Category Page for: Africa

Group Outed By Wikileaks For Trying To Cut $10 Million Lobbying Deal With Moammar Gadhafi

» by GI Korea November 19th, 2011 at 6:04 am » Comments (3)

What does an CIA Arabist, a GOP candidate for Governor of Montana, and RNC fundraiser all have in common? Well they were part of a group trying to get $10 ...more »

US Government Announces Deployment of US Soldiers To Help Fight Militants In Africa

» by GI Korea October 15th, 2011 at 7:33 am » Comments (22)

I am losing count how many wars we are involved in but we now have US soldiers deployed to assist fighting militants in multiple countries in Africa. You have to ...more »

Seoul Officially Recognizes Rebels As Legitimate Government of Libya

» by GI Korea August 24th, 2011 at 4:26 pm » Comments (15)

For those following the events in Libya, the Korean government has officially recognized the Rebel Alliance: The South Korean government says it is officially recognizing Libya’s Transitional National Council (TNC) as ...more »

STRATFOR’s George Friedman On Libya & Israel

» by GI Korea March 28th, 2011 at 4:53 pm » Comments (12)

There has been plenty of debate here at the ROK Drop on the whole Libyan intervention issue and President Obama tonight makes his case to the nation about what we ...more »

Mental Gymnastics On Libya

» by GI Korea March 21st, 2011 at 8:41 pm » Comments (52)

No matter what you think about the current US and coalition attack on Libya, the mental gymnastics by many on the left is interesting to watch, especially when they have ...more »

What Does the UN Vote On Libya Mean?

» by GI Korea March 19th, 2011 at 7:31 am » Comments (67)

So does this mean Operation Libyan Freedom is on the way?: The United Nations authorised military action to curb Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday, hours after he ...more »

If Obama Doctrine Is Applied to Libya Why Not North Korea?

» by GI Korea March 9th, 2011 at 5:09 pm » Comments (16)

It will be interesting to see what happens with the current conflict in Libya: A month shy of his election in 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama outlined a doctrine for ...more »

South Korean Special Forces storms ship to rescue crew from pirates

» by Bill January 21st, 2011 at 6:23 am » Comments (54)

None of the Samho Jewelry's twenty-one crew members were killed in the raid. South Korean special forces stormed a hijacked freighter in the Arabian Sea on Friday, rescuing all 21 ...more »

Zimbabwe plane crash report only a drill

» by Bill August 5th, 2010 at 7:21 am » Comments (1)

Kenyan officials staged a similar fake air crash drill in 2006. Zimbabwean aviation officials misinformed news organizations Thursday that a Boeing 767 arriving from London was involved in an accident ...more »

Thieves empty South Africa police station

» by Bill June 25th, 2010 at 9:46 am » Comments (0)

I guess not everybody is caught up in the World Cup. South Africa's police are investigating after thieves stripped a police station of all its contents, down to the ...more »