The Dying Sahara US Imperialism and Terror in Africa

In The Dark Sahara ( Pluto Press, 2009), Jeremy Keenan exposed the collusion between the US and Algeria in fabricating 'false flag' terrorism to justify the launch of a new 'Saharan front' in Washington's War on Terror. In this new book, he reveals how the Pentagon's designation of the region as a 'Terror Zone' has destroyed the lives and livelihoods of thousands of innocent people. Beginning in 2004, with what local people called the US 'invasion' of the Sahel, The Dying Sahara shows how repressive, authoritarian regimes, cashing in on US terrorism 'rents', provoked Tuareg rebellions in both Niger and Mali. Multinationals expropriated Tuareg lands for uranium and puppeteers in Washington and Algiers pulled the strings of a new, narco-trafficking Al Qaeda.Keenan's chillingly detailed research shows that the US and its new combatant African command (AFRICOM), far from bringing security, peace and development, have created a self-fulfilling prophecy of terror and instability in a region the size of western Europe.

Jeremy Keenan is a Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He has written many books including The Dark Sahara (Pluto Press, 2009). He is a consultant to the UN and other international organizations. He is currently employed by the European Commission as an expert to advise on the situation in the Sahel.

Chapter 1 Introduction. From Conspiracy to Blowback
Chapter 2 The US invasion of the Sahara-Sahel 
Chapter 3 Repressing opposition and extracting Terrorism rents 
Chapter 4 A Self-fulfilling prophecy 
Chapter 5 The Chickens come home to roost. Rebellion and War Crimes
Chapter 6 Why the Tuareg took up arms  
Chapter 7 Telling Stories. How the media and academe supported Bush's 'information war'
Chapter 8 Footing the Bill. How the World Bank funded terrorism. 
Chapter 9 Taking the War on Terror into the rest of Africa
Chapter 10 America's new Africa Command (AFRICOM): the rhetoric and the reality   Chapter 11 Who's backing al Qaeda in the Sahara/Sahel?  
Chapter 12 US Imperial overreach