Kwesi Pratt: Is Ghana's Army Psychologically Prepared For The Malian War?

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Akwasi Pee 12 years ago

This ipratting idiot pokes his nose into matters that he is not competent to understand.Dies he understand the concept of international relations and agreements?Who mandated him to decide for national armies?Who made him a sp ...
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This ipratting idiot pokes his nose into matters that he is not competent to understand.Dies he understand the concept of international relations and agreements?Who mandated him to decide for national armies?Who made him a spokesman for the Ghana army?Isn't it time for this so-called journalist to stop commenting on issues that he is not fit to understand?Is he a military commander or a soldier?What a jerk!
OLD SOLDIER 12 years ago

Author: AKONOBA--

JOHN MAHAMA KILLED MILS. YOU DENIED MILS WAS SICK ALL THESE YEARS. YOU COMPELLED MILS TO STAND FOR A SECOND TERM KNOWING VERY WELL THAT MILS WAS NOT FIT TO CONTEST. YOU HID FROM GHANAIANS THE TRUE STATE ...
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Author: AKONOBA--

JOHN MAHAMA KILLED MILS. YOU DENIED MILS WAS SICK ALL THESE YEARS. YOU COMPELLED MILS TO STAND FOR A SECOND TERM KNOWING VERY WELL THAT MILS WAS NOT FIT TO CONTEST. YOU HID FROM GHANAIANS THE TRUE STATE OF THE HEALTH OF OUR PRESIDENT. YOU ADVISED HIM TO JOG AT THE AIRPORT. YOU ALLOWED MILS TO WORK AT THE EXPENSE OF HIS HEALTH COMMISSIONING PROJECTS INSTEAD OF MILS RESTING. NDC KILLED MILS. GHANAIANS MUST NOT FORGIVE NDC FOR KILLING OUR PRESIDENT. GHANAIANS MUST VOTE NDC OUT COME DEC. IF NDC CAN HIDE MILS TRUE HEALTH STATUS ALL THESE YEARS FROM GHANAIANS THEN HOW CAN YOU TELL US THE TRUE STATE OF THE ECONOMY.
Teacher 12 years ago

But Pratt, you are just a coward. There is risk in everything even pooping. This situation is not a matter for such disdainful journalist. Mr Big Wide Mouth...just shut up!!! Get these saying and be hold up your head. As the ...
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But Pratt, you are just a coward. There is risk in everything even pooping. This situation is not a matter for such disdainful journalist. Mr Big Wide Mouth...just shut up!!! Get these saying and be hold up your head. As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger....If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Big Mouth Man, I guess YOU ARE coward. Coward is the One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.”
Don Blunt 12 years ago

No need to elaborate on current situation in neigbouring African countries, and carefully questioning the integrity of our Ghanaian Leaders and stakeholders, why should anybody (in control of their senses) think of defending ...
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No need to elaborate on current situation in neigbouring African countries, and carefully questioning the integrity of our Ghanaian Leaders and stakeholders, why should anybody (in control of their senses) think of defending Ghana in a probable situation like Mali today?
samu uk 12 years ago

Since when this ugly fool become an security/defense adviser. he likes pecking his beak on anything he comes across. is time for you to shut.it.up.

Since when this ugly fool become an security/defense adviser. he likes pecking his beak on anything he comes across. is time for you to shut.it.up.
KWASI RATT 12 years ago

Is this the time to ask this stupid question? This kwasi ratt thinks he is wise but he is actually a super dumb. This is like asking " is the pregnant woman prepared to give birth"? She must. If anyone thinks he's wise, let h ...
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Is this the time to ask this stupid question? This kwasi ratt thinks he is wise but he is actually a super dumb. This is like asking " is the pregnant woman prepared to give birth"? She must. If anyone thinks he's wise, let him ask the question when needed not just attracting crowd. He should have find out way before they are deployed, not when they must go. What is a soldier doing not ready? what are they doing at the barracks besides practicing what they will do? Think deep, ratt.
william 12 years ago

What does he know about military preparedness! A jack of all trades ant expert of none! To think that he calls himself a pan-africanist! To forget that most Ghanaians (Akans and Northners )have Mali as ancestral home! To forg ...
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What does he know about military preparedness! A jack of all trades ant expert of none! To think that he calls himself a pan-africanist! To forget that most Ghanaians (Akans and Northners )have Mali as ancestral home! To forget Ghana's leading role in the region! Why was Nigeria a member of the Frontline States during the anti-apatheid struggle! What did Pres Nkrumah say at independence! Come on Kwesi Pratt, you can say better than that!!!!
Adams 12 years ago

Kwesi is a twerp! The Army do not need a Psychologist to prepare them for what they have devoted their lives for -- war.

Kwesi is a twerp! The Army do not need a Psychologist to prepare them for what they have devoted their lives for -- war.
kwadwo adam 12 years ago

the only wise in ghana has spoken

the only wise in ghana has spoken
TerriblY Spe cifiC 12 years ago

THEN CAN KWESI SEE THE MIGHT OF OUR MILITARY. THEY DON'T FEAR "ALL-DIE-BE-DIE" AND "AT ALL COST".

THEN CAN KWESI SEE THE MIGHT OF OUR MILITARY. THEY DON'T FEAR "ALL-DIE-BE-DIE" AND "AT ALL COST".

JATO 12 years ago

THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENTS MUST WATCH AKWASI PRATT,YAW BOATENG GYAN,AND THAT BATURI GUY OF AL-HAJJ NEWS PAPER,THEY ARE AGENTS OF THE ISAMISTS AND JIHADISTS.

THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENTS MUST WATCH AKWASI PRATT,YAW BOATENG GYAN,AND THAT BATURI GUY OF AL-HAJJ NEWS PAPER,THEY ARE AGENTS OF THE ISAMISTS AND JIHADISTS.
Mahmoud 12 years ago

I think contributing only 120 soldiers is very shameful. The number shouldn't have been less than 300 soldiers judging from the number of soldiers other less prosperous countries have contributed.

