UN resolution paves way for military intervention in Mali The prospect of an international military intervention in northern Mali looked more likely on Friday, when the UN Security Council asked the country’s West African neighbours to draft a plan aimed … Read more . . .
U.S. assembling secret drone bases in Africa, Arabian Peninsula, officials say By Craig Whitlock and Greg Miller, The Washington Post September 21, 2011http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-building-secret-drone-bases-in-africa-arabian-peninsula-officials-say/2011/09/20/gIQAJ8rOjK_story.html The Obama administration is assembling a constellation of secret drone bases for counterterrorism operations in the Horn … Read more . . .