SPIDERMINDS

{"totalPages":"12","currentPage":"1","nextPage":"/page/2","search":"","tag":"","indexPage":"true",
"askLabel":"Questions ?",
"submitLabel":"Submit",
"searchLabel":"Search",

"posts":{
"50483365562":{"id":"50483365562","date":"2013-05-15","noteCount": "0 notes","url":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/post/50483365562/who-can-help-the-peace-dove-to-fly-again-oped-by","rebloggingUrl":"http://www.tumblr.com/reblog/50483365562/Y4RCuxJm","reblog":"","hasTags":"",
"permalinkPage":"",

"type":"link","link":"http://www.eurasiareview.com/14052013-who-can-help-the-peace-dove-to-fly-again%E2%80%8F-oped","title":"Who%20Can%20Help%20The%20Peace%20Dove%20To%20Fly%20Again%26rlm%3B%20%26ndash%3B%20OpEd%20by%20Said%20Temsamani","body":"%3Cp%3E%3Cblockquote%20class%3D%22link_og_blockquote%22%3EIn%20the%20wake%20of%20the%20Arab%20spring%20and%20amid%20a%20worsening%20crisis%20in%20Syria%2C%20it%20looks%20like%20the%20Israeli-Palestinian%20peace%20process%20has%20languished%20in%20the%20background%C2%A0%3Cspan%3Eof%20international%20diplomacy.%20On%20April%2029th%20an%20Arab%20League%20delegation%20representing%2022%20countries%20tried%20to%20bring%20it%20back%20to%20the%20fore%20by%20revising%20the%20plan%20they%20first%20proposed%20over%20a%20decade%20ago.%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fblockquote%3E%3C%2Fp%3E"

 },
"50482853013":{"id":"50482853013","date":"2013-05-15","noteCount": "0 notes","url":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/post/50482853013/afghanistan-1979-1989-heroism-or-senseless-war","rebloggingUrl":"http://www.tumblr.com/reblog/50482853013/J2XHmnnC","reblog":"","hasTags":"true",
"tags":[{"tagUrl":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/tagged/afghanistan/chrono","tag":"afghanistan"},{"tagUrl":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/tagged/russia/chrono","tag":"russia"},{"tagUrl":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/tagged/war/chrono","tag":"war"},{}],"tagCaption":"Tags","permalinkPage":"",

"type":"link","link":"http://www.eurasiareview.com/15052013-afghanistan-1979-1989-heroism-or-senseless-war-oped/","title":"Afghanistan%201979%20%26ndash%3B%201989%3A%20Heroism%20Or%20Senseless%20War%3F%20%26ndash%3B%20OpEd","body":"%3Cblockquote%20class%3D%22link_og_blockquote%22%3EBy%20Boris%20Pavlischev%20%20%26%238212%3B%20%C2%A0%3Cspan%3EFrom%201979%20till%201989%2C%20the%20Soviet%20Union%20took%20part%20in%20military%20actions%20in%20Afghanistan.%20It%20is%20hard%20to%20find%20a%20family%20in%20Russia%20that%20has%C2%A0%3C%2Fspan%3E%3Cspan%3Enot%20been%20touched%20by%20this%20war%20in%20this%20or%20that%20way.%20In%20total%2C%20620%2C000%20Soviet%20soldiers%20and%20officers%20took%20part%20in%20it.%20More%20than%2015%2C000%20of%20them%20%5B%E2%80%A6%5D%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fblockquote%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThe%20post%20%E2%80%9CAfghanistan%201979%20%E2%80%93%201989%3A%20Heroism%20Or%20Senseless%20War%3F-OpEd%E2%80%9D%20appeared%20first%20on%20Eurasia%20Review.%3Cspan%3E%3Cbr%2F%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fp%3E"

 },
"50408788194":{"id":"50408788194","date":"2013-05-14","noteCount": "0 notes","url":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/post/50408788194/brazilian-militarys-crucible-jungle-warfare","rebloggingUrl":"http://www.tumblr.com/reblog/50408788194/VqSumDhN","reblog":"","hasTags":"",
"permalinkPage":"",

"type":"link","link":"http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/05/06/world/americas/20130507-BRAZIL.html?smid=tu-share","title":"Brazilian%20Military%26rsquo%3Bs%20Crucible%3A%20Jungle%20Warfare%20Instruction","body":"%3Cp%3EIn%20courses%20lasting%20about%20nine%20weeks%2C%20soldiers%20endure%20long%20hikes%2C%20swim%20in%20waters%20infested%20with%20piranha%20and%20survive%20for%20days%20without%20rations%2C%20hunting%20or%20foraging%20for%20their%20own%20food.%3C%2Fp%3E"

 },
"50330571478":{"id":"50330571478","date":"2013-05-13","noteCount": "0 notes","url":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/post/50330571478/sharing-influx-of-competitors-shakes-up-satellite","rebloggingUrl":"http://www.tumblr.com/reblog/50330571478/A4HzL00y","reblog":"","hasTags":"",
"permalinkPage":"",