We used to hear people s ...
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I think contributing only 120 soldiers is very shameful. The number shouldn't have been less than 300 soldiers judging from the number of soldiers other less prosperous countries have contributed.

We used to hear people say that Africans love life so much and could not involve themselves in suicide bombing. But the Nigerian Boko Haram has proven that to be wrong. When cowards like Pratt think that we have nothing to do with what is happening in Mali, he should think again. Al-Qaeda doesn't know boundaries. They are transferring from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen to the Sahara Desert where you have weaker government. Al-Qaeda already has bases in Libya for training Jihads.
Amadou 12 years ago

Thank you from Mali. We don’t want the Islamists
and hope Ghana would support our wish. It is painful that some Ghanians only blame the West and not the real cause. Next time it can be Ghana
and the nly help you can get i ...
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Thank you from Mali. We don’t want the Islamists
and hope Ghana would support our wish. It is painful that some Ghanians only blame the West and not the real cause. Next time it can be Ghana
and the nly help you can get is for Al Queda aand Boko Haram.Hope you will love Sharia Law.
NYARKO U.S. 12 years ago

@ KWASI PRATT. GHANA ARMED FORFES ARE PSYCHOLOGICALLY ,PHISICALLY AND MORALLY READY FOR ANY EVENTUALITY .
THEY ARE EVER READY TO BE DEPLOYED IN AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY WHEN CALLED UP FOR PEACE KEEPING DUTIES.
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@ KWASI PRATT. GHANA ARMED FORFES ARE PSYCHOLOGICALLY ,PHISICALLY AND MORALLY READY FOR ANY EVENTUALITY .
THEY ARE EVER READY TO BE DEPLOYED IN AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY WHEN CALLED UP FOR PEACE KEEPING DUTIES.
GHANA ARMED FORCES IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY THE U.N. AS DISCIPLINED VERY ACTIVE AND FIRST RELIABLE SOLDIERS TO BE DEPLOYED IN TROUBLED SPOTS AROUND THE WORLD WHEN CALLED FOR DUTIES
MR. PRATT , BE PROUD OF THE KIND OF SOLDIERS WE HAVE TO SAVEGUARD THE NATION AND AROUND THE WORLD.
WE HAVE MOST VALUABLE MILITARY IN THE WORLD.
I AM VERY PROUD OF AND RESPECT GHANA ARMED FORCES.
NYARKO U.S. 12 years ago

correction 120 SOLDIERS ARE ENOUGH

correction 120 SOLDIERS ARE ENOUGH
OWUO 12 years ago

How can you asked a soldier is ready for war?And if not what is their duty? What is wrong with this foolish man?Is he real ghanaian? I can,t believed it.If they are not prepared?why you don,t keep them to make farming.Stupid ...
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How can you asked a soldier is ready for war?And if not what is their duty? What is wrong with this foolish man?Is he real ghanaian? I can,t believed it.If they are not prepared?why you don,t keep them to make farming.Stupid man.
BlindMan 12 years ago

Kwesi, you've gone ASTRAY on this one, and others are ready to DEVOUR you alive!
Freedom of the Press does not cover 'silly' rhetoric; the intelligence or the BNI, the security body of the Nation must have known, KPratt have ...
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Kwesi, you've gone ASTRAY on this one, and others are ready to DEVOUR you alive!
Freedom of the Press does not cover 'silly' rhetoric; the intelligence or the BNI, the security body of the Nation must have known, KPratt have gone passed his tolerance zone, this is the time he should be taken away for for an 'happy' hour discussions!
Kewsi Pratt may not be aware of his interference in security matters, and if not stopped, he'll continue to divulge on other matters; he must be scooped to the tea party exchanges. The only way he'll learn to walk in a straight line!
OZA 12 years ago

These Islamist jihads came from the middle east to North Africa, then from there to Mali....and then to Nigeria. They have a mission, and if we don't stop them they will soon be in Northern Ghana where sympathizers abound. I ...
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These Islamist jihads came from the middle east to North Africa, then from there to Mali....and then to Nigeria. They have a mission, and if we don't stop them they will soon be in Northern Ghana where sympathizers abound. I thought Kwasi Pratt knew better than that!
Kwasi 12 years ago

Kwesi Pratt, the prat, Mr.Know-all, when will Ghana army be preared ?.

Kwesi Pratt, the prat, Mr.Know-all, when will Ghana army be preared ?.
DER-GBAALE 12 years ago

This time round Mr. KWesi Pratt has it all wrong. Ghana cannot stay out of this. Whether we stay out or not the Jihadists for West Africa will eventually come for us. It is better to join others to nib in the bud the looming ...
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This time round Mr. KWesi Pratt has it all wrong. Ghana cannot stay out of this. Whether we stay out or not the Jihadists for West Africa will eventually come for us. It is better to join others to nib in the bud the looming danger being dangled in the fae of us all.

United Ghana 12 years ago

Yes, he's wrong. The Tuaregs may have legitimate grieviances, but, their struggle has now been totally hijacked by Islamists. If we do not stop them in Mali, We'll soon be fighting them in our beloved Ghana. This no time for ...
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Yes, he's wrong. The Tuaregs may have legitimate grieviances, but, their struggle has now been totally hijacked by Islamists. If we do not stop them in Mali, We'll soon be fighting them in our beloved Ghana. This no time for cowardice
Benefo 12 years ago

I see where Kwesi Pratt is coming from.The west can not support and defend their own through NATO when it comes to their strategic interest and then ask us to sacrifice our lives in defence of those interests.The AU pleaded w ...
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I see where Kwesi Pratt is coming from.The west can not support and defend their own through NATO when it comes to their strategic interest and then ask us to sacrifice our lives in defence of those interests.The AU pleaded with Nato when france and uk attacked libya just for their oil using flimsy excuses.They were warned that if they overthrow Gadafi there is the possibility of destabilizing the region they refused.To day what is happening in Mali is a fall out their conquest.At the first of their war against libya when asked why Africa was not represented they said they don't mind whether we are represented or not.Now they want us to help them fight against militant Islam because it is in their interest to do so.When can we act independently in the name of Africa and only in Africa's interest.
DER-GBAALE 12 years ago

