The War On Terror Spreads to Africa: U.S. Sending Troops to 35 African
Nations
Posted on January 12,
2013<
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America Sets Its Sights On Controlling African Resources … And Reducing
Chinese Influence
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/01/the-war-on-terror-spreads-to-africa-u-s-sending-troops-to-35-african-nations.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFW61imqV8Y&feature=player_embedded#!
The U.S. is sending troops to 35 African nations under the guise of
fighting Al Qaeda and related terrorists.
Democracy Now notes <
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/12/26/headlines>:
U.S. Army teams will be deploying to as many as 35 African countries early
next year for training programs and other operations as part of an
increased Pentagon role in Africa. The move would see small teams of U.S.
troops dispatched to countries with groups allegedly linked to al-Qaeda,
such as Libya, Sudan, Algeria and Niger. The teams are from a U.S. brigade
that has the capability to use drones for military operations in Africa if
granted permission. The deployment could also potentially lay the
groundwork for future U.S. military intervention in Africa.
NPR reports<
http://www.npr.org/2012/12/25/168008525/u-s-military-builds-up-its-presence-in-africa>
:
[A special American brigade] will be able to take part in nearly 100
separate training and military exercises next year, in nearly three dozen
African countries
Glenn Ford writes<
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-u-s-military-swarms-over-africa/5318560>
:
The 2nd Brigade is scheduled to hold more than 100 military exercises in 35
countries, *most of which have no al-Qaida presence*. So, although there is
no doubt that the U.S. will be deeply involved in the impending military
operation in Mali, the 2nd Brigade's deployment is a much larger
assignment, *aimed at making all of Africa a theater of U.S. military
operations*. The situation in Mali is simply a convenient, after-the-fact
rationale for a long-planned expansion of the U.S. military footprint in
Africa.
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Timothy Alexander Guzman
argues<
http://www.globalresearch.ca/america-invades-africa-the-resource-war-and-the-invasion-of-mali/5315477>
:
AFRICOM's [the U.S. military's Africa command] goal is to eliminate China
and other countries influence in the region. Africa's natural resources is
another important element to consider because it includes oil, diamonds,
copper, gold, iron, cobalt, uranium, bauxite, silver, petroleum, certain
woods and tropical fruits.
In a must-watch interview, Dan Collins of the China Money Report agrees
that the purpose of the deployment is to challenge China's rising
prominence in Africa:
(Indeed, the U.S. considers economic rivalry to be a basis for
war<
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/09/does-the-american-government-consider-economic-rivalry-to-be-a-justification-for-war.html>
).
In reality as we've repeatedly noted the U.S. sends in the military to
fight "terrorists" in any country which has resources we
want<
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/10/the-wars-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-are-not-just-about-oil-theyre-also-about-gas.html>(and
see
this<
http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/05/11/jp-morgan-hunt-afghan-gold/>
).
And the U.S. is not shy about backing our "mortal
enemies"<
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/07/weve-always-been-at-war-with-eastasia-allies-with-al-qaeda.html>to
topple those standing between us and resources we pine for.
Anthony Carlucci argues that the overthrow of Gaddafi (largely through
American support of
terrorists<
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/07/weve-always-been-at-war-with-eastasia-allies-with-al-qaeda.html>)
was really the opening salvo in the war for African
resources<
http://www.globalresearch.ca/geopolitical-reordering-and-dirty-tricks-us-covert-support-to-al-qaeda-in-northern-mali-france-comes-to-the-rescue/5318614>
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