Fake Terror and Instability in North Africa

by Sam Urquhart for Dissident Voice Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, the Philippines and Lebanon aren’t the only fronts in the “global war on terror.” Although it remains largely out of the public eye, the U.S. has also sought to open up a north-African front in its fight against al-Qaeda, with equally unappreciated consequences. Regional powers have been emboldened to repress both their own peoples and to meddle in weaker neighboring countries.