The Horns of Africa: Neo Colonialism, Oil Wars and Terror Games
OCTOBER 29, 2013 BY SHAWN
HELTON<
http://21stcenturywire.com/author/phxshawn2013/>
http://21stcenturywire.com/2013/10/29/the-horns-of-africa-neo-colonialism-oil-wars-and-terror-games/
*“Insanity in individuals is something rare but in groups, parties, nations
and epochs, it is the rule.”* *
- **Friedrich Nietzsche
*
*Shawn Helton*
*21st Century Wire
<
http://wp.me/p3bwni-5f6>The spoils of Africa are being divided up again…
*In review of the purported attack at the Westgate mall in Nairobi,
Kenya, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) head, *Gen. David Rodriguez* and Assistant
Secretary of State for Africa, *Linda Thomas-Greenfield*, claim that this
latest terror incident “*validates*” US strategy in
Africa<
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/-/1056/2045100/-/139v0ei/-/>
.
<
http://wp.me/p3bwni-5f6>Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield echoed Gen.
Rodriguez’s thoughts following the Westgate incident, taking part in a
teleconference with The US State Department and reporters:
“*It highlighted to us we were pursuing the right strategy*.”
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*IMAGE: Gen. David Rodriguez and Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Linda
Thomas-Greenfield.*
The idea of AFRICOM had been in the works since November of 2000 but didn’t
fully come to fruition until 2008, after former Secretary of Defense *Donald
Rumsfeld* formed a group to establish command of the African continent in
2006. By 2007, then Secretary of Defense *Robert Gates*, along with former
President *George W. Bush, *placed a plan* *in* *motion for the US AFRICOM
mission.
AFRICOM’s stated goals seem akin to *Orwell’s ‘ministries of
**Oceania’ *promoting
the agenda of the ruling party:
“*The United States Africa Command, in concert with other U.S. government
agencies and international partners, conducts sustained security engagement
through military-to-military programs, military-sponsored activities, and
other military operations as directed to promote a stable and secure
African environment in support of U.S. foreign policy*.”
The last bit of that sentence is particularly important:
“*promote a stable and secure African environment in support of U.S.
foreign policy.”
*It all becomes clear once you understand the motivations of government
agencies, as they indulge in nightmare fantasies of control within their
own mission statements and programs.
U.S. Special Operations Command, Africa or SOCAFRICA, was also put in place
in 2008, just before the official launch of AFRICOM and was given a green
light to start in October of 2009. SOCAFRICA, is the covert brand of
AFRICOM and is located in the very same place as AFRICOM’s headquarters,
near Stuttgart, Germany.
*
“SOCAFRICA’s objectives are to build operational capacity, strengthen
regional security and capacity initiatives, implement effective
communication strategies in support of strategic objectives, and eradicate
violent extremist organizations and their supporting networks.”
*SOCAFRICA controls much of AFRICOM’s direct missions, including
the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, which conducts operations
in East Africa to protect U.S. interests – (oil).
*
**IMAGE: Eastern Africa – Containing the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia,
Eritrea, Djibouti).**
*
During the ride to hell in creating AFRICOM, the US Congress approved of a
$500 million dollar counter terrorism initiative supporting countries
involved in ridding themselves of Al-Qaeda terror, some of those countries
included Mali and Nigeria, both of which have seen a rise in terror related
activity in recent years, with the terror outfit Boko Haram.
In a recent article by geo-political analyst Tony Cartalucci, we are given
a concise breakdown of how these terror outfits are used
<
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.gr/2013/09/kenyan-bloodbath-reaping-benefits-of-us.html>and
funded by Western interests:
“*This cooperation between AQIM, Boko Haram, and Al Shabaab has been
clearly bolstered by the immense influx of NATO-provided
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and weapons flowing into Libya first to overthrow the Libyan
government,
then to be shipped to Syria to overthrow the government there. NATO’s
assistance in expanding Al Qaeda’s operational capacity in North Africa can
only be helping terrorists like those behind the Kenya Westgate Mall siege
carry out cross-border operations of this scale*.”
That’s right, the very same command units that brought you* **Operation
Odyssey Dawn *and the NATO backed *Operation Unified Protector* during the
take-down of Libya, through an imposed no-fly-zone, terror outfits took
control of the oil-laden nation and were promptly placed in Syria.
The ousting of *Muammar Gaddafi *has allowed terror linked rebels to form a
shadow government in Libya.* Abd-Rabbo al-Barassi*, the purported head of
the Barqa government, was recently quoted stating the goals of his new
government:
“*The aim of the regional government is to share resources in a better
fashion, and to end the centralized system adopted by the authorities in
Tripoli*.”
Barqa has the appearance of being a localized government rising up against
a centralized system, however, Barassi’s comments point to exactly the
opposite, with his call to “*share resources,” *fitting in form and
function to the desires of a more global centralized system*.
*The truth is, Libya has been embroiled in conflict since the invasion in
2011 and has continued to spiral out of control after being
supposedly liberated in the aftermath of Gaddafi’s rule.
<
http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/libya052511/s_l02_RTR2MRH5.jpg>*IMAGE:
A war torn Libya, this appears to be an apartment complex in the aftermath
of the invasion in 2011. *
***Neo-Colonial Pursuits
*During the past 150 years, Africa has been thrust into conflict, divided,
enslaved and pillaged for its natural resources. Today we see the West and
its allies use the guise of ’humanitarian’ need in Africa in order
successfully secure oil contracts as well as other precious rare earth
minerals. Through the AFRICOM mission, the military has and will be used to
provide the muscle for land and resource control throughout the continent,
we are witnessing an accelerated takeover through proxy wars and
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– *this is Neo-Colonialism*.*
*
*From North Africa to the Horn*
*
*Somalia has been ravaged by greedy oil pursuits and seemingly deliberate
upheavals of violence for decades, AFRICOM, through its Western backing,
has allowed for the rise in military control. As security has grown,
ironically, *so has the terror.
