FAO Quotables

"But being right, even morally right, isn't everything. It is also important to be competent, to be consistent, and to be knowledgeable. It's important for your soldiers and diplomats to speak the language of the people you want to influence. It's important to understand the ethnic and tribal divisions of the place you hope to assist."
-Anne Applebaum

Thursday, May 17, 2012

FUUO's Daily Dose of Vitamin CATM (Culture, Africa, Military and Technology)

FUUO's Daily Dose of Vitamin CATM (Culture, Africa, Military and Technology)


Culture:

Apostrophekola

New photo blog Everyday Africa, shot with cellphone app (by journalists Peter DiCampo and Austin Merrill)


Africa:
Sipping on Gin and Juice--Valentine Strasser embraces his inner Snoop Dogg in Sierra Leone
17 sentenced to death in #somaliland following attack on military base
The new French minister of women's rights is Moroccan-born Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Playboy bunnies? $2m Bugattis? Bags full of cash? No not Hugh Hefner. #Obiang's son & Eq. Guinea's Min of Agriculture!


Technology:
I wasn't aware of 3 of these tips--so a useful article.  10 Facebook Tips 4 Power Users  
Somalia video games boom dents al-Shabaab recruitment
Hilarious Last Dictator Standing Commerical
7 suggestions to get YOU retweeted more often 
I wasn't aware of 3 of these tips--so a useful article.  10 Facebook Tips 4 Power Users  


Military:
Regionally Aligned Forces: A New Model for Building Partnerships 
US to Send Large Combat Brigade Throughout Africa
US to assign army brigade to Africa - Americas - Al Jazeera English
Teuflehunden in ST 6...who knew.  The Difference Between DELTA and SEAL TEAM SIX | SOFREP:



LINKS:
http://www.newstatesman.com/africa/2012/01/sierra-leone-strasser-war
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/12184540-us-ramping-up-military-presence-in-africa
http://armylive.dodlive.mil/index.php/2012/03/aligned-forces/
http://news.antiwar.com/2012/05/16/us-to-send-large-combat-brigade-throughout-africa/print/
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/2012516215036645965.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/04/somalia-video-game-boom-al-shabaab?CMP=twt_gu
http://t.co/nS7RDZ5Z
http://www.business2community.com/twitter/7-keys-to-a-successful-retweet-0176211


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