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ICH 15 January 2013: Blowback in Mali
15 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Mali and the Scramble for Africa:A New Wave of Barbarism By Ben Schreiner The notion that the West’s renewed interest in Africa is derived from an altruistic desire to help African states combat terrorism and establish democracy is rather absurd. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33622.htm Continue reading
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Obama in Africa: Somalia, Mali and the War Powers Resolution By Steve Breyman
Critics of President Obama’s 2011 aerial intervention in Libya may recall one of that conflict’s most striking features: the administration’s failure to invoke the 1973 War Powers Resolution(WPR). The War Powers Resolution is that tasteless congressional fruit of the late Vietnam War era. Continue reading
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France invades Africa…again By Alex Lantier
Mali is the fourth country attacked by France in two years, after Libya, the Ivory Coast and Syria. Of these countries, all but Libya were former French colonies. Explanations for this war given by President François Hollande and other French officials—that France aims to defend Mali’s “democracy” from Al Qaeda, and not what Hollande called… Continue reading
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ICH 14 January 2013: 8 civilians killed as France defends failed Somali raid to rescue hostages
14 January 2013 — Information Clearing House The Bombing of Mali Highlights all the Lessons of Western Intervention By Glenn Greenwald The west African nation becomes the eighth country in the last four years alone where Muslims are killed by the west. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33611.htm Continue reading
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Mali and the Scramble for Africa By Ben Schreiner
The French military intervention into Mali on Friday — France’s second in as many years into a former African colony — was reportedly “seconded” by the United States. This ought to come as no great surprise, given the Pentagon’s deepening penetration into Africa. Continue reading
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France Displays Unhinged Hypocrisy as Bombs Fall on Mali By Tony Cartalucci
A deluge of articles have been quickly put into circulation defending France’s military intervention in the African nation of Mali. TIME’s article, “The Crisis in Mali: Will French Intervention Stop the Islamist Advance?” decides that old tricks are the best tricks, and elects the tiresome “War on Terror” narrative. Continue reading
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ICH 13 January 2013: 100 Killed: France Displays Unhinged Hypocrisy as Bombs Fall on Mali
13 January 2013 — Information Clearing House The “War On Terror” Spreads to Africa: By WashingtonsBlog The situation in Mali is simply a convenient, after-the-fact rationale for a long-planned expansion of the U.S. military footprint in Africa. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33601.htm Continue reading
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Military Intervention in Mali: Special Operation to Recolonize Africa By Alexander MEZYAEV
The military operation in Mali launched on January 11 is another vivid example of special activities aimed at recolonization of the African continent. It’s an orderly and consistent capture of new African territories by Western powers. Continue reading
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Somalia Newslinks 13 January 2013: France's failed commando raid
13 January 2013 — williambowles.info France fails to free intelligence agent held in Somalia; Paris sends more … Washington Post PARIS — As France reinforced its intervention forces in Mali with additional aircraft and soldiers, French commandos launched a failed raid on the other side of Africa in a vain attempt to rescue an intelligence officer held… Continue reading
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ICH 12 January 2013: Propaganda and Tyranny in the Middle East
12 January 2013 — Information Clearing House AFRICOM’s Imperialist Quest By Burkely Hermann Since 2003, the modern American ‘scramble for Africa,’ has begun, as “…in quiet and largely unnoticed ways, the Pentagon and the CIA have been spreading their forces across the continent. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33597.htm Continue reading
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The “War On Terror” Spreads to Africa: U.S. Sending Troops to 35 African Nations
The U.S. Sets Its Sights On Controlling African Resources and Reducing Chinese Influence Continue reading
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The U.S. Military Swarms Over Africa By Glen Ford
2013 is the year the U.S. kicks off its wholesale military occupation of Africa. The escalation should come as no surprise, since the Army Times newspaper [8] reported, back in June, that a U.S. brigade of at least 3,000 troops would become a permanent presence on the continent in the new year. Continue reading
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The Geopolitical Reordering of Africa: US Covert Support to Al Qaeda in Northern Mali, France “Comes to the Rescue” By Tony Cartalucci
A deluge of articles have been quickly put into circulation defending France’s military intervention in the African nation of Mali. TIME’s article, “The Crisis in Mali: Will French Intervention Stop the Islamist Advance?” decides that old tricks are the best tricks, and elects the tiresome “War on Terror” narrative. Continue reading
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ICH 10 January 2013: Our Killer President: He murders — and he's proud of it
10 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Syria Must be Defenseless for America to Illegaly Invade, Rated: XXX By John Robles The arrogance of those debating the fate of Syria from thousands of miles away, as if they even have a right to in the first place, is mind boggling. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33586.htm Continue reading
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ICH 1 January 2013: We Did Our Best To Abandon The Natural World
1 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Chuck Hagel’s Big Problem: Being A Realist About American Power And Iran By Stephen Kinzer Militarists in Washington, taking their cue from pro-Israel lobbyists, are trying to derail the appointment because Hagel doubts the wisdom of starting another war in the Middle East. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33496.htm Continue reading
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“Wiping Countries Off the Map”: Who’s Failing the “Failed States” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
“This is a [Pentagon] memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.” I said, “Is it classified?” He said, “Yes, sir.” I said, “Well, don’t show it to me.” (General Wesley Clark, Democracy Now, March… Continue reading
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“Wiping Countries Off the Map”: Who’s Failing the “Failed States” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
“This is a [Pentagon] memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.” I said, “Is it classified?” He said, “Yes, sir.” I said, “Well, don’t show it to me.” (General Wesley Clark, Democracy Now, March… Continue reading
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ICH 24 December 2012: The Greatest Gift For All
24 December 2012 — Information Clearing House The Rape of Syria By Pepe Escobar That is disaster capitalism in action, phase I; the terrain is already prepared for a profitable “reconstruction” of Syria once a pliable, pro-Western turbo-capitalism government is installed. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33425.htm Continue reading
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America Invades Africa: The Resource War and the Conquest of Mali By Timothy Alexander Guzman
The US and its Western Allies use military force, whether by an invasion or by creating a coup d’état within the country of interest. AFRICOM’s goal is to eliminate China and other countries influence in the region. Africa’s natural resources is another important element to consider because it includes oil, diamonds, copper, gold, iron, cobalt,… Continue reading
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