French Intervention in Mali

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U.S. Africa Command Debates TomDispatch

By Nick Turse, TomDispatch Jul 26, 2012 On July 12, TomDispatch reporter Nick Turse showed how the US Africa Command has spread its influence across that continent, establishing bases and outposts, sending in special operations forces and drones, funding proxy forces, and so on One week later, Col Tom Davis, director of the U Africa Command Office of Public Affairs, responded. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Blue Man Coup, Part 2: War for God, Country and Cocaine

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Blue Man Coup: How Gadhafi’s Mercenaries Broke Mali

Susan Zakin / Truthdig May 16, 2012 Everything that rises must converge, and in 2012, an uprising at the ancient crossroads of Timbuktu kicked up a decades-in-the-making sandstorm of global capitalism, US counterterrorism, cocaine smuggling and the long-denied rights of the most romantic nomads on earthAn uprising at the ancient crossroads of Timbuktu has kicked up a decades-in-the-making sandstorm of global capitalism, U counterterrorism, and the long-denied rights of the most romantic nomads on earth. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )