“Energy
Firms Seek New Answer to Security Risk” by B. Faucon, S. Williams, S. Said, and
S. Kent Jan 29, 2013 The Wall Street Journal, p. A10
[excerpted] This month’s attack on an Algerian gas
plan is forcing global oil giants to rethink protection of oil fields from the
Middle East and Africa to the Arctic circle, a new reality that could
potentially boost the cost of production. [end]
“U.S.
to Expand Role in Africa” by A. Entous and S. Gorman Jan 29, 2013 p. A1, A11
[Excerpted] the US and France are moving to create
an intelligence hub in Niger that could include a base, near Mali’s border, for
American drones that could monitor al Qaeda-linked militants in Mali’s vast
desert north, US official said Monday. The moves show the extent to which the
US and France are girding for what could be an open-ended campaign against the
militants in North and West Africa…. [end]
Majia
here: Obviously the US and France are in Africa for oil and many people there
are not happy about it.
E.g., this is
the reason the US is in Mali
http://www.africacncl.org/Events/downloads/Mr.%20Max%20De%20Vietri,%20Baraka%20Petroleum.pdf
For background on Mali's recent tumultuous events http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/mali/index.html
http://www.africacncl.org/Events/downloads/Mr.%20Max%20De%20Vietri,%20Baraka%20Petroleum.pdf
For background on Mali's recent tumultuous events http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/mali/index.html
The
US "war on terrorism" in Africa has been partly outsourced, but now it will
become official with a drone base to supplement the US North African Command Center.
Attack drones will fuel “terrorism,” just as exploitative resource pillaging has already done.
The war in Mali is a war for uranium. There is a mine in Niger that is in danger of being taken over by insurgents, and a large uranium deposit in Mali. France has an insatiable appetite for uranium due to its large number of nuclear plants.
ReplyDeleteThe Islamic rebels could make a lot of money by taking over the uranium.
I agree - It's a war for uranium...sad, but that's the truth.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I wasn't aware of that....
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