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Understanding 9/11tv Africa Today U.S. Increased Terrorism in Africa PRESSTV March 2, 2024 10:02am-10:30am IRST
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a damming report indicates that deaths from terrorism in africa have skyrocketed more than 10000 percent during the so-called west war on terror: the study by the africa center for strategic studies revealed that during 2002 and 2003 when the us was just beginning its decades long war, total of just nine terrorist attacks were counted throughout all of africa, leading to only 23 casualties, but after two decades of us intervention in africa with the purported aim of helping the continent in counter terrorism, deaths from takfiry violence in africa increased to 23,322 last year, reaching a record level of
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lethal violence, an article published by the responsible state craft website notes that these findings contradict claims by the us military command in africa, africom, that it is thating terrorist threats on the continent and promoting security and stability, so what exactly are us troops doing in africa if they're not fighting terrorists as they claim? hello, i'm mubrah kenya and this is africa today, this week we are focusing on an unprecedented absent of terror. terrism in africa, army the presence of us troops across the continent, our experts will give us their incisive analysis on how the us has contributed to increased terrorist attacks in africa. you can be part of today's conversation by sending us your comments through our social media handle appearing on the screen. us increase terrorism in africa. imperial. list powers led by the united
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states have long viewed the african continent as a place for stealing valuable assets. the continent has huge chunk of the world's remaining mineral wealth and is home to major global oil and gas reserves. that is why the european powers and united states seek to control these resources by deploying their military forces across the continent under the pretext of combatting terrorism. it is of now becoming. clear to all that the presence of us led western forces in africa is the source of insecurity across the continent. but burkina faso's minister of state addressed the 78th session of the general assembly of the united nations last year and said western troops operating in west africa are out to plander the region's resources. we have some 10,000 soldiers, armed soldiers that are foreign soldiers. most of them are french. soldiers, but there are also american
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soldiers, germans, italian, etc. they have weapons, they have flying equipment, they of have surveillance equipment, which is the most sophisticated in the world, and yet they don't see the hundreds of terrorists that are moving around in order to serve death and desolation, often with unimaginable weapons at their side, in mali, in niger, in burkina fasso, there is no factory to manufacture weapons nor manutions, so... who is recruiting these terrorists, who is training of them, who is providing them with weapons, who feeds them and with what means? do you believe in this philanthropy on behalf of whom the westerners have sent their armies to the sahel to die for our beautiful blue eyes? well, if you believe that, then what justifies the diplomatic irritation and other gesticulation of france when we told them to skidattle with their armies? the real reason is really a... about the resources that are
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underground in the sahil indeed, well for more on how the us has contributed to the increase of terrorism in africa. we have contacted abdul latif ahmad, a researcher and of a digital news editor. thanks lot for your time sir today. thank you for having me. we also have professor abdul wahab sheikh abdul samad, the chief executive officer of the afro-asia institute for strategic studies based in nairobi. kenya, thanks lot for your time, professor today. thank you for having me. now, that's from terrorism in africa. as we have seen, have skyrocked more than 100 thousand percent during the so-called us war on terror, according to the new study by the africa center for strategic studies. now, these findings contradict claims by the us military command in africa known as africom that it is thorting terrorist attacks across the continent. let's start off with mr. ahmed, what's your take uh? on this report,
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we can see already that counter insurgency strategies by specifically the west has not improved the life of people. again most of the times uh there are talks about sharing intelligence uh supplying uh african countries arms to fight insurgency, but again if this uh there is a spike insurgency clearly show that the strategies that are being employed are not working and therefore there is need to reject the system, there is need to have alternative uh arrangements for uh you know to mitigate uh insurgency on the continent, so again it is clear that uh, in spite of claims to funding, the claims to supply of arms, claims to sharing of intelligence, there is a cross failure of security architecture, or on the continent,
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the us has 21 publicly known military facilities in 15 countries in africa and a military footprint in most african countries now, now let's bring in professor wahab sheikh, now in your opinion, what exactly are us forces doing in africa, because we know that in the continent under the pretext of fighting terrorism, but we have seen uh rapid increase in terrorist attacks across the continent over the last two decades. us involvement in africa leads are more terrorism and showing that the current approach is not effective at all, and america or usa has some more than 21 bases in africa, whenever they have base, the the insecurity, the terrorism, the conflict, all you know, it became ungovernable for if i give you an example, for instance in somalia, there is al