*In 2012, during the London Conference On Somalia, British PM *David Cameron
*, laid out a new future of growth for the region:
“*I’m delighted that Denmark, Norway, the United Arab Emirates and the
Netherlands are joining us today in setting up a local stability fund, that
will provide the support to previously neglected regions, including those
emerging from conflict or from terrorist control*.”
Cameron continues:
“*We’re helping to improve transparency and accountability by establishing
a joint Financial Management Board, through which donors will work with the
Somali government to make sure that revenue from key assets and
international aid is used for the good of Somali people*.”
Watch *David Cameron* speak at the *London Conference On Somalia *in 2012
in the *YouTube*video below, admitting that private donors would be
involved in Somalia’s transition. What Cameron won’t tell you is what those
financial donors get in return for their generous deposits in the oil rich
region.
http://youtu.be/JOjXhBq0OY8
In 2011, the National Audit Office (NAO) and the Independent Commission for
Aid Impact ((ICAI) warned that there may be risks that could lead to fraud
and corruption from aid provided by the Department For International
Development (DFID). The watchdog group ICAI claimed that there was a lack
of oversight in funds given to volatile regions
<
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2011/nov/22/uk-aid-programme-corruption-fraud>around
the world:
“*Our assessment is that DFID’s current organisation of responsibilities
for fraud and corruption is fragmented and that this inhibits a coherent
and strategic response to this critical issue*.”
The report continued:
“*This* (report)* inevitably will expose the UK aid budget to higher levels
of corruption risk*.”
The DFID is a coalition in charge of future development in
Somalia<
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/67414/somalia-2011.pdf>,
they are a large part of the “*Financial Management Board”* that Cameron
refered to in the 2012 conference on Somalia.
We must examine the motivations of foreign aid given to destabilized
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of
the world. What kind of local compliance is expected from regions
receiving aid? What do Western interests want in return and how are their
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appropriated?
These are the questions people should be demanding answers too.
In August of 2013, Soma Oil and Gas Exploration, overseen by Lord *Michael
Howard*, a former leader of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party,
orchestrated a deal with Somalia, the first such deal with an international
oil company. Twelve new oil blocks have been slated for Soma under the new
agreement.
Somali President *Hassan Sheikh Mohamud*, was put in place under Western
and United Nations backing, helping to move the Soma deal forward.
Somalian oil exploration has been pursued from
sometime<
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2013/09/06/Destabilization-fears-over-Somalias-first-oil-deal/UPI-52501378487185/>,
with Britain leading the way. Turkey, Norway, Qatar have also been
clamouring for oil contracts in the region.
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*IMAGE: SOMA oil signing the first international oil deal in Somalia.*
Just as new aid and oil
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are
being made and an economic boom is supposedly rising in Mogadishu,
Somalia’s capital, we’re told terror outfit Al-Shabab is also on the rise.
How could this be, as “humanitarian aid” and other AFRICOM missions have
contributed to new development in the region, opening the door for new oil
trade?
Perhaps one key to this question was answered in a 21Wire article from
September<
http://21stcenturywire.com/2013/09/27/black-ops-kenyan-siege-a-dirty-cover-up-involving-agents-kingpins/>
:
“*In 2011, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was apparently
working with NGO’s to provide aid in Somalia but they had to work out a
deal with the militant Al-Shabab
<
http://www.irinnews.org/report/93887/analysis-us-ngos-still-in-the-dark-over-terrorism-law-in-somalia>because
of the terror networks control over the region, so we’re told*.”
The United States has expanded a licence issued by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control (OFAC), protecting NGO’s who provide international aid from
Anti-terror laws.
Why would they need to abruptly change this law if there wasn’t something
to hide? What did Al-Shabab expect in return for supposedly transferring
aid?
*Controlling Kenya
*Power play<
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politics
in Africa would not be complete without examining a deeper conspiracy that
has sought to change the continent from within. In a *YouTube* video below
published by *swilliamism<
http://www.youtube.com/user/swilliamism?feature=watch>
*in early October**, we see the inner workings of the Kenyan political
climate, much of Africa has undergone many such changes in oil and
mineral-laced regions.
Watch as *YouTube* user *swilliamism *investigates critical changes to
Kenya’s constitution seemingly for the benefit British institutions. Some
very important questions are raised in the video titled “*Who’s Nudging
Kenya,” *with some players close the top of the UK government.
*Watch closely…*
“*A radical new constitution for the East African country*.”
Kenya saw the first wave of a technocratic takeover in 1999, apparently
spearheaded by paleontologist* Richard Leakey* and a government-sponsored
class of technocrats from the private
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sector. After
about two years this process failed to gain public backing, this led to
other efforts to reform Kenya’s constitution in order to lay the ground
work for technocratic control.
In the video above we see Kenya in its present state, with corporate
elected technocrats, making massive reformations to their constitution and
a central banking overhaul to entice more resource based businesses.
How is that a UK-based public relations firm called WPP, under the moniker
of TNS International, had anything to do with the reformation of Kenya’s
constitution?
Why is the British government employing the privatized, *Behavioural
Insights Team, *to change policy empirically?
It appears as if the deck has been stacked against Kenya due to British
based insiders linked to Cameron’s cabinet, having secured their government
functions from the inside, presumably to gain easier access to precious
resources.
*The apparent attack in Kenya, is a door way to understanding the future of
Africa.
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READ MORE ON KENYA: 21st Century Wire African
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