open, we should talk about this process,"
Sanogo said.When asked about a counter coup, Sanogo calmly responded: "To be honest, I don't fear."
The Africa Command of the US Defence Department confirmed
Bahahaha... totally predictable. I guess it's now all back to classic 60's US backed african military coup. Except real force of revolution, the people, isn't with these coups. Hence why north africa will burn and burn for next 2 decades. Ghost of Gaddaffi. I have to say Obama is far more evil than I ever imagine. I thought he wouldn't steal something from africa. I guess he does. next, he will commit big terrorism crime. he will have to blow up and kill a lot of people for the money he want.
that Sanogo received basic officer training in the United States as
well as participating in several other training programs there.
Time to invest on all mining companies with north african operation bitchez.
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Tuareg rebels closed in on a key city in northern Mali, taking advantage
of a power vacuum in Bamako where putschists insisted they were in firm
control after ousting the government.
As the junta concentrated on stamping out rumours it was losing control
and condemned widespread looting, soldiers in the distant north
recruited militia to help them fight Tuareg rebels waging a battle for
independence.
"Thanks to Allah the almighty and his blessings, we will soon take our
land in Kidal," Tuareg rebel group Ansar Dine (Defenders of Faith) said
in a statement as its fighters surrounded one of the north's main towns.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10794501
NATO operation in Mali will commence soon. It will be continuation of Ivory coast coup.
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http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2012/03/23/ghana-blames-ivory-coasts-power-system-for-nation-wide-blackout/
Ghana blames Ivory Coast’s power system for nation-wide blackout
Ghana is the big north african prize. Massive oil. Left leaning government, actually working for its people. They gonna get fucked the most. White people needs those oil bitchez. Time to die. freedom on the march baby.
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“A week ago, The United Nations
Security Council called on Libya and its neighbours to stamp out the
proliferation of looted arms, noting concern that they could fall into
the hands of al Qaeda and other militant groups. But does anybody really
believe that the National Transitional Council is up to such a task?
Are we sure that this is a task they all want to see accomplished?“Western
and Northern Africa (but particularly the Sahel zone) is now awash in
weapons. Heavier weapons, more sophisticated weapons and in greater
quantities than it has ever known.”The Tuareg
insurgents have formed a new group, the National Movement for the
Liberation of Azawad (MNLA). This is the third Tuareg rebellion in the
last 20 years in Mali. When Louis and I were kidnapped by al Qaeda in
the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), we were attempting to bring a similar Tuareg
rebellion in neighbouring Niger to a negotiated conclusion. It is clear
that there is some sort of collusion — which may be but a marriage of
convenience — between the MNLA and AQIM in the current Malian offensive.It
is estimated that there are as many as 4,000 seasoned and well-armed
fighters in the MNLA, and since the beginning of the year they have been
battling to free northern Mali from Bamako’s control. They have been
doing well against the ill-equipped and under-trained Malian forces and
have committed appalling atrocities, including the alleged execution of
82 prisoners in Aguelhok in late January. They were bound and many had
their throats slit.There is no more Mali. It'll slowly burn like Libya and Somalia. It's nothing but area of operation now.
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in 1991, Touré, led a coup against the oppressive
dictatorship that had ruled the country for the 30 years following
independence from France in 1960, but made good on his promise to hold
elections as soon as civilian institutions could assume the
responsibility. Alpha Oumar Konoré became president in 1992 and was
re-elected in 1997 in what were judged to be free and fair elections.
Mali’s constitution limits its president to two five-year terms, so
Konoré stepped down in 2002 and Touré, after becoming a civilian,
replaced him, and was elected in another free and fair election in 2007.
Presidential elections were to take place next month, in April, and
Touré had made clear that he could not and would not be a candidate.
Despite the paucity of its fiscal resources, for 20 years Mali has been a
shining example of an effectively functioning democracy, blessed with a
government that strove mightily to keep in close touch with its people;
not the norm for the West African region.For
these reasons, Mali was a favoured partner of development agencies
throughout the world. Canadian development assistance to Mali began in
1972 and has increased almost eight-fold over the past decade to a
current level of about $110 million annually, making Mali one of the top
five or six recipients of Canadian development assistance, and Canada,
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Mali's
coup leader responded to the threat of sanctions Friday by saying he
plans to hold elections and rapidly return the country to its
established order but gave no timetable for immediate action, falling
short of demands by West African countries.Mali's
neighbors on Thursday gave the captain a 72-hour deadline to hand power
back to civilians or else face severe consequences, including the
closing of borders to the landlocked nation and the freezing of the
country's account at the regional central bank.http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Long-lines-at-banks-in-Mali-ahead-of-sanctions-3443537.php
Heading toward crash. we'll know if it's civil war or not within weeks.
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Condemnations of the coup by the imperial countries are supremely
ironic. These countries have been providing weapons and training to the
army they now condemn. Sanogo, for example, is a US-trained officer.These same powers also backed the coup in Haiti in 2004 and all but openly backed the 2009 coup in Honduras.
Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. But it is also the
third largest producer of gold in Africa. At least two Canadian gold
mining companies operate there -- Iamgold Corporation and Avion Gold
Corporation. Avion has said its operations are unaffected by the coup.Mali was selected by Canada in 2009 as one of six African “countries
of focus” for Canadian aid. Aid to Mali from Canada leapt to C$117
million for fiscal 2009-10 and was $110 million in 2010-11. That makes
it one of the top recipients of Canadian aid, on par with Haiti.http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/50556
It's a US backed coup. give it a few week, it'll be a rerun of Honduras coup. Everybody plays dumb and voila...freedom on the march (tm). free gold for everybody. In the mean time the northern part will burn until again, it turns into another somalia... then the chaos move on to chad.
btw, mauritania also had a coup. (Israel backed) Liberia is pretty much US protectorate ala Haiti. Slave colony. Ivory coast, Senegal are new massive oil. While Nigeria is a mess.
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About Desert Gold
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/desert-gold-provides-update-on-mali-2012-03-29
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The Pentagon has allotted $500 million to the fight against terrorism in
the Sahara Desert, using American Special Forces teams to train African
armies and befriend locals. Vanity Fair was invited to join the
U.S. military on a recent mission to Timbuktu, Mali, to get an up-close
look at one of the lesser-known fronts in the battle against al-Qaeda.
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/09/sahara200709Others believe the concerns are more complicated than a simple
development-versus-military tug of war. "We have to be smart and nuanced
and extremely aware of each country's political context as we proceed,"
says Michelle Gavin, a sub-Saharan-Africa expert at the Council on
Foreign Relations and a former foreign-policy adviser for Senator Russ
Feingold. "We don't want to find ourselves being duped into doing the
bidding of foreign governments when their mission has nothing to do with
counterterrorism. We have to proceed the way it was initially laid out,
with military, diplomatic, and development elements—a cohesive package
to make clear that we are there to help and can compete with these
radical elements. Over the long term, we need that comprehensive
approach. eucom's efforts are absolutely vital, but it can't be the sole ingredient to counterterror in that part of the world."Another
concern for many is that American troops might be repeating military
mistakes of the past by training armed groups that will some day turn
their weapons against U.S. interests, as in the case of the
C.I.A.-funded-and-trained mujahideen in Afghanistan in the late 1970s
and 1980s."You know, that's a risk you take whenever you train
anyone. The option is inaction. And I don't think inaction is an
option," Admiral McRaven tells me. "What if you train these guys and 10
years later it turns out they're bad people—isn't that a bad thing?
Well, sure it's a bad thing. But so what do we do? We don't assume any
risk and just decide that we're not going to train them? No, that's not
an answer."But sometimes—in a part of the world, say, where the
local population is entirely Muslim and uncomfortable with U.S. military
action elsewhere—an armed American presence might not be the answer
either.
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http://www.modernghana.com/news/386169/1/analysis-of-the-coup-in-mali.html
GAO, Mali - A U.S. Navy SEAL advisor watches a Malian special operations
vehicle unit run through immediate action drills for counter-terrorism
missions during training February 26, 2010, near Gao, Mali. The Special
Operations Command - Africa SEAL team spent several weeks in Mali
working with a Malian special operations unit on advanced
counter-terrorism skills training. Military training engagements such as
this one are geared to build upon previously established relationships
and help African partner nations develop capacities, achieve regional
cooperation and improve security. These capacity-development events
support the regional interagency objectives of the U.S. State
Department's Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership program and the
Department of Defense's Operation Enduring Freedom (Trans-Sahara).
(Photo by Max R. Blumenfeld, Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans
Sahara)
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It' a US backed coup, period. Train and equipped, and it seems the civilian government dislike this situation...and everything crashed. So now Mali is destroyed. It will take decades to repair with some extraordinary cost. If the whole thing doesn't burn down slowly ala, somalia, which is the more likely outcome. Count down until UN/NATO style bombing and invasion to "restore" order.
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Mali drawn into ‘counter-insurgency' wars in Africa
The tragedy of this coup is how Mali, one of the poorest places on
earth, has been drawn militarily into imperialism's designs for Africa.
The Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Partnership
was established by the U.S. in 2005. It comprises eleven ‘partner'
African countries-Algeria, Burkina Faso, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Chad,
Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal. The ‘partnership' conducts
annual military exercises termed ‘Flintlock.'One of the targets of this ‘partnership' is now the long-standing
national rights struggle by the Touareg people in the north of Mali and
adjoining countries. The apparent military and political cooperation of
the Touareg with the previous government of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi
was one of the sources of the lurid tales of ‘African mercenaries'
conducting atrocities in Libya that provided justification for the NATO
attack on that country beginning in March 2011.Former Canadian diplomat Robert Fowler wrote in the Ottawa Citizen
of March 25, "The core of (Muammar) Gaddafi's 'African Mercenaries'
were Tuareg, a desert people who in the '70s formed the vast bulk of his
'Islamic Legion.'""These ruthless desert warriors have now returned to northern Mali
and Niger -- flush with cash, armed to the teeth and with significant
experience and very bloody hands. All this does not augur well for peace
and stability in the region."Fowler says there is "some sort of collusion" between the National
Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and 'al Qaeda in the
Islamic Maghreb.' The MNLA is the national liberation movement of the
Touareg people; Azawad is the name of the homeland that the Touareg
aspire to.Canadian special forces have participated in Flintlock exercises in
Mali since at least 2011. ‘Flintlock 2012' exercises have been
temporarily suspended. It is not known if Canadian troops have been
directly engaged in fighting in northern Mali; the Canadian Special
Operations Forces Command says they have not.http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/roger-annis/2012/03/militarized-west-mali-suffers-coup-detat
Not that anybody cares. few dead nigers, so sad. free gold. what's not to like. where next?
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