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  1. RT @VOAAfrica Mauritania Launches Mission to Rescue Kidnapped Workers http://bit.ly/7VzfkP about 12 hours ago from web
  2. RT @AfricaHand East African troops in multi-national exercise http://www.ethiopianreview.com/36436 about 17 hours ago from web
  3. @IbnSiqilli for talking heads, sure, I agree; wrt grassroots anger, I think people have a right to react 6:05 PM Dec 1st from web in reply to IbnSiqilli
  4. @IbnSiqilli except we've been in Afghanistan for 8 years, and Obama's decision was expected for weeks in advance 6:00 PM Dec 1st from web in reply to IbnSiqilli
  5. #afgspeech aftermath, CFR's Richard Haas calls Afghanistan "war of choice" 5:40 PM Dec 1st from web
  6. msnbc brings on McCain instantly #afgspeech 5:37 PM Dec 1st from web
  7. @azelin no disagreement here 5:31 PM Dec 1st from web in reply to azelin
  8. wait, if the solution to AQ in Somalia in Yemen is pressure and alliances, why escalate in AfPak? why not same tactics? #afgspeech 5:28 PM Dec 1st from web
  9. comparisons with vietnam "false reading of history" #afgspeech but what about other historical examples of insurgents outlasting occupiers? 5:23 PM Dec 1st from web
  10. US and Pakistan share a common enemy? I thought Pakistan's enemy was India #afgspeech 5:21 PM Dec 1st from web
  11. #afgspeech praising Karzai inauguration speech? 5:18 PM Dec 1st from web
  12. #afgspeech points to arrests within US of people with AfPak connections, but FBI arrested 8 Somalis last wk and we are not escalating there 5:15 PM Dec 1st from web
  13. the #afgspeech so far sounds stale and formulaic; these arguments are well-rehearsed 5:09 PM Dec 1st from web
  14. #afgspeech at Eisenhower Hall...aka the man who brought combat in Korea to a close 5:02 PM Dec 1st from web
  15. man, i'm getting sucked into the #afgspeech against my will 5:00 PM Dec 1st from web
  16. @plutoniumpage option C: skip it all 4:46 PM Dec 1st from web in reply to plutoniumpage
  17. @thenation Also Cheney's health would not permit it, so the whole discussion is moot 2:27 PM Dec 1st from web in reply to thenation
  18. RT @allafrica Kenya on High Alert over al Shabab: http://allafrica.com/c/-3aoFc 1:27 PM Dec 1st from web
  19. RT @BrucePatrick23 UN: Aid lifeline to scores of thousands in eastern Chad threatened by banditry http://bit.ly/5vZ2p3 1:19 PM Dec 1st from web
  20. Sahel Kidnappings: Mali, Now Mauritania http://is.gd/586m2 11:32 AM Nov 30th from web
  • Name Alex Thurston
  • Location Chicago, IL
  • Web http://www.sahelb...
  • Bio I am a PhD student in Religion at Northwestern University. I study and blog about Islam and politics in Africa.
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