The fall of Libya and the rise of the African Union.

U.S. drone base in Ethi­o­pia is operational

The Reaper drones are part of a rapidly expanding U.S. military foothold in Africa,although based in Ethiopia,which began flying missions ealier this year to battle the ever growing network of terrorist organizations that have plundered East Africa.

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The Air Force has been secretly flying armed Reaper drones on counterterrorism missions from a remote civilian airport in southern Ethi­o­pia as part of a rapidly expanding U.S.-led proxy war against an al-Qaeda affiliate in East Africa, U.S. military officials said.

The Air Force has invested millions of dollars to upgrade an airfield in Arba Minch, Ethi­o­pia, where it has built a small annex to house a fleet of drones that can be equipped with Hellfire missiles and satellite-guided bombs. The Reapers began flying missions earlier this year over neighboring Somalia, where the United States and its allies in the region have been targeting al-Shabab, a militant Islamist group connected to al-Qaeda.

Somali Islamist militants call for 'mujahideen trained by Osama'


On October 27 the telegraph reported that Somali Islamist terrorist group " Al-Shabaab, " led by Sheikh Muktar Robow abu Mansoor, a top commander, issued a call for a huge blow against Kenya.


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Sheikh Muktar Robow abu Mansoor, a leading al-Shabaab commander, appeared to distance his fighters from these attacks, and called for more substantial strikes.

"The time to ask Kenya to stop war has passed. The only option is to fight them. Kenya, you have started the war and so you have to face the consequences."

Here is another picture of the individuals standing behind the commander

Al Shabab



Those are children!

Kenya to Stay in Somalia Until Safe From Al-Shabab Menace



In the picture above is Gen Julius Waweru karangi,Kenya's first Chief of Defense Forces.

General Julius Karangi, Kenyan (CDF) Chief of the Defense Force, speaks to journalists at a military press briefing in Nairobi. Kenya, October 29, 2011.

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Kenya's Defense Ministry says it has not set a time frame for its operation against al-Shabab militants in Somalia, saying troops will leave the country when Kenyans feel secure. Kenyan officials emphasized that they are not at war with Somalia, but with al-Shabab.

Kenya’s military chief, General Julius Karangi, told reporters Saturday that Kenya’s military will continue its assault in Somalia until Kenyans feel safe from what he called “the al-Shabab menace.”

After the attacks yestarday at an AMISOM base in Mogadishu,Al-Shabaab claims the two suicide bombers killed 80 Ugandan soldiers.

African Union tanks are seen guarding in front of their base in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, October 29, 2011.




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Mogadishu — Two Al-Shabaab suicide bombers blew themselves up yesterday at an Amisom base in Mogadishu and conflicting accounts indicate anywhere between three and 80 Ugandan soldiers were killed

Following the attack, Al-Shabaab said today an American citizen of Somali origin was one of the two suicide bombers behind the attack.

Several pro-Al-Shabaab radio stations broadcast what they said were the last words of the attacker named as Abdusalam al-Muhajir who said that he "wanted to die as a martyr" after spending the last two years fighting alongside the Islamist rebels.

Libya: Mahmoud Jibril confirms presence of chemical weapons

Libya's interim prime minister has confirmed the presence of chemical weapons in Libya and said foreign inspectors would arrive later this week to deal with the issue.

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There are international organizations taking care of this issue," he said, adding that representatives of those organizations are due to arrive in Libya later in the week.

A Russian-drafted UN resolution, to be voted on this week, calls on Libyan authorities to destroy stockpiles of chemical weapons in coordination with international authorities.

Meanwhile, the Al Arabiya television network reported that Mr Jibril had said nuclear weapons had been found in the country, but there was no official confirmation of the report.

The United Nations has expressed concern over Libya's caches of weapons left unguarded across the country and is afraid it may fall into the hands of Al-Qaeda.

UN Security Council concern over Libya arms stockpile.

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The resolution, drafted by Russia and adopted unanimously, said that a huge stockpile of shoulder-fired missiles, which had been accumulated by Col Gaddafi, could still pose a threat to passenger aircraft.

It emphasised that the "proliferation of all arms... in particular, man-portable surface-to-air missiles, in the region, could fuel terrorist activities, including those of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb".

I think that it's funny how they mention Al-Qaeda,when all you have to do is have a look at Benghazi and see the flags flying.

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On October 29, 2011

General Julius Karangi, Kenyan (CDF) Chief of the Defense Force, spoke to journalists and said, " Kenya will Stay in Somalia Until Safe From Al-Shabab Menace. " (Source)

This has sparked a fresh exodus of Somali refugees to camps in Ethiopia due to the insurgency against Al-Shabaab, the militant group which has imposed it's extreme vision of Islam on Southern Somalia.



Anne Laako of the United Nations Refugee Agency helps to register the new arrivals.

She says there is a new category of refugee joining the families with malnourished children. They are mostly men, escaping al-Shabab, the militant group that has imposed its extreme vision of Islam on southern Somalia.


