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31 Oct 2007 @ 20:44 GMT | Permalink
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U.S. Military Solidifying Presence in Africa
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31 Oct 2007 @ 17:58 GMT | Permalink
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The expanding presence of the U.S. military in Africa brings the potential for development as well as serious risks, reports The Economist. The Africa Command (AfriCom), scheduled to be fully operational in 2008, could supersede and drown out aid agencies, strengthen armies of rights abusers, interfere with democratization and place security needs ahead of corruption and good governance.
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TAGGED: Africa | Development | Military | Security | U.S.
Who Is Robert M. Gates?
10 Nov 2006 @ 17:49 GMT | Permalink
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| Former Director of Central Intelligence Robert M. Gates becomes the U.S. Secretary of Defense. Bob Gates brings his shady past into the new office. |
The new U.S. Defense Secretary is someone the public will never get to know. Deft at dodging political and legal bullets, Mr. Gates is a skilled intelligence man, a long-time ally of the Bush family and a great liar. He is the new chief of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Here are some words, phrases and comments associated with Mr. Gates.
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro: the Atlanta branch of the Rome-based banking giant that funneled US$5 billion in taxpayer-guaranteed loans to Iraq so Saddam could buy weapons and dual-use technology in the 1980s. Multiple departments in the elder Bush administration were complicit in the affair. Britain and Italy had full knowledge of the loan diversion. The F.B.I. and Mr. Gates, then D.C.I., covered it up and lied to Congress.
Iran-Contra Scandal: the clandestine funding of Nicaraguan Contras with profits from arms sale to Iran in the 1980s. Mr. Gates lied about his knowledge of the operations in sworn testimonies.
Iran: a country Mr. Gates wants to befriend maybe like in the olden days of Iran-Contra.
B.C.C.I.: The Pakistan-based Bank of Credit and Commerce International was set up in the 1970s with the purpose of laundering money, financing terrorists and skimming creditors. The C.I.A. is widely believed to have worked with, used, and worked against the bank in the 1970s and 1980s.
Crack Cocaine: something the C.I.A.-linked associates did not sell to Americans during the Iran-Contra affair. Mr. Gates conducted a three-day internal "investigation" and closed the door.
Intelligence Czar: a figurehead post passed up by Mr. Gates in 2005. Instead the U.S. ended up with John Negroponte.
National Intelligence Estimates: an analysis Mr. Gates had a habit of skewing to suit the political needs of the Reagan administration.
'Direct Contradiction': what The Wall Street Journal said about the appointment of Mr. Gates.
'Cooking the Books': what The New York Times said about his habit of skewing the intelligence in an October 18, 1991, editorial "The Once and Future C.I.A."
'Formidable Memory': something that lapses only when it's time to lie to Congress about his knowledge of the Iran-Contra scandal. (In the same editorial as above.)
Iraq: a country with which Mr. Gates illegally shared intelligence and to which he illegally transferred arms and then lied about it to Congress. (New York Times Editorial "Mr. Gates's Past, the C.I.A.'s Future"; 4 November 1991)
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TAGGED: Corruption | Cover-Up | Intelligence | Italy | U.K. | U.S.
Leftist Leaders Drop Dead in Philippines
16 May 2006 @ 09:00 GMT | Permalink
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The Philippine military is using psychological warfare to stoke paranoia inside the New People's Army [NPA] by claiming that army agents have infiltrated the communist rebel group. Whether true or not today, the U.S., led by the late Colonel James Nicholas Rowe, did infiltrate the N.P.A. in the 1980s. The military blames N.P.A. purges for most of the 123 deaths of leftist leaders and sympathizers. But a National Police task force is taking a more diplomatic approach by saying that the military and paramilitary groups as well as the communist rebels themselves may have had a part in the killings.
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Got Insurgency? Buy a U.S.-Made Brigade!
29 Mar 2006 @ 20:54 GMT | Permalink
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It's not a proposition for anyone. But if you are a country suffering from insurgency, call Blackwater USA for help. The rising star in the private military industry wants to sell its services at a fraction of the cost of operating NATO or U.N. peacekeepers. Blackwater officials have hinted at this type of future operations by insisting that a private army would not only be cheaper, but also provide real security instead of simply watching massacres in the next village. Private armies may very well be efficient and cost effective, but the dangers of using them are easy to spot.
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437 C.I.Air Flights Upset Germany
04 Dec 2005 @ 23:48 GMT | Permalink
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The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's secret use of German airspace to shuttle suspected terrorists could lead to debates in the Bundestag over Washington's use of Germany to station troops or wage the war in Iraq, Spiegel reported. In neighboring France, Le Figaro tracked at least two C.I.A. flights which the paper dubbed "Guantanamo Express."
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TAGGED: CIA | France | Germany | Rendition | Terrorism
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