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Saddam Haftar,Libya, supported by UAE,allied with Egypt, Russia and US

Posted on August 21, 2026 by borderslynn

Allies and interests The Haftars built their power through oil and arms. Oil revenues flow through national channels, while billions are redirected to projects dominated by institutions managed by the family, including the National Development Agency linked to Saddam’s brigade, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, child soldiers, conflict, Eastern Libya, egypt, finite resoyrces, Marco Rubio, Moscow, oil supply, RSF, Russia, Saddam Haftar, Sub-Sahara, tribal territories, UAE, United States, war | Leave a comment

Jared Kushner meets Khalil al-Hayya in luxury resort of New Alamein

Posted on August 20, 2026 by borderslynn

Might it have been a good place to meet since this is what Kushner hopes Gaza could look like? See: Jared Kushner lays out Trump-backed ‘master plan’ for post-war Gaza Construction of the developments would take two or three years, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Board of Peace, development of energy hub, egypt, israel, Jared Kushner, Khalil al-Hayya, luxury tourist resort, middle east, military graveyard, Netanyahu, New Alamein, Nikolay Miladenov, Tony Blair, UAE, WWII | Leave a comment

Libya and Chad: historic interventions

Posted on August 9, 2026 by borderslynn

Chad, Africa’s fifth-largest country by area, sits at a crossroads of civilizations where the Sahara Desert meets the tropical savanna and the vast inland waters of Lake Chad converge. Its history stretches back over nine thousand years to some of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Chad, christianity, colonialism, conflict, egypt, Europe, French south Chad, Gaddafi, Haftar, Libya, Maghrebi, migrant invasions, mining, muslims, Niger, oil, people smuggling, refugees, resources, RSF, Russia, Saudi Arabia, sudan, Trump intervention, UAE, uranium, Wagner mercenaries, weapons supply | Leave a comment

Egypt: Damietta, LNG export terminal, now a net importer of US LNG

Posted on August 4, 2026 by borderslynn

Built to export LNG from the Middle East, the war on Iran has caused the cessation of exports and made Egypt in need of LNG from the US. The illegal war on Iran by the US-Israel in February 2026 has … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Damettia, drone attack, egypt, Houthis, import/export terminal hub, Iran, North Africa, Suez Canal, US LNG exports, US-Israel illegal war on Iran | Leave a comment

Historical markers in the Middle East

Posted on April 14, 2026 by borderslynn

Below is an extract from Wajeeh Lion’s, Substack. I urge you to read the full article ‘Beyond Belief: The 1,400-Year History and Modern Geopolitics of the Sunni-Shia Divide The 1979 Revolution and the Sectarianization of Geopolitics The catalyst for the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged egypt, middle east, Pakistan, ISIS, Palestinians, Saudi Arabia, British, French, Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, sunni, shia, Turkey, historical divisions, Caliphate, 1979, GameTheory | Leave a comment

Remembering Jimmy Carter

Posted on December 31, 2024 by borderslynn

As flags fly at half mast for 30 days in mourning the death of Jimmy Carter, who lived to an amazing age of 100 years, we are being reminded through the media of his landmark successes as a President, and … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1978, anti semitism, Anwar Sadat, Camp David, egypt, IDF, israel, Jimmy Carter, KKK, Likud, Menachem Begin, Palestine, peace, Peace Accord | Leave a comment

Consequences of Spyware use: Track, torture, execute

Posted on March 22, 2024 by borderslynn

Here are some extracts from the current book I’ve begun reading about the spread of an evolved spyware application, Pegasus. The authors describe earlier spyware consequences and now believe each and every one of us who has a phone is … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Algeria, Amesys, Amysis, Arab Spring, colonial repression, coup, cyber weapons, egypt, france, Gadhafi, middle east, Muslim Brotherhood, oppression, Pegasus, Sisi, spyware, United Arab Emirates | Leave a comment

The Human Meteorite

Posted on November 18, 2023 by borderslynn

Back in 2010, this article about Sudan explained the different viewpoints of nomadic herders and Arab farmers, their belief systems about land use brought them into conflict. Of the five mass extinctions we described in Chapter 2, probably the most … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africans, Anthropocene theory, arabs, climate change, conflict, Darfur, diamonds, drought, egypt, elites, farmers, fertile land, fresh water, genocide, human harm, human sabotage, impact of human activity, Iran, mining, nomads, proxy wars, Russia, UAE, ukraine, Wagner, war crimes | Leave a comment

Egyptian Cotton, Linen and Bleach

Posted on November 24, 2021 by borderslynn

5000 years ago the Egyptians mastered the art of bleaching. White fabric was a premium choice and one might say they had a compulsive obsession to wash for personal hygiene and wear clean clothes, and that is no bad thing. … Continue reading →

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The Berbers under religious avalanches

Posted on January 23, 2018 by borderslynn

Tunisia was originally named Ifriqiya by the Muslims, a name later given to the entire continent of Africa. That massive continent now, as I write this, using worldometer.info has a population of 1,273,897,847 with a landmass of 30.37 million km². We can … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Berbers, christianity, conquest, egypt, france, indigenous, islam, muslim, near East, North Africa, spain | 1 Comment

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