20/2/08

Bush: No new US bases in Africa [but what about the existing ones?]
AFP –
This is a new concept,” Bush explained, amid deep suspicion on the continent about the purpose of AFRICOM. Some African critics have tied the project to the …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxW3qPqxijgwKjcGZjhCmNNoP3YQ

Bush reassures Africa no plans for new US bases
Reuters – USA
Speaking in Ghana on the fourth leg of a five-nation African tour, Bush said the US military command for Africa (Africom) created last year was intended to …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL20527050

Bush: US Not Planning New Military Bases in Africa
Voice of America – USA
Mr. Bush also dismissed rumors Wednesday that the new US regional command for Africa – called AFRICOM – will introduce more American troops to the continent …
voanews.com/english/2008-02-20-voa6.cfm

Bush: No new US bases in Africa
Africasia – London,UK
This is a new concept,” he added, amid deep suspicion about a new US military command for the region, AFRICOM. The US Defence Department says it is …
www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area
=africa&item=080220125419.dgd7srsv.php

Ikulu dispels fears over Bush visit
IPP Media – Guardian – Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania
BBC recently quoted the US’ Africom Commander, Gen William Ward, as saying that Africom`s intent had been misunderstood by some African nations.
www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2008/02/20/108765.html

US shifts on Africom base plans
Liberia obviously didn’t measure up, presumably for infrastructural reasons, while Nigeria has (publicly) torpedoed the notion of hosting AFRICOM. Might this be related to the sudden enthusiasm of Nigerian rebels for such a widely …
www.gnn.tv/headlines/16743/U_S_shifts_on_Africom_base_plans

USA / Ghana / Bush / Africa / Press Gaggle by Dana Perino
Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqués de presse) –
Lausanne,Canton de Vaud,Switzerland
Q I’m just curious about AFRICOM — how much discussion has there been in meetings so far in the two stops about AFRICOM? Q About the headquarters. …
appablog.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/usa-ghana
-bush-africa-press-gaggle-by-dana-perino/

Beyond AFRICOM: Toward a New Concept of Security in Africa
Beth Tuckey argues that in the end, it is not the militarization of Africa that will guarantee security for the US but rather justice and equitable trade.
www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/46218

Africom Headquarters to Stay in Germany
The Associated Press –
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The headquarters for the US military’s Africom regional command will remain in Germany rather than move to Africa, …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hdNPtCY
NoLaihPZWQUScEBd_GSEgD8UTKSN00

Bush winds up African tour in ‘made-in-the-US’ country
AFP –
“I’m sure it (Africom) will be an item of discussion on the trip, but I wouldn’t be looking for any announcements at this point in time,” Bush’s national …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hOVwnt0GjDo2GA57cCsOpmTfaqhA

Military: Africom regional headquarters to stay in Germany …
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck – Bismarck,ND,USA
AP DAKAR, Senegal (AP) The US military says its Africom regional command headquarters will stay in Germany and not move to Africa just yet. …
www.kxmb.com/News/211009.asp

Ghana to welcome Bush, but wants no US military
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
Looking to bolster the US presence in Africa, already a major supplier of crude oil to the American market, the Bush administration created Africom last …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19113289.htm

Traveling with Bush in Rwanda
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
Africom also came up, and Dana said she had heard the criticism that Africom was an attempt to “militarize Africa.” “Surely that’s not the case,” she said, …
video1.washingtontimes.com/fishwrap/2008/
02/traveling_with_bush_in_rwanda.html

19/2/08

AFRICOM: No Permanent Bases In Africa
William Ward, commander of the US African Command (AFRICOM), told a London conference on February 18 that the US was not planning to establish permanent bases in Africa or to cause the militarization of the continent. …
www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/5567.htm

Don’t feel like the Lone Ranger. I hadn’t heard of AFRICOM either
By Geezer Power(Geezer Power)
Just type in the acronym “AFRICOM” into a search box, and the reader will find a DOD website that presents the new United States Africa Command, in the same boosterish manner that Microsoft rolls out a new operating platform. …
mosnas2.blogspot.com/2008/02/dont-
feel-like-lone-ranger-i-hadnt.html

US AFRICOM headquarters to remain in Germany for “foreseeable future”
International Herald Tribune – France
Vince Crawley, a Stuttgart, Germany-based spokesman for the military command known as AFRICOM, told The Associated Press “the discussion of where we will …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/19/
africa/AF-GEN-US-Africa-Command.php