"type":"text","title":"%20Sharing%3A%20%26%238220%3BInflux%20of%20Competitors%20Shakes%20Up%20Satellite%20Imagery%20Industry%26%238221%3B","body":"%3Cp%3E%3Cstrong%3EBy%20Sandra%20I.%20Erwin%20-%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationaldefensemagazine.org%2Fblog%2Flists%2Fposts%2Fpost.aspx%3FID%3D1138%22%3Ehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationaldefensemagazine.org%2Fblog%2Flists%2Fposts%2Fpost.aspx%3FID%3D1138%3C%2Fa%3E%3Cbr%2F%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EThe%20military%E2%80%99s%20sole%20commercial%20provider%20of%20earth%20imagery%20is%20preparing%20to%20launch%20a%20new%20satellite%20that%20can%20photograph%20objects%20on%20the%20ground%20that%20are%20smaller%20than%20a%20home%20plate%20on%20a%20baseball%20field.%20The%20company%2C%20DigitalGlobe%20Inc.%2C%20currently%20operates%20five%20satellites%2C%20and%20derives%20nearly%20half%20of%20its%20revenues%20from%20defense%20and%20intelligence%20agency%20contracts.%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EThe%20Longmont%2C%20Colorado-based%20firm%E2%80%99s%20biggest%20competitor%20used%20to%20be%20another%20U.S.%20company%2C%20GeoEye.%20In%202010%2C%20both%20firms%20shared%20a%20%247%20billion%2010-year%20deal%20to%20provide%20satellite%20imagery%20to%20the%20National%20Geospatial-Intelligence%20Agency.%20But%20a%20government%20fiscal%20crunch%20slashed%20projected%20spending%20on%20imagery%20in%20half.%20Without%20enough%20work%20to%20keep%20two%20companies%20in%20business%2C%20DigitalGlobe%20and%20GeoEye%20merged%20in%20January.%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EBut%20after%20surviving%20a%20bruising%20corporate%20battle%20to%20become%20the%20military%E2%80%99s%20exclusive%20supplier%20of%20satellite%20imagery%2C%20DigitalGlobe%20faces%20an%20onslaught%20of%C2%A0new%20competitors%C2%A0and%20a%20market%20that%20is%20rapidly%20changing.%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EA%20projected%20decline%20in%20spending%20on%20government-owned%20satellites%20means%20that%20defense%20and%20intelligence%20agencies%20will%20have%20to%20increase%20their%20reliance%20on%20commercial%20providers%20such%20as%20DigitalGlobe.%C2%A0At%20the%20same%20time%2C%20the%20company%20is%20seeing%20the%20emergence%20of%C2%A0new%20players%2C%20including%20foreign%20providers%20of%20satellite%20data%20and%20a%20growing%20field%20of%20domestic%20and%20international%20aerial%20imagery%20providers.%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3E%E2%80%9CWe%20see%20tremendous%20international%C2%A0competition%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20Marcy%20Steinke%2C%20senior%20vice%20president%20of%20government%20relations%20at%20DigitalGlobe.%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EThe%20company%20also%20finds%20itself%20at%20a%C2%A0disadvantage%20because%20it%20is%20not%20allowed%20to%20sell%20imagery%20with%20a%20resolution%20of%20less%20than%2020%20inches%20to%20non-government%20buyers.%20DigitalGlobe%E2%80%99s%20newer%20satellites%20offer%20far%20better%20resolution%20%E2%80%94%20the%20soon-to-be-launched%20WorldView%203%20spacecraft%20will%20see%20objects%20as%20small%20as%2012%20inches%20%E2%80%94%20but%20those%20pictures%20can%20only%20be%20sold%20to%20U.S.%20government%20agencies%20or%20allies%20%E2%80%94%20with%20U.S.%20approval.%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3ESteinke%2C%20a%20retired%20U.S.%20Air%20Force%20colonel%2C%20said%20she%20would%20like%20to%20see%20some%20relief%20from%20the%20restrictions.%20Aerial%20image%20providers%20are%20allowed%20to%20sell%20pictures%20with%20less%20than%202-inch%20resolution%2C%20she%20said%20in%20an%20interview.%20%E2%80%9CWe%20are%20hoping%20for%20some%20equality.%E2%80%9D%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EThe%20current%20restrictions%20date%20back%20to%20the%201990s.%20%E2%80%9CThe%20regulations%20move%20slower%20than%20the%20technology%2C%E2%80%9D%20Steinke%20said.%20The%20aerial%20imagery%20industry%20already%20can%20supply%20much%20of%20the%20data%20that%20satellite%20providers%20offer.%20One%20advantage%20of%20satellites%20is%20their%20global%20coverage%2C%20whereas%20certain%20fly%20zones%20are%20off%20limits%20to%20aerial%20photography.%20%E2%80%9CSome%20countries%20deny%20access%2C%E2%80%9D%20Steinke%20said.%20Regardless%2C%20aerial%20imagery%20is%20rapidly%20gaining%20market%20share.%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3ENGA%20Director%20Letitia%20A.%20Long%20recently%20touted%20the%20successful%20use%20of%20airborne%20remote%20sensing%20%E2%80%94%20specifically%20a%20project%20called%20airborne%20spectral%20photometric%20environmental%20collection%20%E2%80%94%20for%20disaster%20relief%20efforts.%20%E2%80%9CIt%20is%20the%20nation%E2%80%99s%20only%20civilian%2C%2024%2F7%20airborne%2C%20near-real-time%20remote%20sensing%20chemical%2C%20radiological%2C%20and%20imagery%20mapping%20capability%2C%E2%80%9D%20Long%20said%20May%201%20at%20the%20Defense%2C%20Security%20and%20Sensing%20Symposium%20in%20Baltimore.%20Such%20%E2%80%9Crapid%20response%E2%80%9D%20technologies%20are%20increasingly%20important%20to%20NGA%E2%80%99s%20mission%2C%20Long%20said.%20The%20agency%20worked%20with%20the%20EPA%20in%20the%20aftermath%20of%20a%20fertilizer%20plant%20explosion%20in%20Texas%20April%2017%20that%20killed%2014%20people.%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3ESatellite%20imaging%20firms%20in%20the%20United%20States%20must%20not%20only%20contend%20with%20domestic%20aerial%20counterparts%20but%20also%20foreign%20competitors.%20Global%20players%20such%20as%20Astrium%20have%20become%20more%20dominant%2C%20Steinke%20said.%20Government%20restrictions%20on%20sales%20of%20high-resolution%20imagery%20are%20partly%20the%20reason%20why%20U.S.