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ECH1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 04:08 PM
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Rumsfeld favors U.S. military command for Africa
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Friday he favors creating a new U.S. military command responsible for Africa, as the Pentagon aims to guard against potential threats to U.S. security arising from the continent.

“Pete and I are for it,” Rumsfeld said during a question-and-answer session with Pentagon employees.

Pace specifically voiced concern about the al Qaeda network's designs on Africa, among other regions.

“That challenge is there. We need to arrange ourselves in a way to address that challenge,” Pace added.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20060922-1301-arms-usa-africa.html
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sarcasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 04:11 PM
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1. We can't even handle our own Country and we are creating command for
Africa? What the hell happened to this Country? please someone explain to me where it has gone.
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kimmerspixelated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 04:38 PM
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2. It was flushed
Flushed I tell you, the US of A has become a Huge Commode! When the main piece of shit was in DC!
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kimmerspixelated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 04:41 PM
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3. And another thing!
Why can't we just mind our own business? Stay out of other countries, and enrich our own and bring prosperity to our own people! Ever think about what the world would be like if we could just.....?
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 04:46 PM
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4. Global Domination is the PNAC Goal.
Resistance is futile.

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katsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 05:28 PM
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10. Unfortunately,
they have minded our own business:

Patriot Act
Katrina Genocide
Detention Centers
Dismantling of Labor laws
Bankruptcy Law
Microwave weapons tests for citizens
Outsourcing/H1B Visas
War profiteers
Deficits

Need I go on?


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BreakForNews Donating Member (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-23-06 08:56 AM
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16. G8 New World Order


Somali President survives NWO Assassination Bid

How's this for prediction. Just four days ago we ran an analysis article
stating that the US/G8 have made Africa their new target, and plan
to split CentCom to create a new 'AfricaCom' command.

We ran the story with a photo of Abdirahin Ali Mudey, the information
officer for the Somalian Islamic movement.

Then, yesterday the NWO tried to assassinate the president of Somalia,
killing his brother and at least ten others in a presidential convoy. There
were two suicide bomb cars and a team of assassins.

The blasts were massive -destroying many of the convoy's vehicles.
One of the cars blasted the lead presidential vehicle, then a second
car bomb hit the convoy. This was a very professional and determined effort.

Was it really 'Al-Qaida' acting alone? Local Islamic leaders have condemned
this attack, and the killing of a Christian nun in the wake of Pope Benedict
XVI's comments about Islam. Meanwhile the CIA was last week accused
of running covert ops in Somalia.

The blast derails moves to ease tensions in the country and undermines
Somalian Islamist plans to launch a worldwide PR campaign to assert that
they do not share the ideaology of Afghanistan's Taliban.

To whose advantage is that?

This reminds me of the assassination of Hariri in Lebanon.

Isn't it funny how this attack comes just days after the slew of articles about
the Al-Qaida threat in Africa. Just days after the Pope's controversial
comments. Just days after the killing of a nun in Somalia.

Nice piece of classic G8/NWO Intel orchestration of events. Eh?

READ MORE: http://breakfornews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7167#7167


G8 Make Their Move: Pentagon to Create "AfricaCom"

By Fintan Dunne, BreakForNews.com, 15th September 2006

Back in mid-2004, when the G8 produced a "partnership" plan for the region,
we predicted Africa would be the next target for the global monopolists.
Last year at the time of the Live 8 concert we repeated our warning.

Now it's happening. The Pentagon is to split it's CentCom command
which covers the Middle East and North Africa. It is expected a new
command likely to be called "AfricaCom" will be created.



The move comes even as actor George Clooney addressed the Security
Council of the U.N. today --in a plea for "peacekeepers" for Darfur.

The latest developments are accompanied with a swathe of Reuters news
articles highlighting how Africa is the new frontier for "counterterrorism."

What we used to call in the old days: "Imperialism"......

READ MORE: http://breakfornews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=847


US accused of covert operations in Somalia
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1868920,00.html



Dawn of The G8 New World Order
http://www.breakfornews.com/G8-World-Order.htm

Rise of The G8 New World Order
http://wagnews.blogspot.com/2005/07/rise-of-g8-new-world-order.html
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 04:59 PM
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5. Sorry... hung up the computer and duplicated by mistake
Edited on Fri Sep-22-06 05:05 PM by HereSince1628
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 05:00 PM
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6. Too late
We're too far along the historical curve for this. We're no longer the unchallenged and unchallengeable world-dominating superpower these clowns and the rest of the rightwankers imagine we are.

"Rightwankers" -- I like that! I'll have to keep using it.
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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 05:00 PM
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7. The Imperial Army of King George 1 is on the march again!! nt
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 05:04 PM
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8. Uh rho! Look out Afrika the NEOCONS will bring you FREEDOM
And let's forget that in the immortal words of Janice Joplin...Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose!

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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 05:09 PM
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9. OMG! The poor African people! Rummy is coming.
What a curse.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 05:34 PM
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11. Do a web search of US military in Africa...we're already there
Edited on Fri Sep-22-06 05:36 PM by Solly Mack
a US command would suggest a more permanent prescence...with long term rotations



on edit:

here's an old article from 2005


U.S. Pushes Anti-Terrorism in Africa
Under Long-Term Program, Pentagon to Train Soldiers of 9 Nations
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/25/AR2005072501801.html
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 06:39 PM
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12. Rummy should quit playing with his Peter.
Miserable little bastard that he is.
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 10:38 PM
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14. Peter Pace is practicing by sucking a golf ball through a garden Hose.
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ConcernedCanuk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 06:39 PM
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13. PNACers have US Military bases in over 120 countries already
.
.
.

Gee

It's TIME the world woke up to the PNAC agenda - -

And resist it

At least the Muslims are

But my own whore-master of a Prime Minister is sucking the backside of the Genocidal Bush Gang

I cannot be a proud Canuck with Harper at the helm

(sigh)
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 10:45 PM
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15. He's run out of National Guard. Maybe he can send the American Legion.
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