Horn of Africa: US Proxy War in Somalia Veers Towards Regional Conflict by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia 1 January 2012 Ethiopia’s anticipated invasion marks scramble for territory with Kenyan rival The conflict in Somalia has been raised to dramatically higher stakes at the weekend after Ethiopian troops occupied a central town, routing Al Shabab militants in fighting that claimed dozens of lives. The Ethiopian [...]

US Military Confirms Washington’s Secret New War in Somalia Despite Official Denials by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia 29 October 2011 East African “Drone Alley” – a harbinger of Western power projection across the African continent US military sources have confirmed that the Obama administration is engaged in a new war in the famine-hit Horn of Africa region. The disclosure in the Washington Post [1] [...]

Somalia: Western Media Indulge US and French Denials of New War in Famine-Hit Horn of Africa by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia 26 October 2011 Despite official denials peddled by the mainstream media, it is emerging that the US and France are engaged in a new war in the Horn of Africa. Given that 11-12 million people are at risk of starvation in the famine-hit region, an escalation of [...]

Is Washington Using Famine in the Horn of Africa to Embark on Yet Another Illegal War? by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia 19 October 2011 US Drones Coordinate Air Power For Kenyan Ground Invasion of Somalia The large troop deployment by Kenya into Somali territory is taking on the form of a full-scale invasion, rather than a temporary incursion as initially reported. What is also emerging – but largely [...]

Covering the Somali famine- of news By William Bowles

by William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info crossposted on Strategic Culture Foundation 4 August, 2011 Over the past days BBC news coverage of the famine in Somalia has been saturating the airwaves and it’s always like this whenever ‘natural disasters’ strike. Fundamentally it’s little more than a fund-raising promo paid for with our taxes as endlessly [...]