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If it were up to the Pentagon, we’d never find out.

A decade ago,  Nick Turse embarked on a quest to cover what the U.S. military was doing in Africa.  By Nick Turse TomDispatch.com What’s the U.S. military doing in Africa? It’s an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, straight-jacketed in secrecy, and hogtied by red tape. Or at least it would be i

Originally posted at TomDispatch. Today’s Nick Turse piece on U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) plunged me into an all-American past that, in light of - Nick Turse for Antiwar.com Original

The US is trying to pretend it's playing a kinder, gentler military game in Africa. If so, why the need for extreme secrecy?

Campaign designed to brutalize the civilian populations and cities and wear down their morale. this confirms long standing suspicion that russia's arsenal of precision guided munitions is relatively limited. there are some signs that russia essentially burned through its allocation of guided munitions in its early days and is now turning into its arsenal of older, less sophisticated weapons. the true cost is being paid by ukraine schools, its hospitals, its civilian population. >> it's all so devastating. katie, thank you for your reporting. let's bring in retired four star general carter ham,...