Yes you have a point about France and Britain attacking Libya. What you have overlooked is the fact that if the Libyans themselves had not taken arms against Gaddafi France and Britain would not have intervened. The Governmen ...
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Yes you have a point about France and Britain attacking Libya. What you have overlooked is the fact that if the Libyans themselves had not taken arms against Gaddafi France and Britain would not have intervened. The Governments of the developed world intervened when Gaddafi had vowed to slaughter innocent citizens in and around Benghazzi who wanted a seccession from Libya. It was therefore more in the interest of Libyans than the interests of France and Britain.
In Mali, when the Tuaregs who are demanding independence from South of Mali, seized the northern part, there was no move from France. It was only when they began military campaigns to the south of Mali with the intention of eventually conquering the whole of Mali that France acted to stop them. If you have been following the news, the Malians were the happiest people when France intervened. Already the imposed Sharia Law was taking a toll on them. Initially the Malians said they would resist any African forces coming into Mali. Now they are happy the sub region is going to assist. Yes it is not only in the interest of France that they intervened. It is in the interest of all of us. I for one was fearing that after taking on Mali, as their movement is Jihad for West Africa, they would eventually come to Burkina Faso and to Ghana. And please never say it would not happen in Ghana.
Benefo 12 years ago

The eastern region of libya with its capital Benghazi was a hot bed of militant islam who had being in opposition to Gadafi for a long time.When the west armed them to rise against gadafi it was only a ploy for them to implem ...
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The eastern region of libya with its capital Benghazi was a hot bed of militant islam who had being in opposition to Gadafi for a long time.When the west armed them to rise against gadafi it was only a ploy for them to implement their agenda of having access to libyan oil.Using the uprising in the east as an excuse,they quickly step in to ensure the overthrow of Gadafi ignoring advice that it will not be in the interest of the west and the region.The AU wanted to be given the opportunity to resolve the libyan crisis but the west refused.Infact Africa as a continent was snubbed by the west.My argument is not against stopping the jihad-is but that this militants are a direct fall out of the Libyan invasion and a problem created by the west.The so called Arab spring is now biting back and would potentially plunge the region in turmoil which will affect the geo strategic interest of france and therefore the west.

Africa must must identify its interest and organize itself to solve problems concerning Africa but not to allow the problems to be imposed on us by western interest.
Nyorkopio 12 years ago

Interesting analysis. At the base of all the conflicting strategic interests of Europeans and Africans alike, is the question of how to ensure that Rule of Law continues to evolve and become entrenched around the globe. With ...
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Interesting analysis. At the base of all the conflicting strategic interests of Europeans and Africans alike, is the question of how to ensure that Rule of Law continues to evolve and become entrenched around the globe. With this in mind, it is in the interest of Africans to join forces with the rest of the world to root out outlaws and fanatics who choose to impose their will on the free people of this world. For me, when you take off the cloak called "Tuaregs; Al Qaieda; coup plotters etc", you will end up with the same entity that plagues peace loving people. That entity is any person or persons who work against the rule of law. Such entities work against freedom and justice. The world must deal with these entities in order to minimize chaos and promote peace. That is a good reason why Ghana should join those who seek stability in Mali and West Africa.
Gracie 12 years ago

Impressive posting ! Thank you !

Impressive posting ! Thank you !
Nyorkopio 12 years ago

You are most welcome Gracie. Thank you as well.

You are most welcome Gracie. Thank you as well.
zola 12 years ago

WHAT A BIG JERK.LOOK AT HIS MOUTH.I HATE PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

WHAT A BIG JERK.LOOK AT HIS MOUTH.I HATE PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
ackah , donkorkrom 12 years ago

'dze wo fie asem' people complained dis tim we are goin n another complain wht should we do now o ghanians

'dze wo fie asem' people complained dis tim we are goin n another complain wht should we do now o ghanians
ackah , donkorkrom 12 years ago

'dze wo fie asem' people complained dis tim we are goin n another complain wht should we do now o ghanians

'dze wo fie asem' people complained dis tim we are goin n another complain wht should we do now o ghanians

ackah , donkorkrom 12 years ago

'dze wo fie asem' people complained dis tim we are goin n another complain wht should we do now o ghanians

'dze wo fie asem' people complained dis tim we are goin n another complain wht should we do now o ghanians
KANEWU 12 years ago

GHANAIAN "LEADERS" ARE DOWNRIGHT STUPID.

MALI WILL BE THE LAST AFRICAN COUNTRY TO CONTRIBUTE TROOPS TO GHANA IF GHANA WERE IN THAT SITUATION, AND THE HISTORICAL FACTS ARE THERE FOR ALL TO PLAYBACK.

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GHANAIAN "LEADERS" ARE DOWNRIGHT STUPID.

MALI WILL BE THE LAST AFRICAN COUNTRY TO CONTRIBUTE TROOPS TO GHANA IF GHANA WERE IN THAT SITUATION, AND THE HISTORICAL FACTS ARE THERE FOR ALL TO PLAYBACK.

IT'S ABOUT TIME GHANA'S "LEADERS" QUICKLY LEARNED THE COMMONSENSE RULES OF DIPLOMATIC RECIPROCITY.

IT DOESN'T TAKE A PHD IN ROCKET SCIENCE TO ACQUIRE THAT COMMONSENSE KNOWLEDGE OR RECIPROCITY.

ALMOST ALL THE NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND THOSE IN THE SAHEL REGION OF AFRICA IDENTIFY WITH AFRICA ONLY WHEN IT SUITS THEM. THOSE COUNTRIES ARE MORE ALIGNED TO THE GULF COUNTRIES AND "THE WEST" FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

PERHAPS, GHANA'S BRAINLESS "LEADERS" SHOULD START CONSIDERING "LEADING BY EXAMPLE" BY CONSCRIPTING MEMBERS OF THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES TO SUCH INTERNATIONAL "PEACE-KEEPING" WAR ZONES.

