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***Leave No Doubt*** · 05-05-2010, 10:26 AM

Told ya

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Also in early January of 2007 a major Kenyan newspaper reported “The US counter-terrorism task force based in Djibouti acknowledges that American troops are on the ground in northern Kenya and in Lamu,” the latter on the Indian Ocean. [20]

In March of the same year two U.S. soldiers were killed in Ethiopia in what was attributed to an accident. They were assigned to a unit that was “part of the U.S.-led Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, headquartered at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti.” [21]

Late last year U.S. Africa Command deployed lethal Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), 133 military personnel and three P-3 Orion anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft to Seychelles in the Indian Ocean east of Kenya. The Pentagon now has its second major African military base.

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Plans which are embodied most fully in the creation of the first U.S. regional military command outside North America in a quarter of a century, Africa Command. Long after pirates, al-Qaeda affiliates and other threats have ceased to serve as their justification, the Pentagon, NATO and Japan will retain their military footholds in Africa.

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khayos · 05-05-2010, 10:30 AM

Why would we be there -- there's no oil?

mcgraw_wv · 05-05-2010, 10:31 AM

Not sure where Angola is compared to these bases, but isn't there actually a solid amount of Oil there? If Angola is even in Africa...

khayos · 05-05-2010, 10:35 AM

It's on the other side of Africa

efin98 · 05-05-2010, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by mcgraw_wv

Not sure where Angola is compared to these bases, but isn't there actually a solid amount of Oil there? If Angola is even in Africa...

Angola is Southwest Africa. Where they are at is East Africa next to Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. There is no oil in Djibouti, it is solely dependent on shipping.

***Leave No Doubt*** · 05-05-2010, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by khayos

Why would we be there -- there's no oil?

Oil isn't why we're there though as we know Africa boasts some of the richest natural resources in the world. We want Africa for many reasons, resources is definitely one of them. Also it sets the stage for perpetual war/"conflict" which as we also know, is a racket for profiteering.

Whoever controls Africa controls a lot.

***Leave No Doubt*** · 05-05-2010, 11:34 AM

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