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"It's not only the drought and famine but it's restrictions of movement by al-Shabab, and those combined. It's more difficult to move to where they used to move in order to get food and in order to get water and these things," Laako said.

Libya: NATO to be investigated by ICC for war crimes.

NATO forces are to be investigated by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes during the Libyan conflict.

Don't believe this will go very far,but I do hope that a fair an unbiased investigation will occur,because certainly war crimes have been committed.

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Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the court’s chief prosecutor, told the United Nations yesterday that Nato troops would be investigated alongside rebel soldiers and regime forces for alleged breaches of the laws of war during the battle to overthrow Col Muammar Gaddafi.

As well as the original charges that Gaddafi and his close family perpetrated attacks on Libyan civilians, there are a series of complaints about the Western alliance and its allies in the National Transitional Council (NTC) under consideration.

Photographic evidence of NATO warcrimes

I agree. OBSCENITY. They think they can shove NAZI FOURTH REICHT Brotherhood as the African Union and shove us all under Rothchild banking.

When are people going really succeed in freeing ourselves from the seat of Horus, Rome and the Crown?

Libyan PM says disarming rebels could take months.

TRIPOLI, Libya: Libya’s new prime minister says it will take months to disarm former Libyan rebels and says weapons will not be collected by force.

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The proliferation of armed ex-rebel militias in Libya has raised concerns about instability. Libya’s new leaders initially said weapons would be collected soon after the fall of Muammar Qaddafi’s regime. Libya declared the fall of the regime last month.

However, incoming Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keib told France24 radio Friday that disarming rebels “is going to take some time” and that “we will not force people to take quick and hasty decisions.”

Libyan mercenaries arrive in Gaza with Grad multiple rocket launchers

As previous reports from HRW has indicated, the weapons caches left unguarded around Libya have made there way into Gaza by Libyan mercenaries last month,which helped to escalate the rocket attacks that started on October 29.

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Fifty Libyan Muslim Brotherhood mercenaries arrived in the Gaza Strip from Tripoli last month - in time to take part in the Jihad Islami's last missile offensive against Israel starting Oct. 29, debkafile's military sources report. They arrived at the wheels of minivans on which were mounted the new Grad multiple rocket-launchers which Palestinian terrorists fired for the first time last month. These mobile rocket-launchers were last seen on the Libyan battlefield in use against Muammar Qaddafi's army.

The 50 mercenaries did not bother to paint over the Libyan national colors or replace the trucks' Libyan license plates. Jihad Islami fighters kept them sequestered away from awkward questions about who sent them.

Murder By Joystick!

Kenya asks U.S. for help with Somalia offensive

" Washington is considering the request to provide surveillance and reconnaissance as Kenyan troops become bogged down in their effort to go after the Al Qaeda-linked Shabab militia. "

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Reporting from Washington— Kenya's government has made an urgent appeal to the Obama administration for the Pentagon to provide intelligence and logistical support to Kenya's faltering month-old military operation in Somalia against the Shabab, a powerful Al Qaeda-linked militia.

Administration officials are considering the request, which came through the State Department, to provide military surveillance and reconnaissance that could include imagery from drone aircraft. Such aid would represent a significant expansion of U.S. involvement in the chaotic East African nation.

The Al - shabaab are mostly children which have been kidnapped from neighboring countries and forced to serve as soldiers.I foresee the slaughter of hundreds if not thousands of kids once they begin to eradicate the Al- shabaab.

What's even more f'd up is that the Obama administration for the second year in a row has decided to override U.S. law and allow military assistance to foreign governments that use child soldiers.

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The Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 prohibits the U.S. government from providing military financing, training and assistance to regimes that force children under the age of fifteen into serving as soldiers. But a provision in the law allows the president to waive the restrictions for specific countries, and the administration has elected to exercise this power, just as it did last year.

Under the waivers, the countries of Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Yemen will be eligible for military help from Washington. All four were classified by the State Department in June as having used child soldiers, as were Burma and Somalia.

What a disgrace, this should be completely illegal,no exceptions period.How do you sleep at night knowing you are authorizing militant groups to use children as soldiers, hope you burn in h_ll for that one, if there is one...

Gaddafi's Fugitive Son Captured in Libya

" Muammar Gaddafi's son and one-time heir apparent Saif al-Islam has been detained in the southern desert, Libya's interim justice minister and other officials have said. Fighters from the western mountain city of Zintan announced his capture on Saturday. "

Italy Gives Bombing Stats for Libya Campaign

That's one heck of a lot of bombs, could only imagine the total number of munitions dropped from all the coalition forces.

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ROME - In their first official breakdown of facts and figures about Italy's air campaign over Libya this year, officials said military aircraft deployed 710 guided bombs and missiles during sorties. Italian Air Force Tornados and AMX fighter bombers deployed 550 bombs and missiles, while Navy AV8s deployed 160 guided bombs, the officials said during an event at Trapani Air Base in Sicily to honor military personnel involved in the conflict.