Say No to Africom

The Nation by Danny Glover, Nicole C. Lee | Nov. 6, 2007 (Opinion)

With little scrutiny from Democrats in Congress and nary a whimper of protest from the liberal establishment, the United States will soon establish permanent military bases in sub-Saharan Africa. An alarming step forward in the militarization of the African continent, the US Africa Command (Africom) will oversee all US military and security interests throughout the region, excluding Egypt. Africom is set to launch by September 2008 and the Senate recently ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: War, Africa, Bush Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Nov 5, 2007 - 9:14 PM PST
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Damien Jones (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Lucas Duffy- Tumasz (review), Ipiphani Battle-King (review)
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Dwight Rousu
4.2
 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The predatory resource wars seem to be getting infrastructure buildup without clear policy review. The story is very lightly reported elsewhere.

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Damien Jones
3.4
 by Damien Jones - Feb. 16, 2010

Presents some interesting facts and raises some points for further thought. Naturally something that serves more than one purpose is a better deal, the concern is in which order the various purposes are neglected or abandoned.

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Fabrice Florin
3.0
 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
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Lucas Duffy- Tumasz
3.3
 by Lucas Duffy- Tumasz - Feb. 16, 2010

It was sub par. Some good facts, but just could have been better.

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Ipiphani Battle-King
3.8
 by Ipiphani Battle-King - Apr. 13, 2010
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