Is the toxic legacy of the Iraq War deforming children near US bases ? - EHN
▻https://www.ehn.org/is-the-toxic-legacy-of-the-iraq-war-deforming-children-near-us-bases-2640288680
There are more than 500 U.S. military bases in Iraq
Et moi qui croyait bêtement qu’il n’y avait plus d’#occupation militaire étasunienne de l’#Irak.
America’s biggest base in the Middle East is getting bigger - Middle East - Stripes
▻https://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/america-s-biggest-base-in-the-middle-east-is-getting-bigger-1.595138
Brian Katulis, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress who worked on the National Security Council and at the Departments of State and Defense during President Bill Clinton’s administration, said the expansion of the base showed the contradictions of Trump’s military policy.
“In the Middle East, and around the world, Trump speaks of these security partnerships with America like a protection #racket,” Katulis said, with little discussion of the strategic purpose for troops abroad. “What is this all for? What’s next?”
The world’s biggest military bases
▻https://www.army-technology.com/features/feature-largest-military-bases-world-united-states
All five of the world’s biggest military bases belong to the US, with Fort Bragg housing a staggering 45,926 active duty soldiers.
The US Military and the African Front
The U.S. military posture in Africa has often been described as a “light footprint.” Recent revelations tell a different story.
This Map Shows Where in the World the U.S. Military Is Combatting Terrorism | History | Smithsonian
▻https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/map-shows-places-world-where-us-military-operates-180970997
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The infographic reveals for the first time that the U.S. is now operating in 40 percent of the world’s nations
#infographie #etats-unis #bases_militaires #nénuphars #lily_pad
Myanmar builds military bases on the site of Rohingya homes and mosques – report | World news | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/12/myanmar-builds-military-bases-on-the-site-of-rohingya-homes-and-mosques
Myanmar’s military is building bases where Rohingya homes and mosques once stood, Amnesty International said on Monday, citing new evidence from satellite imagery.
Nearly 700,000 members of the Muslim minority fled to Bangladesh in 2017 after Myanmar launched a brutal crackdown on insurgents that the US and UN have called ethnic cleansing. Myanmar rejects that accusation, saying it was responding to attacks by the Arakan #Rohingya Salvation Army in late August.
Myanmar building military bases over Rohingya villages: Amnesty
▻http://www.thestateless.com/2018/03/myanmar-building-military-bases-over-rohingya-villages-amnesty.html
Myanmar. L’armée saisit illégalement des terres et construit des bases à l’emplacement de villages rohingyas incendiés
Nous assistons dans l’État d’Arakan à un accaparement massif de terres par l’armée. De nouvelles bases sont construites pour héberger ces mêmes forces de sécurité qui ont commis des crimes contre l’humanité envers les Rohingyas.
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U.S. Presence and the Incidence of Conflict | RAND
▻https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1906.html
Amal Saad on Twitter: “GROUNDBREAKING research findings from RAND’s 153 page report: the 800 US military bases in more than 70 countries around the world makes conflict more likely. No shit RAND.”
▻https://mobile.twitter.com/amalsaad_lb/status/967387991244144640
Oui, mais maintenant que c’est “révélé” par un “milieu autorisé”, c’est devenu une “réalité”
U.S. soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information by jogging - The Washington Post
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/a-map-showing-the-users-of-fitness-devices-lets-the-world-see-where-us-soldiers-are-and-what-they-are-doing/2018/01/28/86915662-0441-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table
An interactive map posted on the Internet that shows the whereabouts of people who use fitness devices such as Fitbit also reveals highly sensitive information about the locations and activities of soldiers at U.S. military bases, in what appears to be a major security oversight.
The Global Heat Map, published by the GPS tracking company Strava, uses satellite information to map the locations and movements of subscribers to the company’s fitness service over a two-year period, by illuminating areas of activity.
Strava, the social network for athletes, has launched its global heatmap, a striking visualization of over one billion activities from Strava athletes across a wide variety of activities, both on land and in the sea. The activities logged covered nearly 17 billion miles. You can explore and search for your own area here
▻https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-running-blog/gallery/2017/nov/02/strava-a-global-heatmap-of-athletic-activity
The map, released in November 2017, shows every single activity ever uploaded to Strava – more than 3 trillion individual GPS data points, according to the company. The app can be used on various devices including smartphones and fitness trackers like Fitbit to see popular running routes in major cities, or spot individuals in more remote areas who have unusual exercise patterns.
