Berto Jongman: Al Qaeda’s widening North African jihad confounds foes

Al Qaeda’s widening North African jihad confounds foes (Reuters) – Inquiries into the bloody assault on an Algerian gas plant are uncovering increasing evidence of contacts between the assailants and the jihadis involved in killing the U.S. ambassador to Libya nearly a year ago. The extent of the contacts between the militants is still unclear …

John Maguire: BREAKING: Monsanto Hires Blackwater, Big Plans for Africa

This is a truly Satanic combination.  The Southweb article sums it up best: “While they may not be owned by the same individuals, one thing is clear: the relationship between these two companies is enough cause for alarm.” So Monsanto has not bought Blackwater, but is leveraging them against its opponents, and one can only imagine what …

Marcus Aurelus: Pakistani Nuclear Tennis Balls? Planned Distribution to Africa, Arabia, & South Asia?

Sounds like the equivalent of the US “coke can” nuke.  Unverified information.   Eight hours highly suspect unless pre-positioned in their embassies.  Since US still cannot detect proliferation devices based on content rather than containers, and HUMINT is non-existent, we will just have to wait and see. TERMINAL X SPECIAL REPORT – 001 Dated: July 20, …

SmartPlanet: Africa Boom Held Back by Infrastructure Gap — China Investing, Rail Could Be Next Thing

Africa is the world’s fastest growing continent The number of Africans living below the poverty line has fallen dramatically and the business climate is good. So what’s holding back the fastest growing continent in the world? With a projected average growth rate of 6 percent from 2013-2015 and one-third of African countries with economic growth …

SmartPlanet: China Invests $1.1B in Nigeria — While Others Destabilize Africa

China invests $1.1 billion in Nigerian infrastructure Less than two weeks ago, U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to Africa where he announced a $7 billion energy plan and welcomed development competition on the continent. “I want everybody playing in Africa,” he said. And it didn’t take long for China to show that it’s playing, and winning. …

NIGHTWATCH: Pakistan to Execute Musharraf? Saudi Nuts Over Syria? US & Saudi Arabia Primary Spnsors of Destabilization in Africa?

Pakistan: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday named former president Pervez Musharraf as the prime suspect in the December 2007 assassination of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The head of the FIA’s Joint Investigation Team, Deputy Director Khalid Rasool, told the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court that Musharraf “hatched” a criminal conspiracy to cause a breach in …

Berto Jongman: Saudi Arabia & Qatar Plans for Salafism/Wahhabism Caliphate Sweeping South in Africa, East into Southern Asia – NATO & US Missing the Non-Military Strategic Implications

Here is document, and below, the conclusion. PDF (37 Pages) 5. CONCLUSION The phenomenon of the swing of Salafism/Wahhabism into terrorism is not monolithic, but is divided on the grounds of realities, historical context and local customs. Similarly, we must take into account the relatively low importance of boundaries between States that most often deal …