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Yet the US only intervened in Libya. Why? Some speculations as to real reasons for the invasion of Libya (where western troops are now on the ground.) Libya wanted to go off the dollar for oil sales. Desertec wants the land for their massive solar project in Africa for power to EU and Qadaffi was [...] It’s nice to see the New York Times catch up with the news we were discussing almost two weeks ago, the U.S. military’s plan to pump $1.2 billion dollars more of weapons, fighters and drones into Yemen, whether Yemen wants it or not. Unfortunately it’s not surprising to see that Eric Schmitt and Scott [...] Click for Reuters slideshow A water trader in the Yemen capital of Sanaa says his pumps run continually in wells 1,300 feet deep, yet little water is there. Sometimes there is none. Yemen is growing fast, but the water table is dropping precipitously. Fights between tribes have already started over water and experts say [...] Curzon at Coming Anarchy explains the history with maps showing that the two conflicts in Yemen are quite separate yet US media (and maybe even our government) doesn’t seem to understand this. There are two major yet unrelated conflicts taking place in Yemen—the Sunni and Al Qaeda-linked separatist threat in the central south of [...] Maersk hires Tanzanian Mercenary warship as pirate situation becomes ‘critical’ Much about international politics, conflict, and war can be gleaned by from looking at a map. Yemen is certainly in the news lately. And is strategically placed as well. Military bases there could control the Gulf of Aden and be used to launch attacks [...] “Ouch, that makes my brain hurt” said Butters on South Park in another context, but it applies here too. Yemen. UN map. More of those “suspected al Qaeda training camps” were hit with cruise missiles by the US, with permission of their government, who doesn’t want this publicized else their populace becomes restive so, shh, don’t tell anyone. Especially since upwards of 120 may have already been killed in attacks with US involvement. [...] |  | ||||
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