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Made in Saudi Arabia: Salafist Radicalism in Africa
[ENGLISH.FARSNEWS] Radical Salafist and Wahhabist groups with names like Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... , Seleka, and Uamsho, unheard of a decade ago, are massacring Christians during church assemblies, razing Christian villages, and assassinating moderate Islamic holy mans. Of course, this Saudi-made mayhem is a godsend for the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), which can point to the spread of «Al-Qaeda"-linked terrorism to Africa as a reason to increase America's military presence on the continent and add armed muscle behind Uncle Sam's quest for Africa's oil, natural gas, and mineral resources... While US leaders like President Barack Obama Posted by: Fred 2013-12-30 |
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