Search Results for “Africa” – Page 10

2012/12/012012/12/01

Review (Guest): Africa’s World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe

Gerard Prunier 5.0 out of 5 stars a comprehensive account of a vast conflict May 29, 2009 By Kirk Huff This is going to be a complicated review.First, if you know nothing about the wars of central Africa over the past 15 years or so, in particular the Rwanda-related conflicts, this is an awful book …

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2012/12/012012/12/01

Review (Guest): The Dark Sahara: America’s War on Terror in Africa

Jeremy Keenan Phi Beta Iota: See Berto Jongman: Algeria Fronting for US in Fabricating Al Qaeda Threat and Legitimizing US Military Occupation of Sahara? for a short-hand version of the book. On balance and sight unseen we give the book four stars for provocation, while respecting the guest review below as being meritorious in its …

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2012/11/02

Graphic: Middle East North Africa Swath of Strategic Decrepitude

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2012/10/07

Yoda: Best 10 Countries for the Internet – None in Africa

A start, this is. Phi Beta Iota: Open Everything (especially OpenBTS, Open Cloud, Open Data, Open Hardware, Open Software, and Open Standards) are the next big leap, or the Internet of Things will be in the service of the elite rather than the 5 billion poor whose entrepreneurial energy can only be harnessed when ALL …

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2012/10/062012/10/06

Marcus Aurelius: C/JCS Asks SecDef to Forgive General Who Spent Lavishly as Commander of African Command – Starting Point for Reflection

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff apparently figures former AFRICOM commander should get a walk after DoD IG publishes damning report on him. Read report, too large to e-mail, at link below and form your own conclusions. Strange because MG Ward is not a West Pointer. Of course, case against toxic leader LTG Patrick …

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2012/09/152012/09/15

Chuck Spinney: America, the Muslims, and a Video That Went from Zero to Mach 2 – Origin of the Video Known, Who Took It Into Arabia and Africa Not Known

Below is an outstanding essay on an unfolding issue of great importance. Chuck Spinney WEEKEND EDITION SEPTEMBER 14-16, 2012 The Reality Behind the “Free Speech” Argument America and the Muslims by ESAM AL-AMIN, Counterpunch Thousands of angry Muslims demonstrated in front of American embassies and consulates in Egypt and Libya because of a newly released …

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2012/05/15

DefDog: The Power of OPEN – Blogger Shines Light on U.S. Shadow War in East Africa

The power of OPEN *. You might think that the media would be doing this, but one would be wrong….they are content to be spoon fed lies, more lies, and damn lies…..it takes the public to pull back the curtain and expose what is really going on….that may be a reason the IC doesn’t like …

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