Tag: war on terror
US Military Bombs Somalia Allegedly Killing 62 Militants
AFRICANGLOBE - The US military says it has killed 62 fighters from the Islamist group al-Shabab in six air strikes in Somalia. Four air strikes on Saturday killed 32 militants and a further two on Sunday killed 28, it said in a statement.
America Building A $100 Million Drone Base In Niger
AFRICANGLOBE - The United States military said on Friday it is building a $100 million (£76.8 million) temporary base for surveillance drones in Agadez, central Niger, allegedly to help the West African country combat militant groups and protect its borders.
Barack Obama: From Peace Prize Recipient To World’s Biggest Arms Dealer
AFRICANGLOBE - During his first six years in office, the Obama administration entered into agreements to sell more than $190 billion USD in weaponry worldwide. The State Department’s 2017 budget request is likely to include more funding for African armies in places like Mali, Somalia, and Nigeria. The U.S. already has a long history of meddling in these nations — and actually helped create the very terror threat they supposedly want to fight there.
95 Years Ago White Rioters Carried Out This Vile Terrorist Attack...
AFRICANGLOBE - The massacre came on the heels of the alleged assault of a white elevator operator by a Black man. The local white newspapers at the time flamed tensions, supposedly even calling for a “lynching,” but historical documents and research show that there was very likely no attack at all. However, the supposed assault was quickly used as an excuse to destroy the prosperous Greenwood neighborhood and all the Black citizens living there.
FBI ‘Set Up’ Our Sons Somali-American Defendants’ Mothers Say
AFRICANGLOBE - The mothers of two Somali-Americans on trial for allegedly planning to join Islamic State say their sons were "set up" by an FBI informant. The women spoke to reporters outside a Minneapolis court Monday, after the government's star witness, informant Abdirahman Bashir, told the court under cross examination that the FBI paid him $100,000.
