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Five Korean Sailors Taken Hostage By Somali Pirates

» by November 16th, 2008 at 8:18 pm » Comments (25)

The hostage taking of Korean sailors continues off the coast of Somalia: A Japanese freighter, whose crewmen include five South Koreans, was hijacked by an armed group in waters off Somalia ...more »

Is Military Intervention Needed In Zimbabwe?

» by June 26th, 2008 at 1:28 am » Comments (3)

With the withdrawal of Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai from elections scheduled this week, it looks like Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe will once again steal an election and remain in ...more »

State Department Disperses Funds to the Wrong Country

» by March 4th, 2008 at 2:47 am » Comments (0)

I have been regularly providing updates on Forward Deployed about the development of the US military's AFRICOM and now it appears the command may be needed more then ever: Nation Of ...more »

AFRICOM Continues to Expand

» by January 29th, 2008 at 9:09 am » Comments (3)

With the recent turmoil in the once stable African country of Kenya the importance of AFRICOM in the future is becoming more and more apparent: By the ...more »

This is Zimbabwe

» by November 5th, 2007 at 4:01 am » Comments (0)

Via Coming Anarchy comes this great link from a blogger in Zimbabwe reporting on the food and economic crisis being waged against the civilian population by the Robert Mugabe regime.  ...more »

US Military Conducts Joint Operation with Rwandan Military

» by October 31st, 2007 at 7:15 pm » Comments (0)

Here is another great example of the expansion of the US military's AFRICOM operations: The 786th Air Expeditionary Squadron this week is wrapping up a 13-day mission ...more »

US Troops in Mali Come Under Fire

» by September 16th, 2007 at 9:17 pm » Comments (5)

Via Coming Anarchy comes news that a US military C-130 has been attacked in the country of Mali of all places: Gunmen hit a United States military ...more »

Bush: Korea a Model for Africa

» by July 2nd, 2005 at 9:51 am » Comments (0)

The Katolic Shinja has an interesting report that during Bush's G8 speech he mentioned Korea as an example for Africa: I just caught a bit of President Bush's G8 speech. Lauding ...more »

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