THEY'LL LIVE TO TELL THE TALE IF ANY OF THEIR CONSCRIPTED FAMILY MEMBERS GETS KILLED OR MAIMED FOR LIFE.
Clarence Hedzolleh 12 years ago

It is abundantly clear that the brainless and stupid one here is you, Kanewu. You have displayed a lack of understanding of the issues at stake to such a phenomenal proportion that I believe no reasonable person should assoc ...
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It is abundantly clear that the brainless and stupid one here is you, Kanewu. You have displayed a lack of understanding of the issues at stake to such a phenomenal proportion that I believe no reasonable person should associate himself or herself with the ridiculous position you espouse. Don't use the facelessness of the web to insult our leaders. If you are better than they are, why haven't you offered yourself as a wise alternative leader for us to vote for you? You are an utter disgrace to your family, particularly those who sacrificed their hard-earned resources to see you through some kind of education. Maggot!!!
KANEWU 12 years ago

HEDZOLLEH! WHAT'S YOUR REAL NAME BY THE WAY.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ARGENTINIAN WAR SHIP, AND WHAT WAS GHANA'S GAIN FOR SENSELESSLY DETAINING THAT WAR SHIP AT THE LOSS OF TEMA PORT'S REVENUE FOR THE PERIOD OF DETENTION?

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HEDZOLLEH! WHAT'S YOUR REAL NAME BY THE WAY.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ARGENTINIAN WAR SHIP, AND WHAT WAS GHANA'S GAIN FOR SENSELESSLY DETAINING THAT WAR SHIP AT THE LOSS OF TEMA PORT'S REVENUE FOR THE PERIOD OF DETENTION?

THAT STUPID ACT COULD HAVE CAUSED GHANA A LOT OF AVOIDABLE NONESENSE HAD THE ARGENTINIAN GOVERNMENT REACTED.

DON'T BEHAVE LIKE A SCUMBAG WHO DOES NOT APPRECIATE THE THE HISTORICAL FACTS "ON THE GROUND" TO KNOW HOW USELESS GHANA'S LEADERS HAVE BEEN.

HOW MUCH SHARE DOES GHANA GOVERNMENT GET FROM THE NATION'S OFF-SHORE CRUDE OIL? 10%. FUNNY!! ISN'T IT?

DOES GHANA REFINE IT'S DERISORY 10% SHARE OF CRUDE OIL WHEN WE HAVE NKRUMAH'S TEMA OIL REFINERY CRYING OUT FOR RETRO-FIT AND EXPANSION? NONE.

I'LL NOT GO TOO FAR. JUST COMPARE DR. NKRUMAH'S PERFORMANCE TO THAT OF OTHER GHANA LEADERS, AND YOU'LL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NKRUMAH AND OTHER GHANA LEADERS.

NO WONDER THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY IS AT THE MERCY OF THE LIKES OF WOYOME AND OTHER "CONSULTANTS/CONTRACTORS", FOREIGN AND LOCAL.

WOYOME RECENTLY SAID HE'LL BE VINDICATED, AND HE KNEW EXACTLY WHY HE SAID THAT. BECAUSE HE KNOWS GHANAIAN LEADERS ARE DOWNRIGHT USELESS, YOU FOOL!!
Clarence Hedzolleh 12 years ago

You have now convincingly manifested your stupidity beyond measure. Obviously, hiding behind Kanewu and asking me my real name makes you a BIGGER FOOL!!! Maggot!!!

You have now convincingly manifested your stupidity beyond measure. Obviously, hiding behind Kanewu and asking me my real name makes you a BIGGER FOOL!!! Maggot!!!
BOLD 12 years ago

I support you 100%. You are as BOLD as I am!

I support you 100%. You are as BOLD as I am!
KANEWU 12 years ago

HEDZOLEH! EVER HEARD THE EXPRESION, BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHERS FLOCK TOGETHER?

THAT'S WHY I'LL NEVER ASSOCIATE WITH GHANA'S LEADERS.

HEDZOLEH! EVER HEARD THE EXPRESION, BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHERS FLOCK TOGETHER?

THAT'S WHY I'LL NEVER ASSOCIATE WITH GHANA'S LEADERS.
Clarence Hedzolleh 12 years ago

Did you do 'Comprehension' in school? Who asked you to associate your evil self with our leaders? Go back and read what I wrote in response to your poorly-thought-of write-up. Shame. Dirty, stinking fellow.

Did you do 'Comprehension' in school? Who asked you to associate your evil self with our leaders? Go back and read what I wrote in response to your poorly-thought-of write-up. Shame. Dirty, stinking fellow.
Deen jahman 12 years ago

Idiot you

Idiot you
KANEWU 12 years ago

DEEN!

ONLY NINCOMPOOPS LIKE YOU DO NOT SEE AND KNOW HOW USELESS GHANA'S LEADERS ARE.

TRAVEL AND SEE THE PERFORMANCE OF OTHER LEADERS.

THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

DEEN!

ONLY NINCOMPOOPS LIKE YOU DO NOT SEE AND KNOW HOW USELESS GHANA'S LEADERS ARE.

TRAVEL AND SEE THE PERFORMANCE OF OTHER LEADERS.

THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
BOLD 12 years ago

Again, I support you 100%. Ghanaian leaders are useless. See how they allow foreigners to dig our gold free of charge when our people are starving and destroying the environments. They are worthless beyond description and any ...
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Again, I support you 100%. Ghanaian leaders are useless. See how they allow foreigners to dig our gold free of charge when our people are starving and destroying the environments. They are worthless beyond description and anyone who supports them is just as useless.
j .p brooks 12 years ago

they can talk in peace not fighting

they can talk in peace not fighting
sokatoa007 12 years ago

you are right. all the wars fought in africa so far have not witnesses mali's presence during peacekeeping. so why cant we step down and think twice.

you are right. all the wars fought in africa so far have not witnesses mali's presence during peacekeeping. so why cant we step down and think twice.
alhajj bangs 12 years ago

kwesi prat in ghana kwesi prat in mali kwesi prat everywhere.

