New report: Decades of US military aid has been a disaster for Nigerians
Washington’s $2 billion counterterrorism program was supposed to enhance security, but it’s had the opposite effect.
Nick Turse is the managing editor of TomDispatch and a fellow at the Type Media Center. He is the author most recently of Next Time They’ll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan and of the bestselling Kill Anything That Moves. He is a contributing writer for The Intercept, reporting on national security and foreign policy. He has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Nation, and Village Voice, among other publications. He has received a Ridenhour Prize for Investigative Reporting, a James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Washington’s $2 billion counterterrorism program was supposed to enhance security, but it’s had the opposite effect.
AFRICOM says it promotes human rights and rule of law but doesn’t know why trainees are overthrowing their own governments.
One reporter, Sally Hayden, answered a message one day and uncovered a global scandal “of epic proportions.”
Nine US mentees have overthrown governments since 2008, including one last week. Meanwhile, extremist attacks have increased 70 percent.