As we speculated from the very beginning, and as was reaffirmed in “Is Nigeria, And Its Light Sweet Crude, About To Be Drawn Into The Mali “Liberation” Campaign?”, the “French” (with complete and fully-comped US support)
Mali campaign is slowly but surely migrating to its intended target:
Nigeria, and rather its holdings of light sweet crude. And while the US
presence in this latest resource land grab, this time in Africa, was so
far rather stealthy, it appears the time for foreplay is over and
moments ago Obama told congress has has dispatched 40 more American
troops to Niger this week, bringing the total U.S. military presence in
the west African country to 100. Let’s hear it for the full retroactive
transparency demanded by the War Powers Resolution.
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The Hill reports:
“The troops have been deployed to support the intervention in
neighboring Mali, where French troops have been helping local forces
rout Islamist militants from the country’s north since last month. The
Obama administration is also planning to build a base in Niger for
unarmed Predator drones to conduct surveillance on militants in the
region, The New York Times reported last month. On Wednesday, “the last
elements of a deployment of approximately 40 additional U.S. military
personnel entered Niger with the consent of the Government of Niger,”
Obama wrote to the House and Senate leaders.” Next: extensive weapons of
mass destruction are discovered in Abuja while Al Qaeda terrorists are
seen making threatening gestuers and using harsh language at Nigerian
oil rigs which is the international acknowledged symbol that the US has
to do its sworn globocop duty and liberate all that oppressed Nigerian
crude.
More importantly, China is surely delighted over what as everyone can
now understand, is an imminent confrontation over who owns what in
Africa.
Here’s the full letter:
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE
February 22, 2013
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
On February 20, 2013, the last elements of a deployment of
approximately 40 additional U.S. military personnel entered Niger with
the consent of the Government of Niger. This deployment will provide
support for intelligence collection and will also facilitate
intelligence sharing with French forces conducting operations in Mali,
and with other partners in the region. The total number of U.S. military
personnel deployed to Niger is approximately 100. The recently
deployed forces have deployed with weapons for the purpose of providing
their own force protection and security.
I directed this deployment of U.S. forces in furtherance of U.S.
national security interests, and pursuant to my constitutional authority
to conduct U.S. foreign relations and as Commander in Chief and Chief
Executive.
I am providing this report as part of my efforts to keep the Congress
fully informed, consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law
93-148). I appreciate the support of the Congress in this action.
Sincerely,
BARACK OBAMA Source: Infinite Unknown
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