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shabab terrorist organization in somalia who keeping them, mostly the western imperialist, because they don't want to allow them to rule or govern the entire country and... the same time they want also the government of the day you know to at least the govern the entire country because they don't want it, they want to keep you know terrorism in africa so that at least you know they can contain within so many territories, that's why for the last 33 years somalia has no effective government, somalia has no central government, mainly the western world, the imperialist the west, they don't want to see you know step. strong and united somalia. areas affected by terrorism in africa are strategically located and rich in natural resources. from gold and uranium rich regions of the sahel to somalia, a country in a strategic location to gas rich
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mozambique, a country that experts say has the potential to become the qatar of africa. we also have the drc, the world's largest producer of cobalt and third largest producer of copper. both. minerals are critical for clean energy technologies. recently there have been anti-us demonstrations in the democratic republic of congo where protesters accused the us and france of backing rebels and terrorists in the mineral reach eastern part of the country. we're claiming our rights, france and the united states are fostering the war in the eastern drc by supporting the rebellion, a country like. cannot fight against the democratic republic the congo. we are marching, we are not breaking or destroying people's property, but the head of the police is sending his officers to chase us away. there is no doubt that western powers are out to plunder these resources and therefore cannot be part of the
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solution. the united states military command in africa, africom is now seen by many as an imperialist war machine that creates threats before managing the percep. of safety, the ultimate objective of africa is advancing the united states's economic and geostrategic interest in africa. now my next question is to professor, do you think western imperialist powers are behind the absage of terrorism in africa? and can they really assist in restoring security across the continent? a part and partial of african problems, as we speak right now, they want to... exploit african resources, they want to undermine the safety and security of african continent so that at least they can exploit and loot the african resources. very good example in west africa whereby you know
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several countries in west africa that's mali, burkina faso, guini and niger are struggling to contain the terrorism in their respective countries. mainly who are supporting them, those you know terrorist groups in in west africa western imperialist, why why why they doing that in order to loot and exploit african resources, very good example in niger whereby the french companies are mining so that you know a one kilogram of uranium in niger they are buying from locales less than dollar and they going to sell you into the into the world market more than $240 right now as we speak right now 186 companies are mining india see you know democratic republic of congo and they creating 110 militias which
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answerable to the you know western western companies so that they continue to looting, they will continue exploitation, they will continue undermining the safety and security african african african societies or african countries so that they can easily you know loot the resources of africa, but no... question about that, i have no doubt in my mind, african, you know, the western imperialist are part and pastor of the african problems today. the un secretary general says efforts to counter terrorism must be anched in human rights and strategies that focus on the marginalized and vulnerable people. communities and the state need to be joined with the common purpose of rejecting terrorist ideologies and challenging those we spouse them. and this means governments adopting a comprehensive and inclusive approach involving all parts of society. it
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means starting at the grassroots where families and local communities are at the frontline of efforts to protect vulnerable people, from succumbing to pernicious ideologies. it means increasing our support to civil society organizations who make a unique and invaluable contribution to tackling terrorism and preventing violent extremism. and i please that many of them will join us tomorrow, and it means engaging women and young people so that they can play meaningful roles in the developing, monitoring and implementing counter terrorism policies and programs. now mr. ahmed, can you tell us more on how marginalized persons susceptible to being recruited into terrorist groups can be rescued from these evil terrorist organizations? so basic apart from poverty and ignorance, there is need to intentionally breach the gap between the hals
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and most of the terrorists are able to exploit the people, you exploit the gaps in the system, the social gaps in the system, so yes there is need to retour the system, there is need to have functional education, the type of education that makes people have agency to understand that certain decisions are taken on their own without having rely on the good thing and you know the exploitation their religion or their culture or their current economic situation, that is what the terrorists you know exploit most of the time, so for me education is veritable tool to restructure the mindset, to reset the mindset of people you know in the affected regions, when you have the right kind of education, right type of exposure and intellection, you will not be real loaded into uh the antics of terrorist and insurgence uh as case may be.
