Why "terrorists" are being "discovered" in Africa,Yemen, Somalia.

[dixiegrrrrl]

ONE example:

In 2007. the US established the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM).

Operating under AFRICOM is the
COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE HORN OF AFRICA, which is based in Djibouti,Africa.
(a small US force has been deployed in Djibouti since the spring of 2002.)

Located at the strategic strait where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden, Djibouti is a short flight from Yemen, the homeland of many al Qaeda leaders. It is close to Sudan and Somalia, two other nations with histories of Islamic fundamentalism.
And it guards an important oil route checkpoint, Bab el-Mendeb.
(Bab el-Mandeb was the site for of a naval blockade of Israel by Egypt in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. )

But look at this map:



Has no one noticed that the "terrorists" seem to be conveniently popping up in places that
are near important oil/gas routes?

link: http://www.eoearth.org/article/Bab_el-Mandeb

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Combined_Joint_Task_Force-Horn_of_Africa

[Robb]

1. Can't run a utopian post-jihad Islamic Emirate without petroleum?

[polly7]

2. K&R n/t,

[Donnachaidh]

3. No DUH -- and the reason why we aren't doing shit about the icecaps?

Because it's believed to have huge amounts of oil reserves under them.

Watch the documentary "Collapse" -- they cover this nasty little intrigue quite well.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Where can I get my little eyes on that doc?

Thanks.

[Donnachaidh]

5. trailer here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAyHIOg5aHk

And it's supposed to be on Demand, and in theatres. I'm sure it can be found on torrents as well.

[pitohui]

6. yes, the middle east and northern africa are close to oil reserves, news at 11

i am perplexed that you seem to think there is anything deep or original or important about this observation

in other news, bank robbers are frequently observed conducting their business in, well, banks