%20firms%20are%20losing%20ground.%20%E2%80%9CWe%20are%20trying%20to%20get%20government%20to%20let%20us%20innovate%20and%20grow%2C%E2%80%9D%20she%20said.%20%E2%80%9CClearly%20we%20want%20to%20grow%20our%20commercial%20business%20and%20be%20less%20reliant%20on%20the%20government.%E2%80%9D%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EDigitalGlobe%20officials%20have%20not%20been%20notified%20of%20any%20further%20cuts%20to%20its%20NGA%20contract%20%E2%80%94%20known%20as%20Enhanced%20View%20%E2%80%94%20as%20a%20result%20of%20government-wide%20automatic%20spending%20reductions%20mandated%20by%20Congress%2C%20said%20Steinke.%20The%20company%20for%20now%20plans%20to%20continue%20to%20operate%20its%20five%20imaging%20satellites%2C%20although%20the%20constellation%20will%20be%20shrinking%20in%20the%20coming%20years.%20Two%20of%20the%20satellites%20have%20exceeded%20their%20expected%20operational%20life%20and%20soon%20will%20be%20taken%20out%20of%20service.%20Two%20new%20satellites%20are%20under%20construction.%20One%20of%20them%2C%20WorldView%203%2C%20will%20be%20launched%20in%202014.%20The%20other%2C%20GeoEye%202%2C%20will%20be%20put%20in%20storage%20until%20it%20is%20needed.%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EThe%20impact%20of%20U.S.%20government%20budget%20cuts%20on%20satellite%20imagery%20contracts%20came%20up%20during%20an%20April%2026%20hearing%20of%20the%20strategic%20forces%20subcommittee%20of%20the%20House%20Armed%20Services%20Committee.%20Rep.%20Michael%20Coffman%2C%20R-Colo.%2C%20whose%20constituents%20include%20DigitalGlobe%20and%20other%20space%20industry%20firms%2C%20said%20he%20worries%20that%20Enhanced%20View%20will%20be%20targeted%20for%20further%20cuts%20as%20a%20result%20of%20sequester.%20%E2%80%9CThis%20is%20the%20only%20source%20of%20unclassified%20high-resolution%20imagery%20that%20can%20be%20immediately%20disseminated%20and%20shared%20with%20U.S.%20and%20coalition%20partners%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20Coffman.%20%E2%80%9CThis%20program%20was%20cut%20by%2050%20percent%20in%20fiscal%20year%20%26%238216%3B13%2C%20and%20now%20there%20is%20only%20one%20U.S.%20vendor%20supplying%20this%20imagery.%E2%80%9D%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EGil%20Klinger%2C%20deputy%20assistant%20secretary%20of%20defense%20for%20space%20and%20intelligence%2C%20said%20the%20Pentagon%20%E2%80%9Csupports%20stability%20in%20funding%20that%20program%20%5Bbut%5D%20with%20sequestration%20going%20on%20and%20the%C2%A0fiscal%2C%20budgetary%20environment%C2%A0that%20we%26%238217%3Bre%20in%2C%20many%20things%20are%20under%20review%20right%20now.%E2%80%9D%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EA%20new%20study%20by%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.euroconsult-ec.com%2F%22%20target%3D%22_blank%22%3EEuroconsult%2C%20a%20market%20research%20firm%20based%20in%20Paris%2C%20France%3C%2Fa%3E%2C%20projects%20that%20demand%20for%20imagery%20intelligence%20by%20defense%20and%20military%20agencies%20will%20grow%20globally%20over%20the%20coming%20decade%2C%20although%20U.S.%20procurement%20will%20decline.%20Because%20of%20the%20high%20cost%20of%20building%20and%20operating%20satellites%2C%20governments%20will%20increasingly%20depend%20on%20commercial%20suppliers.%C2%A0%E2%80%9CThe%20commercial%20sector%20is%20expected%20to%20make%20up%20a%20significant%20part%20of%20future%20demand%20for%20imagery%20intelligence%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20Adam%20Keith%2C%20director%20of%20space%20and%20earth%20observation%20at%20Euroconsult.%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EIn%202012%2C%2077%20percent%20of%20the%20total%20%241.5%20billion%20commercial%20data%20market%20was%20attributed%20to%20defense%20customers%2C%20and%20close%20to%2050%20percent%20was%20pegged%20to%20the%20U.S.%20government%2C%20a%20Euroconsult%20study%20concluded.%20A%20burgeoning%20market%20outside%20the%20United%20States%20will%20fuel%20growth%2C%20the%20company%20said.%20Revenues%20from%20commercial%20data%20sales%20to%20militaries%20worldwide%20are%20expected%20to%20grow%20to%20%242.2%20billion%20by%202022.%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAnother%20emerging%20player%20is%20China%2C%20according%20to%20the%20Pentagon%E2%80%99s%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationaldefensemagazine.org%2Fblog%2FDocuments%2F2013%2520China%2520Report%2520FINAL.pdf%22%20target%3D%22_blank%22%3Eannual%20report%20to%20Congress%20on%20the%20military%20capabilities%20of%20the%20People%E2%80%99s%20Republic%20of%20China%3C%2Fa%3E.%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3E%E2%80%9CChina%20has%20developed%20a%20large%20constellation%20of%20imaging%20and%20remote%20sensing%20satellites%2C%E2%80%9D%20the%20report%20said.%20Since%202006%2C%20China%20has%20launched%2016%20Yaogan%20remote%20sensing%20satellites.%20These%20spacecraft%20conduct%20scientific%20experiments%2C%20carry%20out%20surveys%20on%20land%20resources%2C%20estimate%20crop%20yield%2C%20and%20support%20natural%20disaster%20reduction%20and%20prevention.%20Additionally%2C%20China%20has%20launched%20two%20Tianhui%20satellites%20for%20scientific%20experiments%20and%20land%20surveys%2C%20the%20study%20said.%20China%20has%20three%20Huanjing%20disaster%20monitoring%20satellites%20currently%20on%20orbit.%20%E2%80%9CChina%20will%20continue%20to%20increase%20its%20on-orbit%20constellation%20with%20the%20planned%20launch%20of%20100%20satellites%20through%202015%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20the%20study.%20%E2%80%9CThese%20launches%20include%20imaging%2C%20remote%20sensing%2C%20navigation%2C%20communication%2C%20and%20scientific%20satellites%2C%20as%20well%20as%20manned%20spacecraft.%E2%80%9D%3C%2Fp%3E"