kwesi prat in ghana kwesi prat in mali kwesi prat everywhere.
Atta K, London 12 years ago

Kwasi Pratt is behaving like the proverbial 'Nam da ji' character my daddy used to talk about. A rebellious character who will always take opposing side of things ie. Go home and he will head for the bush, go to the bush and ...
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Kwasi Pratt is behaving like the proverbial 'Nam da ji' character my daddy used to talk about. A rebellious character who will always take opposing side of things ie. Go home and he will head for the bush, go to the bush and he will head home, sit down and he will stand up, stand up and he will sit down. Am sure he has not done any research on this Islamists groups operating in Mali else he would have known that we don't necessarily have to send troops to Mali before they attack us. They would do that anyway becos their agenda is the agenda of Al Qaida; to take over the whole world and turn it into a Caliphate and these groupings are the ones to do that job in the Sub Sahelian region, including Ghana. If K Pratt knows military strategy then he will have known that the best way to defend is to attack. Prevention is always better than sure. K Pratt school himself in a bit of international law and leave the experts to do their job. Period!
LOUIS 12 years ago

The Ghanaian soldier is always psyched up before he is launched into battle.Why is Kwasi Pratt bringing this into the public domain?

The Ghanaian soldier is always psyched up before he is launched into battle.Why is Kwasi Pratt bringing this into the public domain?
kpakpo 12 years ago

Gen. Arnold Quainoo is waiting to be sent there . i learned that the government is sending his as head of the Ghanaian army team. his deeds in Liberia was a noble one. he is the best army personnel Ghana has ever sent to peac ...
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Gen. Arnold Quainoo is waiting to be sent there . i learned that the government is sending his as head of the Ghanaian army team. his deeds in Liberia was a noble one. he is the best army personnel Ghana has ever sent to peace keeping. rebel leader prince johnson scared the hell out of Quainoo to the extent that Quainoo forgot everything he learned as a soldier and allowed Johnson to capture and Doe while gen. Quainoo hid himself underneath a table . after doe was captured, Quainoo remained shaken for days . all he said was Nyame bekyere.
loco 12 years ago

you are a fool, ghana is not in west africa?idiot

you are a fool, ghana is not in west africa?idiot
Atta K, London 12 years ago

The Public Relations Dept should come out to let K Pratt know now that he is an educated ignoramus. Ghana Army don't need him to question the readiness and psyching capabilities of the command structure of their troops for wa ...
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The Public Relations Dept should come out to let K Pratt know now that he is an educated ignoramus. Ghana Army don't need him to question the readiness and psyching capabilities of the command structure of their troops for war. It is in their motto; 'Ready at all times, by land, by sea and by air;' in case you have not seen it before. High Morale, Ghana Army!!! K Pratt, YOU DARE NOT! DON'T TRY! STICK TO YOUR TUNNEL VISION JOURNALISM OF OPPOSING FOR OPPOSING SAKE!!
Ga 12 years ago

Where is Ghana ? In Europe, Asia, North Africa ? Do you know the meaning of ECOWAS , Economic Community of West African States. Guess what Ghana is a member is located in west Africa !
Go back to school before posting and em ...
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Where is Ghana ? In Europe, Asia, North Africa ? Do you know the meaning of ECOWAS , Economic Community of West African States. Guess what Ghana is a member is located in west Africa !
Go back to school before posting and embarass Ghana.
Abudu i Adam 12 years ago

IT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS.

THIS WAR WAS CREATED BY THE FRANCE , THE US , CANADA , BRITAIN & NATO

LET'S THEM HANDLE IT ,

IT'S THE WEST IDEA TO DESTABILIZE AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND CONTINUE THEIR IMPERIALIST , COLONIZATI ...
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IT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS.

THIS WAR WAS CREATED BY THE FRANCE , THE US , CANADA , BRITAIN & NATO

LET'S THEM HANDLE IT ,

IT'S THE WEST IDEA TO DESTABILIZE AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND CONTINUE THEIR IMPERIALIST , COLONIZATION OF AFRICAN RESOURCES .

ALL ACROSS THE CONTINENT POCKETS OF CONFLICTS EVERYWHERE, WHY ? THESE ARE THE NEO IMPREIALIST AGENDA'S
Atta K, London 12 years ago

Don't throw dust into our eyes, Abudu. Either you are also a terrorist or an ignoramus who is also caught up in the tunnel vision of seeing the West behind every problem they are facing including their bedwetting. Grow up and ...
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Don't throw dust into our eyes, Abudu. Either you are also a terrorist or an ignoramus who is also caught up in the tunnel vision of seeing the West behind every problem they are facing including their bedwetting. Grow up and know that amputations, summary executions of Malian citizens among others, destruction of ancient records of Islamic civilization in Timbuktu was not done by America, France nor Britain and cannot be tolerated in this 21st century. It will take us to the dark ages and this has to be stopped by any civilized, sane, right thinking person or nation.
Don Blunt 12 years ago

Truly, that Guy seems to wish to blindfold, or misinform his readers. But I am also of the opinion that he is just ignorant. We live to see what he will write when Jihardists take over parts of Ghana after we had mistaken the ...
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Truly, that Guy seems to wish to blindfold, or misinform his readers. But I am also of the opinion that he is just ignorant. We live to see what he will write when Jihardists take over parts of Ghana after we had mistaken them for normal Fulanis, and offered them our hospitality.
Ganty 12 years ago

The war was not created by France and any normal person is aware of that. The Islamists have terrorized Malians and destroyed Sacret heritage in Timbuktu. Sharia Law is pure evil.
I can tell from your name that you are sidin ...
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The war was not created by France and any normal person is aware of that. The Islamists have terrorized Malians and destroyed Sacret heritage in Timbuktu. Sharia Law is pure evil.
I can tell from your name that you are siding with the Islamists. We in Ghana do not want Islamists and terrorist pushing their stoneage belief on us.
Arthur 12 years ago

I am positive that Abudu is an Islamist as I have read his fanatic irrational posting before. This guy should be watched as he is no good for Ghana.

