Comments on: Next Up: Northern Niger http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/next-up-northern-niger/ European Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: making an arrest « Alternate Seat of TYR http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/next-up-northern-niger/comment-page-1/#comment-26289 making an arrest « Alternate Seat of TYR Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:51:58 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/europe-and-the-world/next-up-northern-niger#comment-26289 [...] 26, 2009 in 4GW, Somalia, smuggling Remember those Tuareg uranium guerrillas? Back in the summer of 2007, just before the crash, they were busy raiding Chinese prospectors and [...] [...] 26, 2009 in 4GW, Somalia, smuggling Remember those Tuareg uranium guerrillas? Back in the summer of 2007, just before the crash, they were busy raiding Chinese prospectors and [...]

]]> By: Niger » Blog Archives » Niger: Niger is drying up http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/next-up-northern-niger/comment-page-1/#comment-18146 Niger » Blog Archives » Niger: Niger is drying up Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:27:34 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/europe-and-the-world/next-up-northern-niger#comment-18146 [...] Next Up: Northern NigerIn northern Niger lurk huge reserves of uranium, and the French nuclear power industry covers about a third of its requirements from mines there owned by Areva SA. It was this mining industry that Joe Wilson was ordered to investigate, … [...] [...] Next Up: Northern NigerIn northern Niger lurk huge reserves of uranium, and the French nuclear power industry covers about a third of its requirements from mines there owned by Areva SA. It was this mining industry that Joe Wilson was ordered to investigate, … [...]

]]> By: Niger » Blog Archives » China firm suspends Niger uranium activities - source / Niger ... http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/next-up-northern-niger/comment-page-1/#comment-18136 Niger » Blog Archives » China firm suspends Niger uranium activities - source / Niger ... Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:42:07 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/europe-and-the-world/next-up-northern-niger#comment-18136 [...] Next Up: Northern NigerIn northern Niger lurk huge reserves of uranium, and the French nuclear power industry covers about a third of its requirements from mines there owned by Areva SA. It was this mining industry that Joe Wilson was ordered to investigate, … [...] [...] Next Up: Northern NigerIn northern Niger lurk huge reserves of uranium, and the French nuclear power industry covers about a third of its requirements from mines there owned by Areva SA. It was this mining industry that Joe Wilson was ordered to investigate, … [...]

]]> By: Alex http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/next-up-northern-niger/comment-page-1/#comment-17857 Alex Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:18:15 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/europe-and-the-world/next-up-northern-niger#comment-17857 Not the vice; the character type. Not the vice; the character type.

]]> By: Maynard Handley http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/next-up-northern-niger/comment-page-1/#comment-17855 Maynard Handley Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:54:58 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/europe-and-the-world/next-up-northern-niger#comment-17855 "one of that very specific type of all-purpose soldiers/spooks/businessmen/crooks France’s continuing involvement in Africa produces" Thank god there are no such American types named, for example, Charlie Wilson or John Perkins (or, heck, John Negroponte). Thank god there are no such British types named, for example, Mark Thatcher (or even, apparently, Frederic Forsyth). I'm not criticizing your article, simply the implication that this is some sort of uniquely French vice. “one of that very specific type of all-purpose soldiers/spooks/businessmen/crooks France’s continuing involvement in Africa produces”

Thank god there are no such American types named, for example, Charlie Wilson or John Perkins (or, heck, John Negroponte).
Thank god there are no such British types named, for example, Mark Thatcher (or even, apparently, Frederic Forsyth).

I’m not criticizing your article, simply the implication that this is some sort of uniquely French vice.

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