However, over the weekend military analysts noticed that the map is also detailed enough that it potentially gives away extremely sensitive information about a subset of Strava users: military personnel on active service.
Nathan Ruser, an analyst with the Institute for United Conflict Analysts, first noted the lapse. The heatmap “looks very pretty” he wrote, but is “not amazing for Op-Sec” – short for operational security. “US Bases are clearly identifiable and mappable.”
“If soldiers use the app like normal people do, by turning it on tracking when they go to do exercise, it could be especially dangerous,” Ruser added, highlighting one particular track that “looks like it logs a regular jogging route.”
►https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases
#applications #bases_militaires_us #cartographie #parcours #jogging
Fit Leaking: When a fitbit blows your cover
▻http://www.johnscottrailton.com/fit-leaking
List of U.S. Military Bases Abroad, 2017 - David Vine
▻https://dra.american.edu/islandora/object/auislandora%3A55678?solr_nav%255Bid%255D=a7ea38526e666fd17dec&solr_nav
avec une visualisation ici
▻http://bl.ocks.org/julesblm/0f8578f9307f60df1cbe216d3d31d985
et un livre
▻http://us.macmillan.com/basenation/davidvine/9781627791694
The most valuable military real estate in the world – POLITICO
▻https://www.politico.eu/blogs/the-coming-wars/2018/01/the-most-valuable-military-real-estate-in-the-world
As France — the first to maintain a military presence in the country — slowly abandons its bases due to budgetary constraints, others have been moving in. The United States recently opened a second base on Chabelley Airfield — unmentioned in its public list of overseas bases — after its drones interfered with air traffic at Camp Lemonnier.
The country hosts China and Japan’s only foreign military bases. There’s an Italian base too and Saudi Arabia is building one as well. #Djibouti has made overtures to Turkey. And, according to Mohammed, (and later an second independent source) Russia has made inquiries.
India too is rumored to be considering the possibility of acquiring a block of the most prized military real estate in the world. If it does, every major global power will have a Djibouti footprint and the country will resemble a live model of state conflict in the 21st century.
Lost empire: Eric Lusito searched for abandoned Soviet military bases. What he found was amazing — The Calvert Journal
▻https://www.calvertjournal.com/features/show/6265
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When does it make sense to speak of the “ruins” of the Soviet empire? The pristinely preserved Lenin Mausoleum on Red Square or the luxury apartments in Moscow’s Stalinist “Seven Sisters” skyscrapers are clearly architectural artefacts of a former time but they have been retained and commodified. Indeed, most of the Soviet built environment is still in effect. Having been a titanic modernising force across much of the globe — with all the violence and co-option that this entailed — Soviet power has left thousands of buildings that are a part of the present as much as they are of the past, which cannot be said of true “ruins”.
#urss #ex-urss #soviétisme #union_soviétique #bases_militaires #photographie
@reka Si tu passes par la case Paris avant le 21 janvier je te conseille vivement l’exposition du vidéaste turc Ali Kazma au Jeu de Paume et dans laquelle tu verras des images vraiment magnifiques de tels lieux entrer en résonance avec d’autres images, c’est vraiment une très belle exposition
In the eye of the storm: Niger and its unstable neighbors
A poor, sun-scorched Sahel country, #Niger is rapidly becoming a key U.S. and Western counterterrorism ally. The former French colony already hosts French troops, and, as part of its #TransSahara_Counter-Terrorism_Initiative, the United States is building a
$100 million drone base there to monitor and respond to terrorist activities across the Sahel. Germany is also building a military outpost in Niger to support the U.N. mission in #Mali.
▻https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2017/06/13/in-the-eye-of-the-storm-niger-and-its-unstable-neighbors
#drones #terrorisme (lutte contre le -) #Sahel #USA #Etats-Unis #armées #bases_militaires #Allemagne #Boko_Haram
The US military is building a $100 million drone base in central Niger
DAKAR, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The United States military said on Friday it is building a $100 million temporary base for surveillance drones in #Agadez, central Niger, to help the West African country combat militant groups and protect its borders.
cc @fil
U.S. Helping Niger Halt Spread of Terror in Region
The unfortunately politicized debate prompted by the death two weeks ago of four U.S. soldiers in Niger has revealed a great deal of ignorance about what, precisely, the U.S. is doing in Niger and why. The truth is that while its policy is debatable, the U.S. is right to be involved in Niger and support it in its fight against violent Islamist extremists.
