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07 October 2013
US Involved in Weekend Raids in Africa
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The Libyans are pissed off , and Secretary Kerry is telling them to get over it , after a pair of weekend raids capture an al Qaeda leader i...
01 August 2013
Conveniently-Scheduled Joint US-SA Exercises?
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Do you think the joint exercises in South Africa right now were timed at all to coincide with Zimbabwe's elections? Maybe having a bro...
03 July 2013
Egypt Melting Down - Coup ousts Morsi and Events Rolling Along
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And pundits coming out of the woodwork Guess this is what a Military Coup looks like? PHOTO: Tanks deployed on Gam3a Bridge in #Giza #E...
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15 February 2013
AQIM Leaves Vital Document Behind in Rapid Retreat
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The AP has a great article talking about an Al Qaeda 'manifesto' that was left behind in Timbuktu and discovered by one of their re...
08 February 2013
Mali Military Mutiny Makes Muddied Messages
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Paratroopers in Mali are are mutinying in Bamako . Malian government soldiers fought mutinous paratroops in the capital Bamako on Friday i...
30 January 2013
US Africa Footprint Expanding
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Niger has OK'ed the US for drone deployments on their territory . No word on whether we've got permission for all the airspace the...
29 January 2013
French Paratroopers in Mali
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Action footage h/t Rex By: Brant
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27 January 2013
French Going All the Way to Timbuktu
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French & Mali forces have taken Timbuktu back from the AQ-linked rebels . French and Malian troops were on Sunday restoring government...
21 January 2013
Dead Terrorists in Algeria Include Canadians
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Among the dead from the energy plant raid in Algeria are a pair of Canadian terrorists . Algerian special forces have found the bodies of ...
18 January 2013
Algerian Military Storms Hostage Complex; Some Still Unaccounted For
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The Algerians took unilateral action, and an unknown number of hostages have been rescued , but others likely killed in the assault. At le...
17 January 2013
Algerian Hostage Siege Drama Unfolds
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Supposedly in retaliation for French action in Mali, an Al Qaeda-linked group has taken hostages in southern Algeria . Some hostages were ...
12 November 2012
ECOWAS Approves Intervention in Mali
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It will be interesting to see how effective the ECOWAS intervention force is in retaking northern Mali for the Islamists . West African re...
31 October 2012
An Excellent Timeline on What Happened in Benghazi
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Yahoo! News put together a very good timeline on the events during and since Benghazi Sept. 11: The Attack 2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Tim...
15 September 2012
Double Speak from the MoBro
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It's always amusing when Doonesbury points out your hypocrisy. "Egyptians rise up to support Muhammad in front of the American E...
14 September 2012
CNN Notes that "Arab Spring nations don't yet grasp freedom of dissent "
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Trying to get across the point I was making earlier, CNN notes that the Arab Spring nations are very immature societies , and although my te...
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02 September 2012
Anti-Bush Hyperbole Just Won't Subside
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Now Bishop Tutu is piling on , calling for Bush & Blair to be tried at The Hague. Tutu, the retired Anglican Church's archbishop o...
10 August 2012
Didn't We Build This Game?
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Y'know, if the Nigerians had played a run or two through GEMSTONE, they'd know that you can't shoot your way out of an insurgenc...
22 July 2012
Military Mutiny in Madagascar
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Madagascar's army says that the mutiny failed to expand beyond the first military camp . Mutinous soldiers stormed a military camp nea...
11 July 2012
Child Soldiers Across the World
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While there was good news over the past year, there's a lot of progress yet to be made . More than 11,000 child soldiers were freed fr...
25 June 2012
Recharting the Course of the Middle East in Egypt
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The MoBro candidate has been declared the winner and now wants to upend a generation of standing MidEast diplomacy . Egypt's Islamist ...
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