Title The dark Sahara : America's war on terror in Africa / Jeremy Keenan.

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London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2009.

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 278 pages) : maps
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The Sahara's Bermuda Triangle -- Reconstructing Tora Bora -- 'Whodunit' -- Grounds for suspicion in the Algerian Sahara -- Grounds for suspicion in the Sahel -- Who was El Para? -- Oil and empire -- Algeria's 'black decade' -- Islamists and eradicators: Algeria's 'dirty war' -- The 'banana theory' of terrorism -- Preparing the disinformation -- The nature of US intelligence -- 'Blowback' and resistance.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	The US is keen to build a substantial military presence in Africa, citing the need to combat the growth of Al-Qaeda in Somalia, Algeria and other countries on the continent. This book reveals the secret US agenda behind the war on terror.
Subject	War on Terrorism (2001-2009) (OCoLC)fst01754980
	Terrorism -- Sahara.
	Terrorism -- Sahel.
	Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.
	War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
	United States -- Military relations -- Algeria.
	Algeria -- Military relations -- United States.
	HISTORY -- General.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Terrorism.
	Military relations. (OCoLC)fst01353799
	Terrorism. (OCoLC)fst01148101
	Terrorism -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst01148109
	Africa -- Sahel. (OCoLC)fst01242089
	Algeria. (OCoLC)fst01205459
	Sahara. (OCoLC)fst01242088
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Terrorismus.
	Bekämpfung.
	United States.
	Afrika.
Chronological Term	Geschichte 2003-2009
	2001 - 2009
Other Form:	Print version: Keenan, Jeremy, 1945- Dark Sahara. London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2009 9780745324531 (OCoLC)181142735
ISBN	9781849642828 (electronic bk.)
	1849642826 (electronic bk.)

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