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Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse, TomDispatch: ''On July 12th, TomDispatch posted the latest piece in Nick Turse s 'changing face of empire' series: 'Obama s Scramble for Africa.' It laid out in some detail the way in which the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) has, in recent years, spread its influence across that continent, establishing bases and outposts, sending in special operations forces and drones, funding proxy forces on the continent, and so on. As last week ended, TomDispatch received a 'letter to the editor' from Colonel Tom Davis, director of the U.S. Africa Command Office of Public Affairs, disputing in some detail a number of Turse's points.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10551-the-nature-of-the-us-military-presence-in-africa

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U.S. considers direct strikes against ''al-Qaeda'' in Mali

The U.S. is likely to weigh options ranging from military assistance to direct strikes to drive a growing al-Qaida presence out of the coup-wracked African nation of Mali, a Pentagon official said Thursday

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/07/26/mali-al-qaeda-us.html



Bloback from Libya regime change

Mali agrees to accept help from foreign troops in bid to oust northern rebels, strengthen army: Mali would welcome a West African military intervention force, not just to help recapture the north from rebels enforcing strict Islamic law but also to assist in other parts of the country, its military chief of staff said.

http://is.gd/H5Xwcg



Who decided? How did the U.S. military get into Africa

Less than a decade ago, the United States had almost no military presence in Africa. Be it military intervention in Mali, or the rapidly growing US bases via AFRICOM, the US continues to expand its hold on Africa through the 'Pentagon s New Spice Route."

http://is.gd/o0Xef2



Obama s Adventures in Africa

Op-Ed

How great a threat to the U.S. are Al Shabab, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Boko Haram, and the other groups we are surveilling or targeting?

http://is.gd/Tx0G4x


From Information Clearing House

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American foreign policy has failed in the Horn of Africa

Reason
by Matthew Feeney

09/24/13

Al Shabab continue to wreak havoc despite U.S. policy since 9/11...
http://tinyurl.com/lc3gpud


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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