AFRICOM Week in Review Ending 05 Oct 09

Hot Topics AA: SA slips in governance ratings 10/01/09 GN: Thousands of people have gathered at a mosque in Guinea’s capital … 10/02/09 MG: Madagascar says consensus government not viable 10/04/09 NG: Nigeria rebel disarms under amnesty 10/04/09 SO: Somali gunmen release 3 foreign aid workers 10/03/09 SO: Somalia: Harakat Al-Shabab Mujahideen Forces Closes Down …

AFRICOM: Week in Review Ending 28 September 2009

Hot Topics AA: Support Urged for Fragile States in Sub-Saharan Africa 09/22/09 AO: Angolan Riches Lure New Wave of Workers 09/28/09 CF: CAR: Malnutrition hits towns as world crisis cuts diamond demand … 09/24/009 DZ: Violent clash between Harraga from Tiaret and smugglers 09/28/09 KE: Kenya Government’s tough new rules for media 09/27/09 KE: Somali …

AFRICOM Week in Review Ending 14 September 2009

Hot Topics AA: Al-Qaida: Tales from Bin Laden’s volunteers 09/10/09 AA: Lessons of Failed States: Rebuilding Sierra Leone and Liberia 09/12/09 CD: UN mission in DR Congo denies Ntanganda’s role in military operation 09/10/09 DZ: Algeria destroys 6000 French landmines 09/14/09 GH: Ghana protests bashing by Nigerian officials 09/09/09 GN: Tens of thousands rally to …

Journal: Chuck Spinney Highlights Labor Day in a Kleptocracy

Where have All the broad Shoulders Gone? Or, Labor Day in a Kleptocracy posted by Juan Cole Sept 7, 2009 http.www.juancole.com/2009/09/where-have-all-broad-shoulders-gone-or.html The unemployment rate as I write is inching toward 10 percent nationally, and that is only counting people who were still looking for a job recently. A vast bank robbery by the corrupt on …

Journal: Cheery Waves Flags Washington’s Tangled Web Of Deception

INVESTORS.COM By ERNEST S. CHRISTIAN AND GARY A. ROBBINS Posted 08/25/2009 06:06 PM ET It’s not just that the wheels are coming off President Obama’s credibility; they’re also starting to come off the federal government in general. Washington is no longer able to hide its failures behind the flag. Its mistakes are too obvious and …

Journal: It’s Time to Legalize Drugs and Re-Design the Entire National Strategy-Policy-Budget Process

It’s Time to Legalize Drugs By Peter Moskos and Stanford “Neill” Franklin The Washington Post, Monday, August 17, 2009 Undercover Baltimore police officer Dante Arthur was doing what he does well, arresting drug dealers, when he approached a group in January. What he didn’t know was that one of suspects knew from a previous arrest …