Nick Turse: AFRICOM Goes to War on the Sly 

U.S. Officials Talk Candidly (Just Not to Reporters) about Bases, Winning Hearts and Minds, and the “War” in Africa Read Tom Engelhardt's introduction here. By Nick Turse  April 13, 2013  TomDispatch.com What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things -- especially when it comes More

Tomgram: Nick Turse, America’s Non-Stop Ops in Africa

 U.S. Military Averaging More Than a Mission a Day in Africa Documents Reveal Blinding Pace of Ops in 2013, More of the Same for 2014 By Nick Turse  March 27, 2014  TomDispatch.com Read Tom Engelhardt's introduction here. The numbers tell the story: 10 exercises, 55 operations, 481 security cooperation activities. For years, the U.S. military has More

Tomgram: Nick Turse, America's Non-Stop Ops in Africa

 U.S. Military Averaging More Than a Mission a Day in Africa Documents Reveal Blinding Pace of Ops in 2013, More of the Same for 2014 By Nick Turse  March 27, 2014  TomDispatch.com Read Tom Engelhardt's introduction here. The numbers tell the story: 10 exercises, 55 operations, 481 security cooperation activities. For years, the U.S. military has More

Naomi Maina: AFRICOM: Forging New Chains

Is it conceivable that a massive foreign military apparatus was created with intentions that were merely benign and solely in the interests of security for the African people? By Naomi Maina  Women Against Military Madness Newsletter  January/February 2014 January/February Index The U.S. has divided the entire world into military commands (1), providing its military with missions More

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