I am positive that Abudu is an Islamist as I have read his fanatic irrational posting before. This guy should be watched as he is no good for Ghana.
Abudu i Adam 12 years ago

DEFINE WHAT FANATISM IS ? EVERY GHANAIAN IS A FANATIC , WHY WORRY ABOUT THE WOLVES & HYENAS .

DEFINE WHAT FANATISM IS ? EVERY GHANAIAN IS A FANATIC , WHY WORRY ABOUT THE WOLVES & HYENAS .
Abudu i Adam 12 years ago

YES I AM A MUSLEM , NOT PASTORS THAT SLEEP WITH PEOPLE

YES I AM A MUSLEM , NOT PASTORS THAT SLEEP WITH PEOPLE
Gracie 12 years ago

What a precious Moslem you are ! Go back to school, and start learning proper religion. The prayer leaders, called Imams, are dangerous as we have experienced in EU, UK, USA and other parts of the world. Education in religion ...
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What a precious Moslem you are ! Go back to school, and start learning proper religion. The prayer leaders, called Imams, are dangerous as we have experienced in EU, UK, USA and other parts of the world. Education in religion in Universities before misleading people period.
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

A man goes to a Psychologist and says, "Doc I got a real problem, I can't stop thinking about sex."
The Psychologist says, "Well let's see what we can find out", and pulls out his ink blots. "What is this a picture of?" he a ...
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A man goes to a Psychologist and says, "Doc I got a real problem, I can't stop thinking about sex."
The Psychologist says, "Well let's see what we can find out", and pulls out his ink blots. "What is this a picture of?" he asks.

The man turns the picture upside down then turns it around and states, "That's a man and a woman on a bed making love."
The Psychologist says, "very interesting," and shows the next picture. "And what is this a picture of?"
The man looks and turns it in different directions and says, "That's a man and a woman on a bed making love."

The Psychologists tries again with the third ink blot, and asks the same question, "What is this a picture of?"
The patient again turns it in all directions and replies, "That's a man and a woman on a bed making love."

The Psychologist states, "Well, yes, you do seem to be obsessed with sex."
"Me!?" demands the patient. "You're the one who keeps showing me the dirty pictures!

The Army don't need any Psychologist to prepare them mentally.
DAN 12 years ago

everybody wants to kill a muslim terrorist!

everybody wants to kill a muslim terrorist!
Clarence Hedzolleh 12 years ago

The Tuareg rebels may have 'legitimate grievances'; but is that reasonable justification to take up arms and start destroying defenceless women, children and historical monuments? What a babaric action to address so-called ' ...
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The Tuareg rebels may have 'legitimate grievances'; but is that reasonable justification to take up arms and start destroying defenceless women, children and historical monuments? What a babaric action to address so-called 'legitimate grievances'!!!
Me 12 years ago

The fucking army came out to display their armaments to the whole of GHana that they have all it takes to do any battle, or was it just ready to battle NPP supporters? What they will be doing in Mali is what they ere employed ...
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The fucking army came out to display their armaments to the whole of GHana that they have all it takes to do any battle, or was it just ready to battle NPP supporters? What they will be doing in Mali is what they ere employed to do. So Pratt, do not ask stupid questions
Komla Geli 12 years ago

I believe all frican states are independent and soverein?? It took a long time for the UN to grant Africa's request to interven in Mali after, which it was estimated that African soldiers would be ready for the task in Septem ...
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I believe all frican states are independent and soverein?? It took a long time for the UN to grant Africa's request to interven in Mali after, which it was estimated that African soldiers would be ready for the task in September. Suddenly, without UN approval, France gets itself invited by Mali to precipitate action under the umbrage of the approval given to Africa.Now African soldiers are expected to follow the French time schedule like lackeys. As Kwesi rightly asks, are Ghanaian soldiers as ready as the French soldiers to fight a desert war at this time? Is Ghana prepared to face retaliation by radical Islamists on our oilfeilds, and drag it into the war against terrorism which, being an abstract concept, can continue till kingdom come, on an agenda that may now not necesarily be set by Africa/Ghana?
When the Osagyefo, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, suggested the setting up of the Africa High Command for addressing such exigencies with Africa's interest as the guiding principle, the idea was scoffed at by the West. The West broke the pandora's box in Lybia.The punishments are manifesting in Mali and the Tuareg region. They must contain the dangerous contents the have let loose.Remember that Algeria is now in trouble just for allowing French forces to use its airspace en route to Mali!
Atta K, London 12 years ago

Come on, Komla, don't be stupid! Could Mali have waited till September when African troops are supposed to be ready when already two of their cities including Diabally had fallen into the hands of these Islamists Jihadist ...
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Come on, Komla, don't be stupid! Could Mali have waited till September when African troops are supposed to be ready when already two of their cities including Diabally had fallen into the hands of these Islamists Jihadists and they were moving towards the capital Bamako. You will be a dreamer to wish for the best under these circumstances without a timely help like such as the French is giving. Circumstances that prevailed in Nkrumah's time (the cold war era) is no more with us but we are facing an era of Jihadism. Be real and know that Ghana can't behave like the proverbial ostrich, thinking this problem can't catch up with us. We need to lend a hand to nip it in the bud before it catches up with us. Thumbs up Ghana Army and High Morale!!!
ABU 12 years ago

if Ghana refuses or fails to conbtribute a contigent to battle this terrorists the latter will bring the war to Ghana and we cannot contain them,they are already over the places and just waiting to unleash the mayhem.Do you w ...
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if Ghana refuses or fails to conbtribute a contigent to battle this terrorists the latter will bring the war to Ghana and we cannot contain them,they are already over the places and just waiting to unleash the mayhem.Do you want to become moslem by force,be amputated of a limbor dress code detected to you?.I am a moslezm,and need none to dictate to me how to worship or live my life.Bring the war to them before they do the opposite.
aaaa9 12 years ago

You are now questionning the integrigty of our Army commanders identifying those who can represent Ghana in mail. What is your problem. if you have to say just keep your loud foul mouth firmly shut.

