A military takeover in Niger as the Kremlin and Russian mercenaries lurk on the sidelines and the airwaves. But would Russia be any less exploitative than Niger’s old colonial masters?
Tag: Niger
Oct 20 2017
Niger: American Deaths and Lack of Paper in Chad
Could a lack of passport paper in Chad, which led to it being placed in Trump’s travel ban list, have caused the deaths of four American soldiers? Chad has been a key player in the fight against ISIS in central Africa. After it was placed on the travel ban list in late September, it withdrew …
Oct 20 2017
A True Good Soldier
Instead pf apologizing to a Gold Star family mourning the loss of a husband, father and son for Donald Trump’s insensitive condolence call, his Chief of Staff John Kelly, a retired general and a Gold Star parent himself, disgraced not only himself in a White House press conference but further insulted the family, a congress …
Oct 19 2017
What Happened in Niger?
There are a lot of questions that are not being asked about the deaths of four US Army Special Forces soldiers? “This might wind up to be Mr. Trump’s Benghazi.” Those are the words of Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, a Florida Democrat who was present during a controversial phone call between President Donald Trump and the …
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