 },
"50243436625":{"id":"50243436625","date":"2013-05-12","noteCount": "0 notes","url":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/post/50243436625/france-libye-o-kadhafi-aurait-ete-assassine-par-un","rebloggingUrl":"http://www.tumblr.com/reblog/50243436625/BDxRa5Rd","reblog":"","hasTags":"true",
"tags":[{"tagUrl":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/tagged/Libye/chrono","tag":"Libye"},{"tagUrl":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/tagged/sarkozy/chrono","tag":"sarkozy"},{"tagUrl":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/tagged/france/chrono","tag":"france"},{"tagUrl":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/tagged/militaire/chrono","tag":"militaire"},{"tagUrl":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/tagged/kadhafi/chrono","tag":"kadhafi"},{}],"tagCaption":"Tags","permalinkPage":"",

"type":"link","link":"http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2012/10/01/kadhafi-aurait-ete-assassine-par-un-agent-secret-francais","title":"FRANCE%20-%20LIBYE%20%26bull%3B%20Kadhafi%20aurait%20%26eacute%3Bt%26eacute%3B%20assassin%26eacute%3B%20par%20un%20agent%20secret%20fran%26ccedil%3Bais","body":"%3Cp%3E%3Cblockquote%20class%3D%22link_og_blockquote%22%3ED%E2%80%99apr%C3%A8s%20le%20quotidien%20italien%20Il%20Corriere%20della%20Sera%2C%20le%20colonel%20Kadhafi%20aurait%20%C3%A9t%C3%A9%20tu%C3%A9%20par%20un%20agent%20secret%20fran%C3%A7ais%20avec%20la%20complicit%C3%A9%20de%20Damas.%20Pourquoi%26%23160%3B%3F%20Parce%20que%20le%20dictateur%20libyen%20mena%C3%A7ait%20de%20faire%20des%20r%C3%A9v%C3%A9lations%20sur%20le%20financement%20de%20la%20campagne%20%C3%A9lectorale%20de%20Nicolas%20Sarkozy%20en%202007.%20Pour%20le%20r%C3%A9gime%20syrien%2C%20il%20s%E2%80%99agissait%20de%20resserrer%20les%20liens%20avec%20la%20France.%3C%2Fblockquote%3E%0A%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22event-intro%22%3E%3Cspan%3ECe%20serait%20donc%20un%20%E2%80%9Cagent%20%C3%A9tranger%E2%80%9D%2C%20et%20non%20les%20Brigades%20r%C3%A9volutionnaires%20libyennes%2C%20qui%20aurait%20tu%C3%A9%20Muammar%20Kadhafi%20d%E2%80%99une%20balle%20dans%20la%20t%C3%AAte%20le%2020%C2%A0octobre%202011%2C%20pr%C3%A8s%20de%20Syrte.%20Ce%20n%E2%80%99est%20pas%20la%20premi%C3%A8re%20fois%20que%20la%20version%20officielle%20de%20la%20mort%20du%20Colonel%20est%20mise%20en%20doute%20en%20Libye%20ou%20%C3%A0%20l%E2%80%99%C3%A9tranger.%20Mais%20cette%20fois%2C%20c%E2%80%99est%20Mahmoud%20Jibril%20lui-m%C3%AAme%2C%20ancien%20Premier%20ministre%20du%20gouvernement%20transitoire%20et%20aujourd%E2%80%99hui%20pressenti%20pour%20diriger%20le%20pays%20apr%C3%A8s%20les%20%C3%A9lections%20parlementaires%20du%207%C2%A0juillet%20%5Bson%20parti%20a%20obtenu%20la%20majorit%C3%A9%5D%2C%20qui%20relance%20l%E2%80%99hypoth%C3%A8se%20d%E2%80%99un%20complot%20ourdi%20par%20des%20services%20secrets%20%C3%A9trangers.%20%E2%80%9CC%E2%80%99est%20un%20agent%20%C3%A9tranger%20infiltr%C3%A9%20dans%20les%20Brigades%20r%C3%A9volutionnaires%20qui%20a%20tu%C3%A9%20Kadhafi%E2%80%9D%2C%20a%20d%C3%A9clar%C3%A9%20ce%20dernier%20lors%20d%E2%80%99un%20entretien%20accord%C3%A9%20%C3%A0%20la%20cha%C3%AEne%20de%20t%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision%20%C3%A9gyptienne%20Dream%20TV%2C%20au%20Caire%2C%20o%C3%B9%20il%20participait%20%C3%A0%20un%20d%C3%A9bat%20sur%20le%20%E2%80%9Cprintemps%20arabe%E2%80%9D.%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fdiv%3E%3C%2Fp%3E"

 },
"50243078888":{"id":"50243078888","date":"2013-05-12","noteCount": "0 notes","url":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/post/50243078888/complot-dejoue-ou-manipulation-de-tat-a-ndjamena","rebloggingUrl":"http://www.tumblr.com/reblog/50243078888/mZb7MscJ","reblog":"","hasTags":"true",
"tags":[{"tagUrl":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/tagged/tchad/chrono","tag":"tchad"},{"tagUrl":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/tagged/afrique/chrono","tag":"afrique"},{"tagUrl":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/tagged/Mali/chrono","tag":"Mali"},{}],"tagCaption":"Tags","permalinkPage":"",

"type":"link","link":"http://www.lejdd.fr/International/Afrique/Actualite/Complot-dejoue-ou-manipulation-d-Etat-a-N-Djamena-605644","title":"Complot%20d%26eacute%3Bjou%26eacute%3B%20ou%20manipulation%20d%26%23039%3BE%C2%89tat%20%26agrave%3B%20N%26%23039%3BDjamena%3F%20-%20leJDD.fr","body":"%3Cblockquote%20class%3D%22link_og_blockquote%22%3EAUTOUR%20DU%20MONDE%20-%20Un%20pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9%20complot%20contre%20le%20pr%C3%A9sident%20tchadien%20Idriss%20D%C3%A9by%2C%20alli%C3%A9%20de%20la%20France%20au%20Mali%2C%20aurait%20%C3%A9t%C3%A9%20d%C3%A9jou%C3%A9.%3C%2Fblockquote%3E%0A%3Cp%20class%3D%22size-10%22%3ELa%20situation%20est%20tendue%20au%20Tchad%20depuis%20plusieurs%20mois.%20Les%20rebelles%20de%20l%26%238217%3BUnion%20des%20forces%20de%20la%20r%C3%A9sistance%2C%20qui%20avaient%20d%C3%A9pos%C3%A9%20les%20armes%20en%202009%2C%20ont%20annonc%C3%A9%20depuis%20le%20Qatar%20fin%20mars%20vouloir%20reprendre%20les%20hostilit%C3%A9s%20contre%20le%20pouvoir.%20Selon%20l%26%238217%3Buniversitaire%20Mathieu%20Guid%C3%A8re%2C%20%26%238220%3Bla%20tentative%20de%20soul%C3%A8vement%20mais%20pas%20de%20coup%20d%26%238217%3B%C3%89tat%20au%20sens%20propre%20du%20terme%20s%26%238217%3Bexplique%20par%20une%20volont%C3%A9%20des%20opposants%20de%20s%26%238217%3Bopposer%20au%20mode%20de%20gouvernance%20exerc%C3%A9%20par%20D%C3%A9by%20et%20par%20la%20guerre%20au%20Mali%26%238221%3B.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EUne%20autre%20explication%20serait%20li%C3%A9e%20%C3%A0%20la%20succession%20du%20Pr%C3%A9sident.%C2%A0%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Cspan%3ED%C3%A9by%2C%20qui%20souhaite%20imposer%20son%20fils%20%C3%A0%20la%20t%C3%AAte%20du%20pays%2C%20l%26%238217%3Ba%20par%20ailleurs%20nomm%C3%A9%20chef%20d%26%238217%3B%C3%A9tat-major%20des%20arm%C3%A9es%20avant%20d%26%238217%3Benvoyer%20les%20troupes%20au%20Mali%20contre%20la%20volont%C3%A9%20de%20ses%20militaires%20et%20des%20chefs%20des%20autres%20clans%20que%20le%20sien.%20Alors%20que%20les%20troupes%20rentrent%20au%20pays%2C%20D%C3%A9by%20n%26%238217%3Baurait%20pas%20pr%C3%A9vu%20d%26%238217%3Bindemniser%20financi%C3%A8rement%20les%20parents%20de%20la%20centaine%20de%20soldats%20tchadiens%20qui%2C%20selon%20plusieurs%20sources%2C%20seraient%20morts%20au%20Mali.%20D%26%238217%3Bo%C3%B9%20la%20col%C3%A8re%20d%26%238217%3Bopposants%20et%20de%20militaires%20qui%20auraient%20d%C3%A9cid%C3%A9%20d%26%238217%3Baller%20se%20servir%20directement%20dans%20les%20caisses%20de%20l%26%238217%3B%C3%89tat.%20Le%20r%C3%A9gime%20serait%20parvenu%20%C3%A0%20les%20en%20emp%C3%AAcher%2C%20profitant%20au%20passage%20de%20l%26%238217%3Boccasion%20et%20de%20l%26%238217%3Bappui%20implicite%20de%20Paris%2C%20reconnaissant%20de%20l%26%238217%3Baide%20apport%C3%A9e%20au%20Mali%2C%20pour%20r%C3%A9gler%20ses%20comptes%20avec%20d%26%238217%3Banciens%20compagnons%20de%20route%2C%20jug%C3%A9s%20d%C3%A9sormais%20trop%20peu%20loyaux.%C2%A0%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Cspan%3E%C2%A0%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Ca%20id%3D%22eztoc8931444_2%22%20name%3D%22eztoc8931444_2%22%3E%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fp%3E"