You are now questionning the integrigty of our Army commanders identifying those who can represent Ghana in mail. What is your problem. if you have to say just keep your loud foul mouth firmly shut.
Deen jahman 12 years ago

Support of a member group is a must. This is what troops train for. Ghana in support of this mission is the right thing to do. I feel sorry for others that think it is none of our business and we should stay out of it. Alway ...
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Support of a member group is a must. This is what troops train for. Ghana in support of this mission is the right thing to do. I feel sorry for others that think it is none of our business and we should stay out of it. Alway think of when the tables are turned. Deployment of troops is a must and the number should be increased. Our troops need to experience real life battles, in that way will have the knowledge and experience to train other troops in the future.
MIZZY 12 years ago

wishful thinking.are we powerful in west africa or are we powerless?what are we?it can happen in ghana and if so who do you expect to come to our aid?

wishful thinking.are we powerful in west africa or are we powerless?what are we?it can happen in ghana and if so who do you expect to come to our aid?
Showboy2 12 years ago

Kwasi have you quit folloowing the showboy? Nkrumah would have been running all over Africa galvanizing support for such a venture.

But I support you that we should "dzi yen fie asem". The Tuaregs may have legitimate conce ...
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Kwasi have you quit folloowing the showboy? Nkrumah would have been running all over Africa galvanizing support for such a venture.

But I support you that we should "dzi yen fie asem". The Tuaregs may have legitimate concerns, but doesn't? Ashantis have, Ewes have, Yorubas have, but should the Tuaregs be destroying 1000 year-old artifacts?

Should they be kidnapping foreigners?
What they are doing is criminal and primitive, but we should let the professional "Al Qaeda busters" to do the job, instead of sending our sojas as bullet stoppers.
K D 12 years ago

The Idiot has never been objective and thinks the only way to be popular in Ghana is to oppose to everything.

The Idiot has never been objective and thinks the only way to be popular in Ghana is to oppose to everything.
Kofi Kranbor 12 years ago

The old adage says " when the moustache is burning, the eyebrow must be worried". We are forgetting so soon how "a special group of Ghanaians" NOT REBELS, wish to vosit mayhem on the country for being losers in a common poli ...
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The old adage says " when the moustache is burning, the eyebrow must be worried". We are forgetting so soon how "a special group of Ghanaians" NOT REBELS, wish to vosit mayhem on the country for being losers in a common political game called elections? Who would have helped us if its always "di wofie asem?". The Ghana Army will never be prepared if they ever remain the glorified peacekeepers they are renounced to be. The Ghana security forces are the psycholigical, moral and professional reflection of what Ghanaians are. If anyone thinks they are not prepared to execute combat tasks, I am afraid Ghanaians as well as their perceived defenders will run at the first gunshot. Thats who we simply are-cowards!!
insight to the bone 12 years ago

the issue is that evil succeeds when good men do nothing and that is typical of the selection so far apart from the fact that intellectually all are inferior to the president so has secured poltroons who will do him bidding w ...
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the issue is that evil succeeds when good men do nothing and that is typical of the selection so far apart from the fact that intellectually all are inferior to the president so has secured poltroons who will do him bidding without challenging the merits ie easier to also steal. none of them could take a decision without calling a 500man committee or counsel hoping that at least one would oppose so like pointus Pilate they wash their hands of any blame for their non action and corruption . the old tricks of the incompetent and weak characters with no true leadership . yes capable men and women with no balls to act as they lack justice, wisdom and enlightenment
Abeiku - London 12 years ago

My friend they r right at our door step further more we r part of ECOWAS ... have d army been psychologically ready for unwanted coups in d past? Let's be real boss

My friend they r right at our door step further more we r part of ECOWAS ... have d army been psychologically ready for unwanted coups in d past? Let's be real boss
SLY 12 years ago

I disagree with Kwasi. Since Ghana is a member of ECOWAS we must contribute in any form; economically, socially, politcally and militarilly. We have to send at least one batallion supported by the air-force.

I disagree with Kwasi. Since Ghana is a member of ECOWAS we must contribute in any form; economically, socially, politcally and militarilly. We have to send at least one batallion supported by the air-force.
He's Right 12 years ago

We don't have the resources to fight these guys. Let the French deal with this. They started this mess in Libya without thinking about the consequences.

Let Mali deal with its own problems maybe we can working on developi ...
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We don't have the resources to fight these guys. Let the French deal with this. They started this mess in Libya without thinking about the consequences.

Let Mali deal with its own problems maybe we can working on developing our armed forces to deal with these emerging threats.
mawusi 12 years ago

It is not if our troops are psychologically prepared but if they are well equipped enough to fight these well-armed rebels. A soldier should always be psychologically prepared to fight as that is his profession. But the quest ...
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It is not if our troops are psychologically prepared but if they are well equipped enough to fight these well-armed rebels. A soldier should always be psychologically prepared to fight as that is his profession. But the question should be are they well armed and equipped to fight?This is not a peacekeeping mission but a combat mission, we should bear in mind.
william 12 years ago

I agree with this concern because it is a shared challenge for the African contingents! But with support from our friends and partners, we shall overcome!

I agree with this concern because it is a shared challenge for the African contingents! But with support from our friends and partners, we shall overcome!
yk 12 years ago

MAHAMA WANTS TO PLEASE THE WEST.

