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jakeXT

(10,575 posts) Mon Apr 13, 2015, 01:20 PM Apr 2015

AFRICOM’s War on Libya

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In this excerpt from Bob Coen and Eric Nadler's film "Shadow War of the Sahara", broadcast on the Franco-German channel ARTE charts the rise of the U.S.military's AFRICA COMAND (AFRICOM). This excerpt reveals why AFRICOM's chief critic, Libya's Mohammar Gaddafi, had to be removed from power for the project to succeed.

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AFRICOM’s War on Libya (Original Post) jakeXT Apr 2015 OP

Thanks for this much needed perspective. rainmaker21 Apr 2015 #1

rainmaker21

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1. Thanks for this much needed perspective.

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Mon Apr 13, 2015, 03:12 PM

Apr 2015

There is always more going on than we are being told.

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