U.S. Forces in Niger Were Denied Armed Drone
New information shows ambushed Green Beret team was part of a larger, potentially more dangerous mission
▻https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-forces-in-niger-were-denied-armed-drone-1509146561
US steps up commitment in Niger with launch of armed #drones
The United States has said says it wants to start flying armed drones in Niger within days.
The two countries finalized a deal this week allowing Washington to use armed drones against armed groups in northern Niger.
This comes after the death of US and Niger soldiers in an ambush last October.
Emmanuel Dupuy, President of the Paris-based Institute for European Prospective Studies, told RFI’s Christina Okello, this signals an increased American role in Niger.
Petit tour d’horizon des #bases_militaires étrangères en #Afrique
Les interventions militaires étrangères engagées en Afrique créent la controverse, mais leur absence peut aussi susciter des débats.
▻https://www.irinnews.org/fr/reportage/2017/02/15/petit-tour-d%E2%80%99horizon-des-bases-militaires-%C3%A9trang%C3%A8res-en-
#armée
cc @reka
Massa Kone, porte-parole de la #CMAT : « Nous demandons au Président Français, l’arrêt de l’extension des frontières européennes… »
▻http://www.farmlandgrab.org/post/view/26863-massa-kone-porte-parole-de-la-cmat-nous-demandons-au-president-f
Des revendications liées aux #terres, à l’#agriculture et...
- Au niveau gouvernance, démocratie : renforcer la redevabilité et la transparence économique et financière qui passent notamment par des règles fiscales fortes, la fin de l’opacité des relations commerciales et rendre public les différents budgets ; élaborer des lois nationales et régionales qui protègent nos droits en s’appuyant sur des textes basés sur les droits humains ; avoir des élections crédibles, transparentes et apaisées en respectant les résultats des urnes ; revoir la position des Etats via leurs parlements sur les enjeux des Accords de partenariats économiques (#APE) ; créer des espaces de dialogue politique et social pour une gouvernance juste, inclusive et équitable ; créer une monnaie africaine, gérée par les africains ; abolir les dettes illégitimes et illégales ; refuser l’implantation des #bases_militaires étrangères dans nos pays.
– Au niveau du droit à la mobilité : respecter le droit à la libre circulation, notamment les conventions internationales sur les droits des migrants ; refuser le diktat de l’Europe sur les politiques migratoires et l’extension des #frontières européennes au-delà de l’Europe ; refuser l’#externalisation des frontières européennes et leur #militarisation dans nos pays, entre autres.
– Au niveau des femmes et jeunes : respecter l’#équité et les droits pour les #femmes et les #jeunes ; développer des dynamiques rurales, justes et équitables pour éviter l’exode massif des jeunes notamment des filles ; faire appliquer les #droits du #travail pour les aides ménagères en ratifiant la convention 189 de l’OIT, etc.
– Spécifiquement au Président Français : l’arrêt du dispositif économique et financier du #Franc_CFA ; l’arrêt de l’extension des frontières européennes par l’installation des bases militaires en Afrique plus précisément dans le sahel.
Nous demandons à François Hollande de soutenir les processus de construction pour un monde meilleur, un monde basé sur le respect mutuel, la justice sociale et environnementale, l’équité, la solidarité et l’harmonie avec et entre les peuples.
Dans cette déclaration, nous précisons que nous ne pouvons plus accepter que le présent et l’avenir de nos enfants soient compromis par des décisions politiques inappropriées.
Russia equips six military bases across almost 4,000 km in Arctic
▻http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0512-russia-equips-six-military-bases-across-almost-4000-km-in-arcti
in the west, the bases are now equipped on Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land, while in the east, they are fully prepared on Wrangel Island and Cape Schmidt, in Chukotka.
Further bases are at Sredny, on Severnaya Zemlya, and Kotelny, in the New Siberian Islands.
#Italie : fronde des habitants de #Niscemi contre l’installation d’#antennes surpuissantes
L’Italie héberge de nombreuses #bases_militaires américaines depuis la fin de Seconde Guerre mondiale. Mais au sud de la Sicile, à Niscemi, les habitants se mobilisent contre de nouvelles antennes de télécommunication ultra puissantes. Les manifestants dénoncent des installations mauvaises pour l’environnement et la santé.
