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Liberia: The Real Danger is Not Spending Enough

Ruthie Ackerman | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Rape, Massacre, Child Soldiers, Africom, Guinea, War, Ruthie Ackerman, Violence, Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Education, Military, Conflict, Colonel Moussa Dadis Camara, Job, Ceasefire, World News
Ruthie Ackerman

Conservatives will ask why during an economic recession should we spend even more money in Liberia. My answer: for the security of Liberia and the entire West African region.

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Satellite Imagery Proves Catastrophic Failure of Joint Rwanda/Congo Military Exercises

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Satellite Imagery, Rwanda, Rape, Fdlr, Hrw, Joseph Kabila, Fardc, Kimia II, Huffington Post, Umoja Wetu, Truth, American Association of the Advancement of Science, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burning, Cndp, Africom, Hillary Clinton, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Reported have said that joint military operations between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been a catastrophic failure. Now satellite imagery of the Busurungi area in North Kivu clearly shows burned villages.

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Happy Birthday, AFRICOM!

Brian Palmer | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Africom, Military, Pentagon, Africa, Special Forces, Department of Defense, Liberia, Nigeria, Department of State, U.S. Africa Command, Inside DC, World News
Brian Palmer

Unbeknown to most Americans, the Departments of Defense and State maintain a wide web of military programs across Africa. Collectively, they fall under the jurisdiction of AFRICOM.

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Support Our Troops: Combat Climate Change

Charles London | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Read More: Jon Powers, Energy Citizens Rallies, James Inhofe, American Petroleum Institute, votevets.org, Green, Oxfam, Operation Free, Africom, Support the Troops, National Security, Big Oil, Climate Change, Green News, National Security Initiative, Vetpac, Truman Project, Astroturf, Global Warming, World News
Charles London

Displaced, vulnerable populations are a breeding ground for extremism and contribute to the instability and failure of states. Now, U.S generals say climate change acts as a "threat multiplier."

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Stop "Crimes Against Humanity and Geological Scandals": Give AFRICOM a Chance In Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Women, Africom, Rape, Andrea Mitchell, Goma, War, Foreign Service, Global Research, Internally Displaced Persons, Georgianne Nienaber, Media, Ngo, Media Distortions, Msnbc, Chidren, Mugunga I, Think Tanks, Embedded Journalists, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, Paul Kagame, Hillary Clinton, Office of Inspector General, State Department, Usaid, Citizen Journalists, Af, Oig, Obama, Community Organizing, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

This is going out to the end of a very long limb, but contrary to the rumblings in progressive think tanks, let's suggest that AFRICOM must be given a chance in eastern Congo.

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America: Gassed to Death

John Feffer | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Africom, Gas Station Tv, Niger Delta, Green News
John Feffer

In 2008, when oil prices spiked, Americans drove less, and that saved lives. When gas prices went up by a couple dollars per gallon, we saved more lives than perished in the September 11 attacks.

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How Much Does the U.S. Empire Cost?

John Feffer | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Ghana, Empire, Africom, Obama, Africa, World News
John Feffer

Obama's product -- America -- has taken a beating in the marketplace over the last eight years or so. The president has to do some serious rebranding.

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Why We Pay Attention to Piracy

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, Obama Diplomacy, Africom, Somalia Pirates, National Security, Africa, Nigeria, Pirates, Obama National Security, Diplomacy, Gulf of Aden, Captain Phillips, US Navy, World News
Marcia DeSanctis

There is no government in Somalia to speak of, and the pirates are self-governing anyway. It is dramatic, challenging, surprising and odd place for a test of America's strength in the post-Bush world.

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As Opposition Grows, Africom Could Be A Headache For Obama

GroundReport | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Africom, President Obama, Africa, Oil, Nigeria, Nigeria Oil, Obama, Airlines, Opposition to Africom, Barack Obama, Groundreport, World News
GroundReport

Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism platform that covers world news at the local level. By Charles Rukuni United State...

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AFRICOM: Why The Global Community Should Reject An Expansion Of American Military Might

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

Read More: Ellie Walton, Africom Opposition, Africom, Africa Faith and Justice Network, Africa, American Military Involvement Africa, Opposition to Africom, World News

Africa Faith and Justice Network, the Institute for Policy Studies, the Resist AFRICOM Coalition, and filmmaker Ellie Walton have created an interesti...

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Piracy and Us

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Africom, National Security, Africa, Pirates, Security, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marcia DeSanctis

Piracy in the Gulf of Aden might seem like a pebble dropping, but the ripples may be felt everywhere.

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Reshaping U.S. Military Policy in Africa

Ken Bacon | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Africa Economy, AFRICOM, Bush Africa, State Department, Africa, Politics News
Ken Bacon

Pentagon programs in Africa fund immediate, short-term security programs rather than the broader U.S. commitment to aid the growth of prosperous, stable countries.

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