On May 16, General Ray Odierno, the Army chief of staff, announced that AFRICOM, the American military mission in AFRICOM, would expand its activities, sending soldiers throughout the continent in a new plan of training, and it would involve a new combat detachment. Now—combat division, I should say. Now joining us to talk about this is Maurice Carney. He's the executive director and cofounder of Friends of the Congo, based in Washington, D.C.
The Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures (SANE) Act of 2012 will: • Cut the current fleet of nuclear submarines from 12 operational at sea to eight operational at sea ($3 billion savings) • Delay the purchase of new nuclear submarines ($17 billion savings) • Reduce the number of ICBMs ($6 billion savings) • End the nuclear missions of air bombers (up to $17 billion savings) • Delay new bomber program ($18 billion savings) • Cancel new, wasteful nuclear weapons facilities ($15 billion savings)
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya: "... a deliberate strategy used by the U.S. and its allies, including NATO, for opening the door into the African continent by expanding the so-called “Global War on Terror.” This will give purpose to the U.S. objective of expanding its military presence in the African continent and it will also justify the creation of the Pentagon’s AFRICOM, which is meant to manage Africa by creating an African version of NATO as a means for establishing Washington’s control. In this regard, the U.S. and its allies have already put budgets aside to fight the very terrorist organizations that they have cooperated with, encouraged, nurtured, armed, and proliferated across the map of Africa from Somalia, Sudan, Libya, and Mali to Mauritania, Niger, Algeria, and Nigeria."
"The struggle between the military/security complex and the financial sector comes down to a struggle over patronage." "Will Americans be so afraid of terrorists that they will give up their entitlements? Will false flag terrorist events be perpetrated i
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SIPRI continues that, “In addition to its direct impact of high military expenditure, there are also indirect and more long-term effects. According to one study taking these factors into account, the overall past and future costs until year 2016 to the US
Military's 'sock puppet' software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda Jeff Jarvis: Washington shows the morals of a clumsy spammer Nick Fielding and Ian Cobain The Guardian, Thursday 17 March 2011 "The multiple persona contract is thought to have been awarded as part of a programme called Operation Earnest Voice (OEV), which was first developed in Iraq as a psychological warfare weapon against the online presence of al-Qaida supporters and others ranged against coalition forces. Since then, OEV is reported to have expanded into a $200m programme and is thought to have been used against jihadists across Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Middle East."
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