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thanks mr. ahmed for that. let's not take a short break before we continue our discussion on how the so-called us war on terror has actually led to a 10000% increase of terrorism in africa over the last two decades. us increased terrorism in africa. information about palestine abounds on social networks, many times without context. they do not allow us to go deeper and understand all the dimensions of a catastrophe that is dragging on for centuries. daniel hardway,
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chilean mayor of palestinian origin opens a window to palestine. to understand in depth the present cause of the palestinian people, exploring its history and future prospects. do not miss a window to palestine. welcome back and you're watching africa today. this week we are focusing on an unprecedented upsarge of terrorism in africa. amid the presence of us troops across the continent. basoma bazi, minister of state of
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burkina faso, an address to the un general assembly last year stressed that his country, mali and niger are deal. dealing with a war imposed on them by imperialism under the pretext of terrorism. mali nigier and burkina faso are dealing with a war that was imposed upon them by imperialism under the pretext of terrorists, and they these are sewing terror and destruction. despite the un charter with principles of equality, justice on one hand and on the other hand, international law, which has been often cited here at the un, there is a massive casm. between in the treatment of these different issues. professor abdul wahab, what's your take on this statement by the minister from burkinafaso, a country currently at the forefront of battling imperialism? but that statement, i completely, i agree with him. you know, the western imperialist undermining the security of african nations, they are the
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one fact assisting and supporting terrorism in in in in burkina faso, when the when the... besides a power then they can easily contain all those all those you know militias who get a support from the western imperialist so that they can can easily loot the african the african resources so the question is the question is why when the military came to power burkina faso niger gany and mali are more safe today than two years three years ago because two or three years ago all those guys were you th'. organizations be what the or haram are getting a support for the western embralist so that they can create attention conflict you know among the african societies africans they must come together and defend themselves against the western ebral east western the african society they come together and fight against the terror groups who are getting
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support from the western world that's the only thing the african society they can survive otherwise the new nuclean israel and they continue to loot africa because today french for instance, if french stop looting africa, automatically french will become a third country as as we speak right now, they will they will became a third world country, so in order to frane become a strong nation, in order to be a superpower, they have to lead africa, the all western cities or all western countries, they build the... of african society. now, apart from poverty, ignorance has been cited as major reason that terrorist groups find recruiting grounds in africa. now, professor abdul wahab sheikh, do you think the root cause of violent extremism and terrorism in africa can be addressed through proper education and training? no question about that, both education and
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trading can, can improve the livelihood of african society, can improve this. security and safety of african continent, mainly other factors apart from the terrorism and violent terrorism, other factors which contribute the instability of africa, including among others, that's a that's a political corruption, economic inequality, social fractures and local grivences on the also contribute to the terrorism in africa, so all those factors together, they in fact contribute the self and security of the african society apart from contribute also sorry all those facts above a part and parcel the insecurity in africa and the sooner they address the issue of the political corruption, the issue of the economic equality, the issue of the social fractures and also and addressing the local grifenses
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can easily improve this the security of the african continent for decades. africa has been teaming with foreign military personnel with more than dozen countries known to have deployments and bases on the continent. the us and its allies such as france, the uk, germany, italy and belgium have military presence on the continent. despite this presence, insecurity is rampant across the continent. a protesta in mali, speaking before french troops were ejected from the country say that ever since they trusted france a us. ally to assist in combating terrorism, the situation in the country wasn't, i'd be so happy like a party if france quit mali today, really ever since we trusted them with... security, everything has become worse, clearly these us led uh imperialist forces are the source of
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instability in africa. mr. ahmed, what's your opinion on this? okay, so this is what i think of it, i always say that african problems require african solutions, why are the foreign forces on african s, africans will make you know gestures to them seeking for help and assistance? but you see internally what african should do is to close rounds, you know, is to look for alternative approach to defeating these monsters, because you cannot have investments, you cannot have uh, hospitality, you cannot have your business is an enterprise running smoothly if you have a massm of insecurity you know cutting across the region, so beyond blaming and finger pointing at the us, we must internalize our solution. we must be able to say that within ourselves we have identified the problem and then we have bomb grown solutions to fix the problem. yes it is easy to say the american forces should go uh the
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american assistance we do not need it, western you interference should go, however we must find home grown solutions within ourselves, close racks and ensure that we defeat you know uh rising insecurity on the continent. there is no doubt that us forces are up to no good in africa and are in fact there to take care of washington's illegitimate economic and geopolitical interests. now many people in africa are demanding that us troops and other imperialist forces withdraw as we have seen and let african countries take care of their own security with the assistance of non- imperialist powers. professor abdul, you have the last word, what's your take on this? the us president in africa is not you know a good sign, it's not welcome at all in in in the continent, the soon they depart from the continent the better, for the last quarter
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century the us intervention in africa is not, it's not good, very good example in libya, when they intervene in libya 2011, libya was stable state, libya has a functioning institutions, libya has a... you know better life than today, but as we speak right now, where is libya? libya is gone, again the intervention of the sahil state is specifically the french intervention and together with american intervention in in mali, in burkina faso in niger together with you know guini is not good, that's why the african society they start organizing themselves. they start you know against the western interventions in africa, they start they not the realizing the the the the the military presence in in usa in africa is not
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adding up, it's not you know you know assisting the security and safety of the african african nations, but it's a part a parcel of african african problems, so the sooner they left africa the better, the sooner... they depart africa the better, the sooner in fact you know stop that kind of approach which undermining the safety and security of the continent is better, they must come up new approach so that they can easily know gain the hearts and minds african society, otherwise the multipolar system is now is real and i don't think so now right now you know us in the vision in africa is highly welcome, well there you have it. there is no doubt that us military presence in africa is major factor in the upsage of terrorism across the continent and the sooner the us forces leave africa the better. i like
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to thank our guest today, professor sheikh abdul samamad, the chief executive officer of afroasia institute for strategic studies based in nairobi, and abdul latif ahmad, a digital news editor. well and that brings us to the end of this week's edition of africa today, it's always great having you watch the show, you can watch this episode on all our previous shows at our website pressv.ir drop us a line also through our social media handle and let us know what you think from mubarak kenya is goodbye for now.
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