Africom: a Grand Step on the Militarization of Africa
Journal of Turkish Weekly – Ankara,Turkey
This tour has also accelerated the debates on Africom; US Africa Command. The United States is planning to establish permanent military bases in sub-Saharan …
www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=52618

AFRICOM to remain in Europe
African Path – Minneapolis,MN,USA
The US is reported to have dropped plans to locate the controversial Africa Command, AFRICOM on the continent as only Liberia agreed to host the Command. …
www.africanpath.com/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogEntryID=3538

New US Africa Command gets cool response in Ghana
Radio Netherlands – Netherlands
The US armed forces recently created an Africa Command, known as Africom, to coordinate almost all US military operations in Africa. …
www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/080219-us-africom

Morocco: US, Govt Strengthen Security Ties
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
President George W. Bush, who is currently on a four-nation African tour, announced Africom’s creation a year ago with the aim of promoting development, …
allafrica.com/stories/200802191211.html

Ghana welcomes Bush but wants no US military
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa The Bush administration created Africom last year with a view to strengthening the US presence in Africa, a major supplier of crude oil to the American …
africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL19163134.html

Press Gaggle by Dana Perino
Whitehouse.gov (press release) – Washington,DC,USA
Q I’m just curious about AFRICOM — how much discussion has there been in meetings so far in the two stops about AFRICOM? Q About the headquarters.…
www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/02/20080219-10.html

Castro Steps Down as Cuban Leader
Democracy Now – New York,NY,USA
The Pentagon has announced it plans to keep the headquarters of its Africa Command, AFRICOM, in Germany. Only one African nation, Liberia, had offered to …
www.democracynow.org/2008/2/19/headlines

National and International Headlines for February 19
The Pentagon has announced it plans to keep the headquarters of its Africa Command, AFRICOM, in Germany. Only one African nation, Liberia, had offered to host it. President Bush’s trip to Africa was seen by some as an attempt to shore …
www.mediamouse.org/briefs/021908natio.php

US Drops Africa Military Headquarters Plan
By Hip Hop Caucus(Hip Hop Caucus)
Most African countries have been wary of plans to base the command, Africom, on the continent. Africom’s commander, Gen William Ward, said there were no plans to create large US garrisons on the continent. The military command was …
dreamgeneration.blogspot.com/2008/02/
us-drops-africa-military-headquarters.html

Africom
By Sande(Sande)
In truth Africom is a dangerous continuation of US military expansion around the globe. Such foreign-policy priorities, as well as the use of weapons of war to combat terrorist threats on the African continent, will not achieve national …
jcsande.blogspot.com/2008/02/africom.html

United African Voice Temporarily Keeps AFRICOM off African Soil
However, the military command dubbed AFRICOM and led by African-American commander Gen William Ward will still forge ahead with the responsibility to lead US military operations in and military relations with all African nations except …
emergingminds.org/index.php?option=com_content&view
=article&id=5806%3AAFRICOM&catid=52%3AUnited+
States+Govenment+News&Itemid=140

US RETHINKS AFRICOM BASE
By catch up(catch up)
Germany will still host the US Africa Command base till tomorrow unknown. At least the US policy makes appear to be reading from the same page with African leaders on what credibily damages the proposal to move Africam HQ to Africa has …
myblogcatchup.blogspot.com/2008/
02/us-rethinks-africom-base.html

AFRICOM HQ stays in Germany
By ringisei
The news (via the BBC) that AFRICOM HQ will remain in Germany for the time being sparked several questions. Where was its preferred location for a base on the African continent itself? And why was the Liberian offer not taken up? …
ringisei.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/
africom-hq-stays-in-germany/

Africom Misunderstood
By 27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7
Currently, the Africom headquarters is in Germany. But I’m not sure where the BBC gets that idea. The BBC reports Ward said there are no plans to build large bases in Africa, but we already knew that. There are no plans yet. …
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AFRICOM, US Military Command for Africa to Stay in Germany
By CareTaker
After much heated debate, the US military has decided to keep the headquarters of its new Africa Command in Germany.
www.africanloft.com/africom-us-military
-command-for-africa-to-stay-in-germany/

“The Bush Administration’s Noble African Front”
By mothanskin
Bush said no decisions are imminent about Africom, the new Africa Command that is based in Stuttgart, Germany. Liberia has publicly offered to host a headquarters, while other African nations have reservations about where the command …
mothanskin.blog-city.com/the_bush_
administrations_noble_african_front.htm