 },
"50241888069":{"id":"50241888069","date":"2013-05-12","noteCount": "2 notes","url":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/post/50241888069/the-secret-of-the-seven-sisters-special-series-al","rebloggingUrl":"http://www.tumblr.com/reblog/50241888069/GEMynDjn","reblog":"true",
"reblogParentUrl":"","reblogParentName":"","reblogSourceUrl":"","reblogSourceName":"","reblogSourceUrlHack":"",
"hasTags":"true",
"tags":[{"tagUrl":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/tagged/oil/chrono","tag":"oil"},{"tagUrl":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/tagged/middle-east/chrono","tag":"middle%20east"},{}],"tagCaption":"Tags","permalinkPage":"",

"type":"link","link":"http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/specialseries/2013/04/201344105231487582.html#.UY9fidnKaks.tumblr","title":"The%20Secret%20of%20the%20Seven%20Sisters%20-%20Special%20series%20-%20Al%20Jazeera%20English","body":"%3Cp%3E%3Ca%20class%3D%22tumblr_blog%22%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fgazetaoriental.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F50240084601%2Fthe-secret-of-the-seven-sisters-special-series-al%22%3Egazetaoriental%3C%2Fa%3E%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cblockquote%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThe%20Secret%20of%20the%20Seven%20Sisters%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EA%20four-part%20series%20that%20reveals%20how%20a%20secret%20pact%20formed%20a%20cartel%20that%20controls%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20oil.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3ELast%20Modified%3A%2026%20Apr%202013%C2%A013%3A12%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EOn%20August%2028%2C%201928%2C%20in%20the%20Scottish%20highlands%2C%20began%20the%20secret%20story%20of%20oil.%C2%A0%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThree%20men%20had%20an%20appointment%20at%20Achnacarry%20Castle%20-%20a%20Dutchman%2C%20an%20American%20and%20an%20Englishman.%C2%A0%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThe%20Dutchman%20was%20Henry%20Deterding%2C%20a%20man%20nicknamed%20the%20Napoleon%20of%20Oil%2C%20having%20exploited%20a%20find%20in%20Sumatra.%20He%20joined%20forces%20with%20a%20rich%20ship%20owner%20and%20painted%20Shell%20salesman%20and%20together%20the%20two%20men%20founded%20Royal%20Dutch%20Shell.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThe%20American%20was%20Walter%20C.%20Teagle%20and%20he%20represents%20the%20Standard%20Oil%20Company%2C%20founded%20by%20John%20D.%20Rockefeller%20at%20the%20age%20of%2031%20-%20the%20future%20Exxon.%20Oil%20wells%2C%20transport%2C%20refining%20and%20distribution%20of%20oil%20-%20everything%20is%20controlled%20by%20Standard%20oil.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThe%20Englishman%2C%20Sir%20John%20Cadman%2C%20was%20the%20director%20of%20the%20Anglo-Persian%20oil%20Company%2C%20soon%20to%20become%20BP.%20On%20the%20initiative%20of%20a%20young%20Winston%20Churchill%2C%20the%20British%20government%20had%20taken%20a%20stake%20in%20BP%20and%20the%20Royal%20Navy%20switched%20its%20fuel%20from%20coal%20to%20oil.%20With%20fuel-hungry%20ships%2C%20planes%20and%20tanks%2C%20oil%20became%20%E2%80%9Cthe%20blood%20of%20every%20battle%E2%80%9D.%C2%A0%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThe%20new%20automobile%20industry%20was%20developing%20fast%2C%20and%20the%20Ford%20T%20was%20selling%20by%20the%20million.%20The%20world%20was%20thirsty%20for%20oil%2C%20and%20companies%20were%20waging%20a%20merciless%20contest%20but%20the%20competition%20was%20making%20the%20market%20unstable.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThat%20August%20night%2C%20the%20three%20men%20decided%20to%20stop%20fighting%20and%20to%20start%20sharing%20out%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20oil.%20Their%20vision%20was%20that%20production%20zones%2C%20transport%20costs%2C%20sales%20prices%20-%20everything%20would%20be%20agreed%20and%20shared.%20And%20so%20began%20a%20great%20cartel%2C%20whose%20purpose%20was%20to%20dominate%20the%20world%2C%20by%20controlling%20its%20oil.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EFour%20others%20soon%20joined%20them%2C%20and%20they%20came%20to%20be%20known%20as%20the%20Seven%20Sisters%20-%20the%20biggest%20oil%20companies%20in%20the%20world.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EEpisode%201%20-%20Desert%20Storms%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EIn%20the%20first%20episode%2C%20we%20travel%20across%20the%20Middle%20East%2C%20through%20both%20time%20and%20space.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%E2%80%9CWe%20waged%20the%20Iran-Iraq%20war%20and%20I%20say%20we%20waged%20it%2C%20because%20one%20country%20had%20to%20be%20used%20to%20destroy%20the%20other.%20As%20they%20already%20benefit%20from%20the%20oil%20bonanza%2C%20and%20they%E2%80%99re%20building%20up%20financal%20reserves%2C%20from%20time%20to%20time%20they%20have%20to%20be%20bled.%E2%80%9D%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E-%20Xavier%20Houzel%2C%20an%20oil%20trader%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThroughout%20the%20region%E2%80%99s%20modern%20history%2C%20since%20the%20discovery%20of%20oil%2C%20the%20Seven%20Sisters%20have%20sought%20to%20control%20the%20balance%20of%20power.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThey%20have%20supported%20monarchies%20in%20Iran%20and%20Saudi%20Arabia%2C%20opposed%20the%20creation%20of%20OPEC%2C%20profiting%20from%20the%20Iran-Iraq%20war%2C%20leading%20to%20the%20ultimate%20destruction%20of%20Saddam%20Hussein%20and%20Iraq.%C2%A0%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThe%20Seven%20Sisters%20were%20always%20present%2C%20and%20almost%20always%20came%20out%20on%20top.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3ESince%20that%20notorious%20meeting%20at%20Achnacarry%20Castle%20on%20August%2028%2C%201928%2C%20they%20have%20never%20ceased%20to%20plot%2C%20to%20plan%20and%20to%20scheme.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EEpisode%202%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Black%20El%20Dorado%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EAt%20the%20end%20of%20the%201960s%2C%20the%20Seven%20Sisters%2C%20the%20major%20oil%20companies%2C%20controlled%2085%20percent%20of%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20oil%20reserves.%20Today%2C%20they%20control%20just%2010%20percent.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3ENew%20hunting%20grounds%20are%20therefore%20required%2C%20and%20the%20Sisters%20have%20turned%20their%20gaze%20towards%20Africa.%20With%20peak%20oil%2C%20wars%20in%20the%20Middle%20East%2C%20and%20the%20rise%20in%20crude%20prices%2C%20Africa%20is%20the%20oil%20companies%E2%80%99%20new%20battleground.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%E2%80%9CEverybody%20thought%20there%20could%20be%20oil%20in%20Sudan%20but%20nobody%20knew%20anything.%20It%20was%20revealed%20through%20exploration%20by%20the%20American%20company%20Chevron%2C%20towards%20the%20end%20of%20the%2070s.%20And%20that%20was%20the%20beginning%20of%20the%20second%20civil%20war%2C%20which%20went%20on%20until%202002.%20It%20lasted%20for%2019%20years%20and%20cost%20a%20million%20and%20a%20half%20lives%20and%20the%20oil%20business%20was%20at%20the%20heart%20of%20it.%E2%80%9D%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E-%20Gerard%20Prunier%2C%20a%20historian%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EBut%20the%20real%20story%2C%20the%20secret%20story%20of%20oil%2C%20begins%20far%20from%20Africa.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EIn%20their%20bid%20to%20dominate%20Africa%2C%20the%20Sisters%20installed%20a%20king%20in%20Libya%2C%20a%20dictator%20in%20Gabon%2C%20fought%20the%20nationalisation%20of%20oil%20resources%20in%20Algeria%2C%20and%20through%20corruption%2C%20war%20and%20assassinations%2C%20brought%20Nigeria%20to%20its%20knees.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EOil%20may%20be%20flowing%20into%20the%20holds%20of%20huge%20tankers%2C%20but%20in%20Lagos%2C%20petrol%20shortages%20are%20chronic.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThe%20country%E2%80%99s%20four%20refineries%20are%20obsolete%20and%20the%20continent%E2%80%99s%20main%20oil%20exporter%20is%20forced%20to%20import%20refined%20petrol%20-%20a%20paradox%20that%20reaps%20fortunes%20for%20a%20handful%20of%20oil%20companies.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EEncouraged%20by%20the%20companies%2C%20corruption%20has%20become%20a%20system%20of%20government%20-%20some%20%2450bn%20are%20estimated%20to%20have%20%E2%80%98disappeared%E2%80%99%20out%20of%20the%20%24350bn%20received%20since%20independence.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EBut%20new%20players%20have%20now%20joined%20the%20great%20oil%20game.