Another War! US Sends Ground Troops, Drones to Cameroon
- ISIS-ISIL, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram … are all CIA assets. They are created to give the Pentagram a pretext for wars of aggression to conquer nations around the world rich in resources.
– - Cameroon is a huge supplier of oil to China and is rich in mineral resources.
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Cameroon, West Africa’s Latest Oil Battleground (25 March 2012)
…. last year China became the second largest oil producer in Cameroon. China’s prominence in Cameroon’s oil production occurred after China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) acquired 80 percent of the shares previously held by Shell in Pecten Cameroon Company …
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What’s It Like to Have China Build You a Port? Ask Cameroon.
A Chinese-built port in Cameroon provides an interesting case study with implications for the Maritime Silk Road.
… Cameroon is rich in natural resources, especially iron, aluminum, oil, and natural gas; the government hopes the new port will make it easy to export those good around the world. It will also make life easier for the Chinese companies already working to extract those resources, such as oil firm Yan Chang Logone Development, which has a $62 million contract for exploration and production sharing with Cameroon’s National Hydrocarbons Corp. And the port is only part of the story. Work continues on roads and railways to link the new port to major urban areas, including the capital of Yaounde — projects also associated with Chinese companies.
– - US Sends Ground Troops, Drones to Cameroon
by Jason Ditz, http://antiwar.com/
Open-Ended Mission to Stop ‘Anti-Colonial Movement’
Invoking the War Powers Act, President Obama informed Congress today that he is deploying 300 ground troops and drones to the West African nation of Cameroon on a mission aimed at helping governments tamp down a “regional Muslim anti-colonial movement.”
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The White House says the deployment is going to be part of “a broader regional effort” and that the mission is totally open-ended, with the troops to remain until they are “no longer needed” in the country, though as usual they declined to lay out what this situation would look like.
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In the notification to Congress, President Obama suggested fighting Boko Haram would be a big part of this operation, and that the intention is for the troops and drones to conduct “intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations in the region.”
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The War Powers Act requires the president to inform Congress and seek an authorization for the use of military force whenever he sends troops abroad like this. Though today’s statement informed Congress, there is as yet no indication a vote is forthcoming on this latest overseas adventure. This may ultimately not be a problem for the administration, however, as President Obama has repeatedly spurned this requirement in recent wars, and Congress has not made any serious effort to enforce the law.

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