▻http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20150915-italie-fronde-habitants-niscemi-contre-installation-antennes-surpuissan
Mapping the growth of bases worldwide | Investigative Reporting Workshop
▻http://investigativereportingworkshop.org/investigations/lily-pads/htmlmulti/lily-pad-multimedia
Even though the U.S. military has fewer bases that it did at the end of the Cold War, it has increasingly inserted itself into new corners of the globe with the help of small, often secretive “lily pad” bases; today, there are bases in around 80 countries and U.S. territories — roughly twice as many as in 1989.
Formally called “cooperative security locations,” lily pads are small, spartan installations that often house prepositioned weaponry and allow troops to deploy quickly into battle, like frogs jumping across a pond. While the new bases appear to offer a low-cost, low-profile alternative to giant, city-sized installations, lily pads can easily transform into larger bases and commitments, potentially plunging the country into new, little-known conflicts.
#cartographie des #bases_militaires US et des facilités
Vu à Riga III - Août 2015
Dans ce immeuble qu’on appelait « la maison du coin » comme on dit l’épicier du coin ou le troquet du coin, il y avait le quartier général du KGB à l’époque soviétique (la Tchéka).
Un amie de Riga raconte que sa mère refusait de passer devant l’édifice que ce soit à pieds en vélo ou en voiture.
C’est aujourd’hui un musée qui se visite en deux ou trois heures, avec une passionnante expo au rez-de-chaussée, où l’on trouve cette carte des bases et facilités militaires soviétiques en Lettonie. C’est ce qu’on appelle une « grille » assez bien répartie ! En tout cas ça faisait beaucoup.
Je vous épargne pour l’instant les photos des cellules et des salles de torture, j’en ai encore froid dans le dos.
#cartographie #lettonie #kgb #urss #ex-urss #bases_militaires
Mapping the Blind Spots: Developer Unearths Secret U.S. Military Bases
▻http://mashable.com/2013/12/13/data-artist-satellite-pictures-military-bases/#_
If you look closely enough on Google or Bing Maps, some places are blanked out, hidden from public view. Many of those places disguise secret or sensitive American military facilities.
The United States military has a foothold in every corner of the world, with military bases on every continent. It’s not even clear how many there are out there. The Pentagon says there are around 5,000 in total, and 598 in foreign countries, but those numbers are disputed by the media.
#états-unis #censure #bases_militaires #armée #images_satellites
C’est une autre manière d’accéder au billet que tu as pointé ce matin ▻http://seenthis.net/messages/209698
L’image de celui-ci est juste après celle de ton billet du matin…
C’est là ▻https://maps.google.com/maps?q=-21.816325,114.165716&hl=fr&t=h&z=15
Oui absolument, en fait aujourd’hui, j’ai archivé/référencé ce que j’avais collecté ces dernières semaines (je suis en phase de grand nettoyage) pour regarder dans le détail après. Mais tu as tout à fait raison.
Cela dit, certains de ces images sont vraiment intéressantes.
Mapping United States Military Installations
Via FlowingData
How do you measure a military footprint?
#Océan_indien : si tu veux la paix, prépare la guerre... | Jeuneafrique.com - le premier site d’information et d’actualité sur l’Afrique
►http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/JA2690p036-037.xml0/france-usa-somalie-defenseocean-indien-si-tu-veux-la-paix-prepare-la-g
Un paradis, l’océan Indien ? Oui, pour les vendeurs d’armes, les états-majors et les agences de sécurité privées. On y trouve des drones, mais aussi des avions de surveillance et des bombardiers, des patrouilleurs en mer, des navires de commerce surarmés, des sous-marins nucléaires et des bases de première importance géostratégique. Il est loin le temps où les dirigeants des États de l’océan Indien rêvaient à un monde démilitarisé.
America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases
►http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/153-expansion-a-intervention/50867-americas-secret-empire-of-drone-bases.html
The US is expanding an empire of drone bases worldwide. They are the most recent development of the US power projection abroad, and most of the drone bases have remained fairly anonymous, until now. Although the size, scope and number of drone bases might be in the shadows, Alternet has identified at least 60 bases integral to US military and CIA operations. The number may even be higher, however this development is telling of US war-making plans for the future.