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EChina%2C%20with%20its%20growing%20appetite%20for%20energy%2C%20has%20found%20new%20friends%20in%20Sudan%2C%20and%20the%20Chinese%20builders%20have%20moved%20in.%20Sudan%E2%80%99s%20President%20Omar%20al-Bashir%20is%20proud%20of%20his%20co-operation%20with%20China%20-%20a%20dam%20on%20the%20Nile%2C%20roads%2C%20and%20stadiums.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EIn%20order%20to%20export%20500%2C000%20barrels%20of%20oil%20a%20day%20from%20the%20oil%20fields%20in%20the%20South%20-%20China%20financed%20and%20built%20the%20Heglig%20pipeline%20connected%20to%20Port%20Sudan%20-%20now%20South%20Sudan%E2%80%99s%20precious%20oil%20is%20shipped%20through%20North%20Sudan%20to%20Chinese%20ports.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EIn%20a%20bid%20to%20secure%20oil%20supplies%20out%20of%20Libya%2C%20the%20US%2C%20the%20UK%20and%20the%20Seven%20Sisters%20made%20peace%20with%20the%20once%20shunned%20Colonel%20Muammar%20Gaddafi%2C%20until%20he%20was%20killed%20during%20the%20Libyan%20uprising%20of%202011%2C%20but%20the%20flow%20of%20Libyan%20oil%20remains%20uninterrupted.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EIn%20need%20of%20funds%20for%20rebuilding%2C%20Libya%20is%20now%20back%20to%20pumping%20more%20than%20a%20million%20barrels%20of%20oil%20per%20day.%20And%20the%20Sisters%20are%20happy%20to%20oblige.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EEpisode%203%20-%20The%20Dancing%20Bear%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EIn%20the%20Caucasus%2C%20the%20US%20and%20Russia%20are%20vying%20for%20control%20of%20the%20region.%20The%20great%20oil%20game%20is%20in%20full%20swing.%20Whoever%20controls%20the%20Caucasus%20and%20its%20roads%2C%20controls%20the%20transport%20of%20oil%20from%20the%20Caspian%20Sea.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3ETbilisi%2C%20Erevan%20and%20Baku%20-%20the%20three%20capitals%20of%20the%20Caucasus.%20The%20oil%20from%20Baku%20in%20Azerbaijan%20is%20a%20strategic%20priority%C2%A0%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3Efor%20all%20the%20major%20companies.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EFrom%20the%20fortunes%20of%20the%20Nobel%20family%20to%20the%20Russian%20revolution%2C%20to%20World%20War%20II%2C%20oil%20from%20the%20Caucasus%20and%20the%20Caspian%20has%20played%20a%20central%20role.%20Lenin%20fixated%20on%20conquering%20the%20Azeri%20capital%20Baku%20for%20its%20oil%2C%20as%20did%20Stalin%20and%20Hitler.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EOn%20his%20birthday%20in%201941%2C%20Adolf%20Hitler%20received%20a%20chocolate%20and%20cream%20birthday%20cake%2C%20representing%20a%20map.%20He%20chose%20the%20slice%20with%20Baku%20on%20it.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EOn%20June%2022nd%201941%2C%20the%20armies%20of%20the%20Third%20Reich%20invaded%20Russia.%20The%20crucial%20battle%20of%20Stalingrad%20was%20the%20key%20to%20the%20road%20to%20the%20Caucasus%20and%20Baku%E2%80%99s%20oil%2C%20and%20would%20decide%20the%20outcome%20of%20the%20war.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EStalin%20told%20his%20troops%3A%20%E2%80%9CFighting%20for%20one%E2%80%99s%20oil%20is%20fighting%20for%20one%E2%80%99s%20freedom.%E2%80%9D%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EAfter%20World%20War%20II%2C%20President%20Nikita%20Krushchev%20would%20build%20the%20Soviet%20empire%20and%20its%20Red%20Army%20with%20revenues%20from%20the%20USSR%E2%80%99s%20new-found%20oil%20reserves.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EDecades%20later%2C%20oil%20would%20bring%20that%20empire%20to%20its%20knees%2C%20when%20Saudi%20Arabia%20and%20the%20US%20would%20conspire%20to%20open%20up%20the%20oil%20taps%2C%20flood%20the%20markets%2C%20and%20bring%20the%20price%20of%20oil%20down%20to%20%2413%20per%20barrel.%20Russian%20oligarchs%20would%20take%20up%20the%20oil%20mantle%2C%20only%20to%20be%20put%20in%20their%20place%20by%20their%20president%2C%20Vladimir%20Putin%2C%20who%20knows%20that%20oil%20is%20power.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThe%20US%20and%20Putin%E2%80%98s%20Russia%20would%20prop%20up%20despots%2C%20and%20exploit%20regional%20conflicts%20to%20maintain%20a%20grip%20on%20the%20oil%20fields%20of%20the%20Caucusus%20and%20the%20Caspian.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EBut%20they%20would%20not%20have%20counted%20on%20the%20rise%20of%20a%20new%2C%20strong%20and%20hungry%20China%2C%20with%20an%20almost%20limitless%20appetite%20for%20oil%20and%20energy.%20Today%2C%20the%20US%2C%20Russia%20and%20China%20contest%20the%20control%20of%20the%20former%20USSR%E2%80%99s%20fossil%20fuel%20reserves%2C%20and%20the%20supply%20routes.%20A%20three-handed%20match%2C%20with%20the%20world%20as%20spectators%2C%20between%20three%20ferocious%20beasts%20%E2%80%93%20The%20American%20eagle%2C%20the%20Russian%20bear%2C%20and%20the%20Chinese%20dragon.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EEpisode%204%20-%20A%20Time%20for%20Lies%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EPeak%20oil%20%E2%80%93%20the%20point%20in%20time%20at%20which%20the%20highest%20rate%20of%20oil%20extraction%20has%20been%20reached%2C%20and%20after%20which%20world%20production%20will%20start%20decline.%20Many%20geologists%20and%20the%20International%20Energy%20Agency%20say%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20crude%20oil%20output%20reached%20its%20peak%20in%202006.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EBut%20while%20there%20may%20be%20less%20oil%20coming%20out%20of%20the%20ground%2C%20the%20demand%20for%20it%20is%20definitely%20on%20the%20rise.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThe%20final%20episode%20of%20this%20series%20explores%20what%20happens%20when%20oil%20becomes%20more%20and%20more%20inaccessible%2C%20while%20at%20the%20same%20time%2C%20new%20powers%20like%20China%20and%20India%20try%20to%20fulfill%20their%20growing%20energy%20needs.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EAnd%20countries%20like%20Iran%2C%20while%20suffering%20international%20sanctions%2C%20have%20welcomed%20these%20new%20oil%20buyers%2C%20who%20put%20business%20ahead%20of%20lectures%20on%20human%20rights%20and%20nuclear%20ambitions.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EAt%20the%20same%20time%2C%20oil-producing%20countries%20have%20had%20enough%20with%20the%20Seven%20Sisters%20controlling%20their%20oil%20assets.%20Nationalisation%20of%20oil%20reserves%20around%20the%20world%20has%20ushered%20in%20a%20new%20generation%20of%20oil%20companies%20all%20vying%20for%20a%20slice%20of%20the%20oil%20pie.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThese%20are%20the%20new%20Seven%20Sisters.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3ESaudi%20Arabia%E2%80%99s%20Saudi%20Aramco%2C%20the%20largest%20and%20most%20sophisticated%20oil%20company%20in%20the%20world%3B%20Russia%E2%80%99s%20Gazprom%2C%20a%20company%20that%20Russia%E2%80%99s%20President%20Vladimir%20Putin%20wrested%20away%20from%20the%20oligarchs%3B%20The%20China%20National%20Petroleum%20Corporation%20%28CNPC%29%2C%20which%2C%20along%20with%20its%20subsidiary%2C%20Petrochina%2C%20is%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20secnd%20largest%20company%20in%20terms%20of%20market%20value%3B%20The%20National%20Iranian%20Oil%20Company%2C%20which%20has%20a%20monopoly%20on%20exploration%2C%20extraction%2C%20transportation%20and%20exportation%20of%20crude%20oil%20in%20Iran%20%E2%80%93%20OPEC%E2%80%99s%20second%20largest%20oil%20producer%20after%20Saudi%20Arabia%3B%20Venezuela%E2%80%99s%20PDVSA%2C%20a%20company%20the%20late%20president%20Hugo%20Chavez%20dismantled%20and%20rebuilt%20into%20his%20country%E2%80%99s%20economic%20engine%20and%20part%20of%20his%20diplomatic%20arsenal%3B%20Brazil%E2%80%99s%20Petrobras%2C%20a%20leader%20in%20deep%20water%20oil%20production%2C%20that%20pumps%20out%202%20million%20barrels%20of%20crude%20oil%20a%20day%3B%20and%20Malaysia%E2%80%99s%20Petronas%20-%20Asia%E2%80%99s%20most%20profitable%20company%20in%202012.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EMainly%20state-owned%2C%20the%20new%20Seven%20Sisters%20control%20a%20third%20of%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20oil%20and%20gas%20production%2C%20and%20more%20than%20a%20third%20of%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20reserves.%20The%20old%20Seven%20Sisters%2C%20by%20comparison%2C%20produce%20a%20tenth%20of%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20oil%2C%20and%20control%20only%20three%20percent%20of%20the%20reserves.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EThe%20balance%20has%20shifted.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3C%2Fblockquote%3E"

