Berto Jongman: Brennan Set Petraeus and CIA Up in Benghazi, CIA 7th Floor Also Betrayed Him, Dual Chain of Command in Africa + Brennan/Drone RECAP

EXCLUSIVE: David Petraeus was brought down after betrayal by vengeful CIA agents and his own bodyguards who made sure his affair was exposed, claims new book Brandon Webb, a former Navy SEAL, and Jack Murphy, a former Green Beret, reveal the new claims in their book ‘Benghazi: The Definitive Report’ Petraeus was humiliated after a …

NIGHTWATCH: French Handling of Mali an Indictment of US in Africa

Mali: Update. French airstrikes targeted the fuel depots and desert hideouts of Islamic extremists in northern Mali on Monday. A military spokeswoman said that French forces plan to hand control of Timbuktu to the Malian army this week. Five hundred French soldiers left Timbuktu on Monday, beginning a staged withdrawal. A group of Touareg rebels …

Wayne Madsen: CIA Report on Pollard, Israel-South Africa Nuclear Proliferation, Israel Trading US Nuclear Secrets to Russia

CIA Report: Israel Guilty of Nuclear Proliferation Israeli spy was central cog in nuclear weapons proliferation alliance It is clear that during the middle of December of last year that the Obama White House had settled on former Nebraska Republican Senator Chuck Hagel to be the Secretary of Defense. The U.S. Intelligence Community and defense …

NIGHTWATCH: French with UK Lift & Africans Handle Mali — SOF in Africa at Greater Risk? Islamists and Food Security — Islamists versus Separatists

Mali-France: Last Friday, France began its direct intervention in the Malian civil war, at the request of the Bamako government after Islamists, terrorist and jihadis captured a key town on the road from the north to Bamako. The immediate French objective was to stop the jihadis at Konna and to deter them from moving farther …

Schwartz Report: Why Africa is Turning to China

Why Africa is turning to China By Kwei Quartey Asia Times, 22 December 2012 Ghana held its general elections on December 7 and 8, 2012, re-electing incumbent President John Dramani Mahama. However, Nana Akufo-Addo, flag-bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party, is challenging Mahama’s narrow win and intends to contest the result in court, a …

Marcus Aurelius: Army Spreading Troops Around Africa?

A broad concept that illuminate the fact that Special Operations Forces are not available for such duties. Army plans to shift troops to U.S. Africa Command Aims for quick crisis response U.S. Africa Command, the military’s newest regional force, will have more troops available early next year as the Pentagon winds down from two ground …

Dolphin: Haiti Moves Up in African Union — World Routing Around the USA? + RECAP

Haiti To Become Full Associate Member Of African Union Osun Defender (Nigeria), 8 December 2012 The black race is gradually coming together. Where other world groupings are primarily motivated by strategic, security, political and economic interests, Africans wherever they are can count also on their common history of being black. Haiti currently has the status …