The Dying Sahara : US Imperialism and Terror in Africa

Washington's expansion of the War on Terror to the African continent substantiated claims that the U.S. fabricated terrorism in order to justify their military campaign. This book chronicles the effect of this warmongering and the creation of a self-fulfilling prophecy of terror and instability in the Sahara. Beginning in 2004, with what local people called the US 'invasion' of the Sahel, the book shows how repressive, authoritarian regimes - cashing in on US terrorism 'rents' - provoked Tuareg rebellions in both Niger and Mali, caused a new narco-trafficking branch of Al-Qaeda and created instability in a region the size of western Europe. Exposing the suspected complicity of the World Bank, the tumult caused by US's new new combatant African command (AFRICOM), and the chilling tactics used to perpetuate the myth that Africa is a hotbed of Islamic terrorism, Jeremy Keenan proves his resolve to 'defeat the lie'.
In The Dark Sahara ( Pluto Press, 2009), Jeremy Keenan exposed the collusion between the U.S. and Algeria in fabricating false flag terrorism to justify the launch of a new Saharan front in Washington's War on Terror. In this new book, he reveals how the Pentagon's designation of the region as a Terror Zone has destroyed the lives and livelihoods of thousands of innocent people. Beginning in 2004, with what local people called the U.S. invasion of the Sahel, The Dying Sahara shows how repressive, authoritarian regimes, cashing in on US terrorism rents, provoked Tuareg rebellions in both Niger and Mali. Multinationals expropriated Tuareg lands for uranium and puppeteers in Washington and Algiers pulled the strings of a new, narco-trafficking Al Qaeda. Keenan's chillingly detailed research shows that the U.S. and its new combatant African command (AFRICOM), far from bringing security, peace, and development, have created a self-fulfilling prophecy of terror and instability in a region the size of western Europe. In' The Dark Sahara ( Pluto Press, 2009), Jeremy Keenan exposed the collusion between the US and Algeria in fabricating aefalse flagAE terrorism to justify the launch of a new aeSaharan frontAE in WashingtonAEs War on Terror. In this new book, he reveals how the PentagonAEs designation of the region as a aeTerror ZoneAE has destroyed the lives and livelihoods of thousands of innocent people. - Beginning in 2004, with what local people called the US aeinvasionAE of the Sahel, The Dying Sahara shows how repressive, authoritarian regimes, cashing in on US terrorism aerentsAE, provoked Tuareg rebellions in both Niger and Mali. Multinationals expropriated Tuareg lands for uranium and puppeteers in Washington and Algiers pulled the strings of a new, narco-trafficking Al Qaeda. - Keenan's chillingly detailed research shows that the US and its new combatant African command (AFRICOM), far from bringing security, peace and development, have created a self-fulfilling prophecy of terror and instability in a region the size of western Europe In The Dark Sahara Jeremy Keenan exposed the collusion between the U.S. and Algeria in fabricating false flag terrorism to justify the launch of a new Saharan front in Washington's War on Terror. In this new book, he reveals how the Pentagon's designation of the region as a Terror Zone has destroyed the lives and livelihoods of thousands of innocent people. Beginning in 2004, with what local people called the U.S. invasion of the Sahel, The Dying Sahara shows how repressive, authoritarian regimes, cashing in on US terrorism rents, provoked Tuareg rebellions in both Niger and Mali. Multinationals expropriated Tuareg lands for uranium and puppeteers in Washington and Algiers pulled the strings of a new, narco-trafficking Al Qaeda. Keenan's chillingly detailed research shows that the U.S. and its new combatant African command (AFRICOM), far from bringing security, peace, and development, have created a self-fulfilling prophecy of terror and instability in a region the size of western Europe.-- Provided by publisher Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Timeline -- Maps -- 1 P2OG: A Long History of False-Flag Terrorism -- 2 The US Invasion of the Sahara-Sahel -- 3 Repression and Terrorism Rents -- 4 Footing the Bill: Did the World Bank Fund State Terrorism? -- 5 Putting the GWOT Back on Track -- 6 New Tuareg Rebellions -- 7 Uranium Goes Critical: Why the Tuareg Took Up Arms -- 8 The Fifth Anniversary of 2003: Another Kidnap -- 9 The Creation of AFRICOM -- 10 The Future Ground Zero -- 11 Perfidious Albion: The Murder of Edwin Dyer -- 12 Drugs and the Threat of Western Intervention -- 13 Al-Qaeda in the West for the West -- 14 'Washing the Mountain': Desert Borders, Corruption and the DRS -- 15 Sarkozy Declares War on al-Qaeda -- 16 Opening the Gates of Hell -- 17 The Past Catches Up: Pressure on Algeria -- 18 The Arab Spring and Gaddafi Intervene -- 19 War Crime? -- 20 Preparing for the 'Long War' -- Notes -- Index In The Dark Sahara (Pluto, 2009), Jeremy Keenan exposed the collusion between the US and Algeria in fabricating terrorism to justify a new 'Saharan front' in Washington's War on Terror. Now, in The Dying Sahara, he reveals how the designation of the region as a 'Terror Zone' has destroyed the lives and livelihoods of thousands of innocent people. Beginning in 2004, with what local people called the US 'invasion' of the Sahel, The Dying Sahara shows how repressive, authoritarian regimes - cashing in on US terrorism 'rents' - provoked Tuareg rebellions in both Niger and Mali. Further, he argues that US activity has unleashed a new, narco-trafficking branch of Al-Qaeda. Keenan's chillingly detailed research shows that the US and its new combatant African command (AFRICOM) have created instability in a region the size of western Europe An illuminating account of how the US and its new African command have created a self-fulfilling prophecy of terror and instability in the Sahara. Follows Keenan's previous book }The Dark Sahara{, showing how US collusion with Algeria has created a new front in Washington's War on Terror