 },
"49254286805":{"id":"49254286805","date":"2013-04-30","noteCount": "0 notes","url":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/post/49254286805/gazetaoriental-theatlantic-how-qaddafi-reshaped","rebloggingUrl":"http://www.tumblr.com/reblog/49254286805/4bpjxUPv","reblog":"","hasTags":"",
"permalinkPage":"",

"type":"text","title":"gazetaoriental%3A%20theatlantic%3A%20How%20Qaddafi%20Reshaped%20Africa%20As%20a%26%238230%3B","body":"%3Cp%3E%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fdlvr.it%2F3JVQFy%22%3Ehttp%3A%2F%2Fdlvr.it%2F3JVQFy%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fp%3E"

 },
"49251273769":{"id":"49251273769","date":"2013-04-30","noteCount": "63 notes","url":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/post/49251273769/gazetaoriental-theatlantic-how-qaddafi","rebloggingUrl":"http://www.tumblr.com/reblog/49251273769/32EjFQdF","reblog":"true",
"reblogParentUrl":"http://gazetaoriental.tumblr.com/post/49199222774/theatlantic-how-qaddafi-reshaped-africa-as-a","reblogParentName":"gazetaoriental","reblogSourceUrl":"http://theatlantic.tumblr.com/post/11691750371/how-qaddafi-reshaped-africa-as-a-deep-pocketed","reblogSourceName":"theatlantic","reblogSourceUrlHack":"http://theatlantic.tumblr.com/post/11691750371/how-qaddafi-reshaped-africa-as-a-deep-pocketed",
"hasTags":"",
"permalinkPage":"",

