JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- With dozens reported dead Thursday in clashes in the capital of the Central African Republic, the U.N. Security Council authorized the deployment of more French and African peacekeepers to contain the spiraling violence.First Mali. Then Nigeria...twice. Now CAR.
The unanimous French-sponsored Security Council resolution authorized additional peacekeepers mandated to use force to protect civilians. African forces in the Central African Republic are expected to increase from around 2,500 at present to 3,600 by year's end; the French force is expected to expand from 600 to about 1,200.
The crisis in the Central African Republic has worsened sharply in recent months, with sectarian attacks between rival Christian and Muslim groups, and warnings the country could descend into sectarian warfare or genocide.
Fighting between rival militias broke out in the capital, Bangui, early Thursday, according to news agency reports, as the shock waves of a rebel coup in March continue to reverberate. Witnesses and aid workers counted at least 98 dead, the Associated Press reported, adding that an AP reporter counted 48 bodies in a mosque. There were other reports of bodies lying around the city.
Africa appears to be under coordinated attack by Islamic Terrorist.
Things are going from bad to worse on that continent. The next country to watch will be S. Africa. If terrorist are there. If terrorist can plunge that country into anarchy, then the entire continent will become a terrorist playground. I said it once and was called a drama queen.
Africa is burning and SOCOM, State, Defense, CIA and other US departments appear helpless to even slow it down, much less stop it.
UPDATE! Spoke too soon. Looks like US forces could be headed to another war ... this time in Africa. If you thought the Middle East was bad, wait till you see the mess there. We will continue to be bled dry while our enemies watch, strengthen and plot.
Your thoughts on what may happen during Mandela's funeral? You know there will be a good amount of world leaders there to show themselves off.
ReplyDeleteSecurity services are going to take the next 9 days to arrest every known & suspected terrorist, criminal & financier in and outside of South Africa....if they're smart.
DeleteTony. i don't know. if islamic terrorist are operating damn near continent wide in Africa then why shouldn't we expect a few in S. Africa? additionally i'm expecting trouble there sooner or later. if S. Africa falls the whole continent is wide open.
DeleteCute a couple of houndred dead in CAR in an internal conflict... meanwhile 11000 children dead in Syria in an internal conflict....... tell me again why we chose CAR and not Syria..?
ReplyDeleteand HELL NO! I dont want to go to any of those Places, but I will if they tell me to!
i see enemies killing each other in Syria. i see christians being killed by muslims in Africa.
DeleteThat makes it a crusade and not conflict solution....
DeleteA civilian dead is a civilian dead, no matter religion.....
You are being a dramaqueen. I explained why and you promptly deleted it. You're more into media'esque hysteria & general contrarianism. What a silly little echo chamber.
ReplyDeleteAfrica is a mess because they slapped a veneer of modern democracy over ancient tribalism. They have almost managed to make it up to feudalism but the West keeps insisting they skip feudalism and jump straight into Jeffersonian democracy.
ReplyDeleteYou really want to helpl Africa? Get the military out entirely. USAID and NGOs can stay and try a slow and steady approach of building a modern society. Teach the police that it is a bad thing to demand bribes from a fruit vendor to allow him to sell fruit. Teach the people that voting for Robert Mugabe just because he came from your tribe is a bad thing.
Until that happens sending in SOF and SPMAGTF Africa to train the military will never accomplish anything.
extremely well said but the military has been transformed into State, USAID, and NGOs in a one stop shop for desperate presidents. another thing you're spot on is that Africa is ruled by tribalism. the idea of a working democracy is a fools errand. we have to get to a point where we let civilizations develop at their own pace and deal with them as they are, not as we want them to be.
DeleteUnfortunately Africa has no choice centuries of colonialism followed by cold war makes for bad fundations. Plus they are cursed by any mineral wealth they have .
DeleteNow add China in search of resources to the game and you have a huge potential for wars.
This is why I think the French Foreign Legion will be in Africa for a Long time
ReplyDeleteHell its their home for a reason. They arnt going anywhere and they know it....Its not like France is going to let them back home anyways, they got the boot a few decades ago
Deletethe FF seem to have lost their mojo. i don't know what happened but they don't seem to be the famous force that i've read about.
DeleteYes typical FFL 'talent' pool is now working the PMCs instead of the Legion ,but they are still 'the' powerhouse in African bush.
DeleteWhich is why France is known to sending the French Foreign Legion in before the regular French Military. Who else would they sacrifice a few foreigners who take up arms for France.
DeleteIts not so much terrorism, as it is expansionism, occupation and subjugation.
ReplyDeleteOr even simple reconquest.
There was a large well developed Islamic empire / collection of kingdoms that ruled much of Africa before Europeans toppled them and took over.
Its a great opportunity to implement drone campaing at the large scale. While afghani operations constantly in the limelight, Pakistan(Waziristan) war against islamists lacking such intense coverage, but there is much interesting is going on.
ReplyDeleteWe can regularly read about successful drone attacks, and UN(islamists controlled) attempts to ban usage of drones against poor murderous islamists, proving that tactic is very effective.
How it works? CIA operatives getting information about targets and drones wasting them. In such scenario all you need is money -- to buy information from one islamic clan against another islamic clan, and well protected airbase(carrier) -- to watch area and perform drone strikes literally everywhere. No need to go in guns blazing, no need to control territory, no large ground forces, no losses.
Deploying unmanned combat vehicles and using islamist clans blood feudes to buy targets coordinates for drones strikes is perfect tactic against large islamist numbers and their IED tactic, why don't refine it futher in Africa?