Blood for Uranium Is the Sequel to Blood for Oil by Greg Palast

[G_j]

http://m.vice.com/en_uk/read/drones-and-blood-are-the-price-of-nuclear-power



Blood for Uranium Is the Sequel to Blood for Oil
by Greg Palast

Put these three things together:

1 – Despite President Barack Obama’s public announcement that he’s swearing off his addiction to drone strikes, The Drone Ranger has authorised a new drone base in the African nation of Niger.

2 – In May 2010, Obama sent Congress a bill to purchase body armour and landmine-proof vehicles for our troops in Afghanistan. Hidden in the quickly-passed emergency measure: a $9 billion (£5.9 billion) loan guarantee for constructing nuclear power plants in Texas, Georgia, Maryland and South Carolina.

3 – Last week, two suicide attacks killed at least 30 at mine sites in Niger. The attacks were claimed by the Islamist group Those Who Sign with Blood, joined by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, an al-Qaeda affiliate.

Niger doesn’t seem much like a place worth fighting over. Its people are so poor they can’t afford a coastline, just desert surrounded by more desert. They survive on 2,300 calories a day, though not for very long – most don’t live to 55.

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[Octafish]

1. Africa is like the Old West

The one from "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," where the settlers kill off the Native American warriors and send the survivors to a reservation. Once there, oil is discovered and they get killed and kicked off again to a new reservation. Once there, gold is discovered and they get killed and kicked off again to a new reservation. Once there, uranium is discovered and they get killed and kicked off again to a new reservation. Except it's in Africa.