"type":"photo","body":"%3Cp%3E%3Ca%20class%3D%22tumblr_blog%22%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fgazetaoriental.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F49199222774%2Ftheatlantic-how-qaddafi-reshaped-africa-as-a%22%3Egazetaoriental%3C%2Fa%3E%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cblockquote%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Ca%20class%3D%22tumblr_blog%22%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ftheatlantic.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F11691750371%2Fhow-qaddafi-reshaped-africa-as-a-deep-pocketed%22%3Etheatlantic%3C%2Fa%3E%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cblockquote%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Finternational%2Farchive%2F2011%2F03%2Fhow-qaddafi-reshaped-africa%2F71861%2F%22%3EHow%20Qaddafi%20Reshaped%20Africa%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cblockquote%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Cspan%3EAs%20a%20deep-pocketed%20and%20sparsely%20populated%20state%20ever%20in%20need%20of%20labor%2C%20it%20has%20always%20made%20sense%20for%20Qaddafi%20to%20look%20south.%20Libya%20is%20far%20too%20small%20and%20peripheral%20for%20it%20to%20ever%20aspire%20to%20real%20influence%20in%20the%20Arab%20world.%20By%20comparison%2C%20the%20almost%20equally%20small%20but%20far%20poorer%20countries%20of%20nearby%20West%20Africa%2C%20wracked%20as%20they%20are%20with%20chronic%20misrule%20and%20instability%2C%20loom%20temptingly%20on%20the%20horizon%20as%20fruit%20ripe%20for%20picking.%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EWhatever%20our%20loose%20or%20flawed%20sense%20of%20geography%20tells%20us%2C%20things%20have%20always%20been%20thus.%20For%20at%20least%201%2C000%20years%2C%20Morocco%E2%80%99s%20kingdoms%20have%20periodically%20thrust%20southward%2C%20establishing%20shape-shifting%20realms%20from%20present-day%20Niger%20all%20the%20way%20to%20Senegal.%C2%A0%3Cbr%2F%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EQaddafi%E2%80%99s%20big%20idea%20was%20to%20meld%20a%20modern%2C%20anti-Western%2C%20anti-imperial%20discourse%20with%20an%20impassioned%20pan-Africanism%2C%20an%20ideal%20that%20still%20resonates%20deeply%20across%20the%20continent.%C2%A0%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3C%2Fblockquote%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Cspan%3EHoward%20French%2C%20writing%20in%3Cem%3E%20The%20Atlantic%3C%2Fem%3E%20in%20March.%20%3Cstrong%3E%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Finternational%2Farchive%2F2011%2F03%2Fhow-qaddafi-reshaped-africa%2F71861%2F%22%3ERead%20more.%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Cem%3E%28Image%3A%20Alex%20Hoyt%29%3C%2Fem%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3C%2Fblockquote%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Cstrong%3EAbout%20Atlantic%20Magazine%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Ciframe%20frameborder%3D%220%22%20marginheight%3D%220%22%20marginwidth%3D%220%22%20scrolling%3D%22no%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Frcm.amazon.com%2Fe%2Fcm%3Ft%3Dgazetaoriental-20%26amp%3Bo%3D1%26amp%3Bp%3D8%26amp%3Bl%3Das1%26amp%3Basins%3DB000IMVNQU%26amp%3Bref%3Dtf_til%26amp%3Bfc1%3D000000%26amp%3BIS2%3D1%26amp%3Blt1%3D_blank%26amp%3Bm%3Damazon%26amp%3Blc1%3D4D4D66%26amp%3Bbc1%3DFFFFFF%26amp%3Bbg1%3DFFFFFF%26amp%3Bf%3Difr%22%3E%3C%2Fiframe%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3C%2Fblockquote%3E","photo":"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltd7ka5S9Z1qcokc4o1_500.jpg","photoSmall":"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltd7ka5S9Z1qcokc4o1_75sq.jpg","photoLarge":"http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltd7ka5S9Z1qcokc4o1_1280.jpg","downloadCaption":"Download","photoAlt":"gazetaoriental%3A%0A%0Atheatlantic%3A%0A%0AHow%20Qaddafi%20Reshaped%20Africa%0A%0AAs%20a%20deep-pocketed%20and%20sparsely%20populated%20state%20ever%20in%20need%20of%20labor%2C%20it%20has%20always%20made%20sense%20for%20Qaddafi%20to%20look%20south.%20Libya%20is%20far%20too%20small%20and%20peripheral%20for%20it%20to%20ever%20aspire%20to%20real%20influence%20in%20the%20Arab%20world.%20By%20comparison%2C%20the%20almost%20equally%20small%20but%20far%20poorer%20countries%20of%20nearby%20West%20Africa%2C%20wracked%20as%20they%20are%20with%20chronic%20misrule%20and%20instability%2C%20loom%20temptingly%20on%20the%20horizon%20as%20fruit%20ripe%20for%20picking.Whatever%20our%20loose%20or%20flawed%20sense%20of%20geography%20tells%20us%2C%20things%20have%20always%20been%20thus.%20For%20at%20least%201%2C000%20years%2C%20Morocco%26rsquo%3Bs%20kingdoms%20have%20periodically%20thrust%20southward%2C%20establishing%20shape-shifting%20realms%20from%20present-day%20Niger%20all%20the%20way%20to%20Senegal.%26nbsp%3BQaddafi%26rsquo%3Bs%20big%20idea%20was%20to%20meld%20a%20modern%2C%20anti-Western%2C%20anti-imperial%20discourse%20with%20an%20impassioned%20pan-Africanism%2C%20an%20ideal%20that%20still%20resonates%20deeply%20across%20the%20continent.%26nbsp%3B%0A%0AHoward%20French%2C%20writing%20in%20The%20Atlantic%20in%20March.%20Read%20more.%0A%28Image%3A%20Alex%20Hoyt%29%0A%0AAbout%20Atlantic%20Magazine%3A%0A%0A"

 },
"49178281297":{"id":"49178281297","date":"2013-04-29","noteCount": "0 notes","url":"http://spiderminds.tumblr.com/post/49178281297/introduction-a-world-of-thieves-and-warriors-isn","rebloggingUrl":"http://www.tumblr.com/reblog/49178281297/OiOiwyfE","reblog":"","hasTags":"",
"permalinkPage":"",

"type":"link","link":"http://isn.ethz.ch/isn/Digital-Library/Articles/Special-Feature/Detail/?lng=en&id=163226&tabid=1454267531&contextid774=163226&contextid775=163229","title":"Introduction%3A%20A%20World%20of%20Thieves%20and%20Warriors%20%2F%20ISN","body":"%3Cp%3E%3Cp%20class%3D%22bold%22%3EOrganized%20crime%20has%20always%20been%20part%20of%20human%20society%2C%20but%20it%20has%20never%20been%20so%20extensive%2C%20dynamic%20or%20pervasive.%20Today%20we%20begin%20to%20examine%20the%20%E2%80%98political-criminal%20market%E2%80%99%20%E2%80%93%20a%20global%20market%20that%20has%20seen%20extraordinary%20growth%20in%20the%20post-Cold%20War%20period.%3C%2Fp%3E%3C%2Fp%3E"

 },
"":{} }}