Unsurprising perhaps, the US airstrikes on Somalia last week missed their intended targets. Especially unsurprising considering the target was an organization that in reality doesn’t exist and is the brainchild of CIA pencil pushers.
The herdsmen had gathered with their animals around large fires at night to ward off mosquitoes. But lit up by the [...]
Continue Reading January 14th, 2007 Björn Hallberg
Ethiopia declares war, invades Somalia and marches on Mogadishu, while the world looks on and the US is seen cheerleading the effort. In fact, the US is also bankrolling the war effort and has itself stepped up arms sales to the region and helped Ethiopia in particular, where the ENDF has been professionalized to act [...]
Continue Reading December 28th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
The headline you wont see printed in black and white but it is nevertheless what is going on in East Africa. The best part? The United States uses Ethiopia to wage a proxy war after decades of destabilization and terror failed to produce the desired results. Larry Chin writes for Online Journal:
While most of the [...]
Continue Reading July 25th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Well, something is definitely on the cheap. Though it has still cost American tax payers millions of dollars and aided in escalating the civil war, killing tens of thousands due to violence and the breakdown of civilian infrastructure. That doesn’t seem very cheap.
It has emerged that the Bush administration bankrolled the warlords, who are secular, [...]
Continue Reading June 12th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Joshua Frank argues that the U.S. ought to end the wars it has started instead of escalating conflicts that it clearly does not grasp and make more enemies. Basically not to “jump on the Save Darfur bandwagon.”
Some little-known facts about the Darfur situation: Both sides in the conflict are black, and both sides are Muslim. [...]
Continue Reading May 10th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Angry Arab is right on: “[...] rich white kids have found a safe cause in Darfur.” While the high profile involvement is a blight for sure, the most dire problem is that the conflict has been simplified and moralized. Especially since the usual cliches have already been cast and the U.S. has had Sudan on [...]
Continue Reading May 2nd, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Tired of the nickelodeon version of events? Voltaire Network has the solution.
The extremely complex situation in Darfur is being ignored by analysts and by the commentaries published on the western mainstream media, particularly in the United States. US media analysts deal with the Darfur issue only as an ethnic conflict, or more precisely as the [...]
Continue Reading March 12th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Hard to say what to make of this. Somalian affairs is hardly my forte, but more generally I would warn alleged war criminals, Somalian or American, to stay away from Sweden for the time being. The question arises what makes this arrest so urgent. Is it Qeybdid’s minion status perhaps that makes it convenient to [...]
Continue Reading October 19th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Bush accused of Aids damage to Africa
A senior United Nations official has accused President George Bush of “doing damage to Africa” by cutting funding for condoms, a move which may jeopardise the successful fight against HIV/Aids in Uganda.
Stephen Lewis, the UN secretary general’s special envoy for HIV/Aids in Africa, said US cuts in funding for [...]
Continue Reading August 30th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Bush Maintains Opposition to Doubling Aid for Africa Argues that it "doesn’t fit our budgetary process." Other G8 nations not so stingy. The US may be expected to budge if the funds can be earmarked to furthering US interests and Christian values in the region.
Continue Reading June 3rd, 2005 Björn Hallberg
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