So its not just the former foot soldiers of apartheid’s army doing mercenary duty in the United States’s occupation of Iraq. They also like the military technology too. Full story in the New York Times here.
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Apartheid’s war machines make a comeback in Iraq
Posted in Iraq, tagged apartheid, arms indutry, Iraq, South Africa, United States, War on Terror on February 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mr Kouchner, I presume?
Posted in Iraq, Not only about Africa, tagged Bernard Kouchner, foreign affairs, France, Iraq, new humanitarianism, New York Times Magazine, politics on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner’s so-called radical and progressive roots — he was a Communist Party member in his youth and started Doctors Without Borders — is often brought up as evidence that he is his own man in Nicolas Sarkozy’s otherwise right-wing government and will bring some conscience to French foreign policy and the [...]
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