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Three Prostitutes Were Involved In That Fatal US Army Car Crash In Mali
(Business Insider) – A senior Army official and a U.S. counterterrorism consultant briefed on the incident told the Post that the women killed in the wreck were identified as Moroccan prostitutes who had been riding with the soldiers. However, a statement by U.S. African Command (AFCOM) said that they “have no reason to believe these women were engaged in acts of prostitution.”
AFCOM said that the three men were among “a small number of personnel” who had aided the Malian military before the coup and had remained in the country to provide support for the U.S. Embassy. An official at the U.S. Embassy in Mali said that the men were helping to wind down civil-affairs programs after the coup.
Whitlock notes that Special Operations forces, which include members of the Navy SEALs and the Army’s Delta Force, work openly to distribute humanitarian aid and train local militaries at the same time as being hailed as the new cornerstone in U.S. global counterterrorism strategy .
The incident is odd since the U.S. suspended military and humanitarian work there in late March after the Malian president was overthrown in a military coup, and the Obama administration has not publicly acknowledged the clandestine intelligence operations in which the men were seemingly involved.
Mysterious fatal crash offers rare look at U.S. commando presence in Mali
Aren’t Democrats and liberals supposed to bury this as long as a DEM is in the WH? If the right gets wind of this, they might begin asking why there aren’t more US troops in Mali to repel the rebels. Liberals really don’t want to know what US covert actions are done to destabilize countries because that could muck with liberals self-image of being humanitarian warhawks.
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Chalk up one more failure for U.S. Africa Command – Timbuktu’s Destruction: Why Islamists Are Wrecking Mali’s Cultural Heritage.
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."We supply them with more weapons and sort of show them how to use them, and then act all surprised and distressed when conflicts break out. As if Ghaddafi wasn’t on to our game in African countries. Too bad he was also a crackpot that lacked charisma.
New rule wrt UN designated world heritage sites: it’s a crime against humanity to vandalize or destroy any site and the culprits will be sent to the World Court when captured.
Basically if Obama want’s secretly help out those fighting against Ansar Dine, I’m fine with that.
Fighting Al-Qaeda
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I agree! However, supporting Qatar, Libya and Saudi Arabia in funding/arming Al-Qaeda forces in Syria and giving them a stronghold for future operations. Inconsistent foreign policy in attacking Al-Qaeda in Maghreb countries, Nigeria, Somalia, Eritrea, Kenya and Yemen. Meanwhile claiming said policy has wiped out terror threat from the global Al-Qaeda organization. Not very truthful and the US will be targeted by blowback as has happened ever since the Israeli-Arab Wars.
In Mali the elite troops trained by US Special Forces overthrew the President in a coup and refused to fight the invading Tuareg and Islamic forces. Not a great accomplishment! When you create mercenaries, these soldiers will fight for whoever pays them, see Iraq Awakening Council and the Afghan Army. Bad policy will cost you dearly.
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."