Drones in Somalia

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With new reports of drone strikes by the American military in Somalia–the aim is to take out after members of Al Shabab– and a CIA base (and prison) in Mogadishu, I asked Alex Thurston, also the blogger know as Sahel blog, to unpack what’s going on. He sent this 1000 word post. It’s very informative–Sean Jacobs. […]

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Adam Habib back in the US

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Remember Adam Habib, the South African political commentator, who on his last trip to the United States in 2007 was declared a terrorist, refused entry and put on a plane back to South Africa? He was never told what he did wrong (he was a vocal critic of the US occupation in Iraq). Now the […]

The Making of the Underwear Bomber

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