MAHAMA WANTS TO PLEASE THE WEST.
Kweku Boateng Jnr 12 years ago

Funding the Republican Malian Armed Forces is one way of fighting the rebels without sending ill equpped troops to be driven to death in the Sahel-Saharan region.
Mahama's advisors should read: Timbuktu: A flame of Peace, 19 ...
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Funding the Republican Malian Armed Forces is one way of fighting the rebels without sending ill equpped troops to be driven to death in the Sahel-Saharan region.
Mahama's advisors should read: Timbuktu: A flame of Peace, 1998, unidir, Geneva. Mali is not Liberia or Sierra Leone. The conditions are extreme, dangerous and only Chadian, troops from Niger, Mauritania can stand and fight their brothers the rebels. Remember Colonel Gaddafy's invasion of Niger and its disastrous defeat. Comrade Kwesi is hundred per right.
william 12 years ago

Their Army is need of reforms!Remember their coup and what happened after. ECOWAS and international community are working on that. Meanwhile we must help check the terrorist advances. They are just next door!You are also und ...
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Their Army is need of reforms!Remember their coup and what happened after. ECOWAS and international community are working on that. Meanwhile we must help check the terrorist advances. They are just next door!You are also underestimating the experience of our troops!If the French are there the more reason why Africans should be there too, if not the first!!!
Whatever 12 years ago

I find this solidarity and support of a campaign to kill our african brothers in order for their own fellow brothers elsewhere to live difficult to take. What do you gain from killing one group of people in order for another ...
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I find this solidarity and support of a campaign to kill our african brothers in order for their own fellow brothers elsewhere to live difficult to take. What do you gain from killing one group of people in order for another to live?
www.panafricanistinternational.org 12 years ago

OFFICE OF THE ODIKRO
a companion of the black star!

The neocolonial states of West Africa are proclaiming themselves! If you have people like Alasane Ouattara and Blaise Campore calling the shots, what do you expect? Afri ...
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OFFICE OF THE ODIKRO
a companion of the black star!

The neocolonial states of West Africa are proclaiming themselves! If you have people like Alasane Ouattara and Blaise Campore calling the shots, what do you expect? African governments are doing the bidding of French imperialism, whilst others take advantage to facilitate the militarization of diplomacy in Africa!

We must open our eyes! Oppose this senseless war now! Where is it going to end? Who are behind the Islamists? Who are behind those who are behind the Islamists?

Forward Ever! Backwards Never!

For Life, the Environment, and Social Justice!

Nana Akyea Mensah, Ghana Steering Committee, P-AI, Social Media Campaigns | January 19, 2013
SocialMedia@panafricanistinternational.org - Pan-Africanist International - a grammar of Pan-Africanism and its manners of articulation! www.panafricanistinternational.org

PLEASE GOOGLE: The Geopolitical Reordering of Africa: US Covert Support to Al Qaeda in Northern Mali, France “Comes to the Rescue”

Posted on January 16, 2013 by nsnbc
The Geopolitical Reordering of Africa: US Covert Support to Al Qaeda in Northern Mali, France “Comes to the Rescue”

NATO funding, arming, while simultaneously fighting Al Qaeda from Mali to Syria

By Tony Cartalucci. (Globalresearch)

A deluge of articles have been quickly put into circulation defending France’s military intervention in the African nation of Mali. TIME’s article, “The Crisis in Mali: Will French Intervention Stop the Islamist Advance?” decides that old tricks are the best tricks, and elects the tiresome “War on Terror” narrative.TIME claims the intervention seeks to stop “Islamist” terrorists from overrunning both Africa and all of Europe. Specifically, the article states:

“…there is a (probably well-founded) fear in France that a radical Islamist Mali threatens France most of all, since most of the Islamists are French speakers and many have relatives in France. (Intelligence sources in Paris have told TIME that they’ve identified aspiring jihadis leaving France for northern Mali to train and fight.) Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), one of the three groups that make up the Malian Islamist alliance and which provides much of the leadership, has also designated France — the representative of Western power in the region — as a prime target for attack.”

What TIME elects not to tell readers is that Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is closely allied to the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG whom France intervened on behalf of during NATO’s 2011 proxy-invasion of Libya – providing weapons, training, special forces and even aircraft to support them in the overthrow of Libya’s government.

As far back as August of 2011, Bruce Riedel out of the corporate-financier funded think-tank, the Brookings Institution, wrote “Algeria will be next to fall,” where he gleefully predicted success in Libya would embolden radical elements in Algeria, in particular AQIM. Between extremist violence and the prospect of French airstrikes, Riedel hoped to see the fall of the Algerian government. Ironically Riedel noted:

Algeria has expressed particular concern that the unrest in Libya could lead to the development of a major safe haven and sanctuary for al-Qaeda and other extremist jihadis.

And thanks to NATO, that is exactly what Libya has become – a Western sponsored sanctuary for Al-Qaeda. AQIM’s headway in northern Mali and now French involvement will see the conflict inevitably spill over into Algeria. It should be noted that Riedel is a co-author of “Which Path to Persia?” which openly conspires to arm yet another US State Department-listed terrorist organization (list as #28), the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) to wreak havoc across Iran and help collapse the government there – illustrating a pattern of using clearly terroristic organizations, even those listed as so by the US State Department, to carry out US foreign policy.Geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar noted a more direct connection between LIFG and AQIM in an Asia Times piece titled, “How al-Qaeda got to rule in Tripoli:”

“Crucially, still in 2007, then al-Qaeda’s number two, Zawahiri, officially announced the merger between the LIFG and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb (AQIM). So, for all practical purposes, since then, LIFG/AQIM have been one and the same – and Belhaj was/is its emir. “

“Belhaj,” referring to Hakim Abdul Belhaj, leader of LIFG in Libya, led with NATO support, arms, funding, and diplomatic recognition, the overthrowing of Muammar Qaddafi and has now plunged the nation into unending racist and tribal, genocidal infighting. This intervention has also seen the rebellion’s epicenter of Benghazi peeling off from Tripoli as a semi-autonomous “Terror-Emirate.” Belhaj’s latest campaign has shifted to Syria where he was admittedly on the Turkish-Syrian border pledging weapons, money, and fighters to the so-called “Free Syrian Army,” again, under the auspices of NATO support.

Image: NATO’s intervention in Libya has resurrected listed-terrorist organization and Al Qaeda affiliate, LIFG. It had previously fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now has fighters, cash and weapons, all courtesy of NATO, spreading as far west as Mali, and as far east as Syria. The feared “global Caliphate” Neo-Cons have been scaring Western children with for a decade is now taking shape via US-Saudi, Israeli, and Qatari machinations, not “Islam.” In fact, real Muslims have paid the highest price in fighting this real “war against Western-funded terrorism.”

LIFG, which with French arms, cash, and diplomatic support, is now invading northern Syria on behalf of NATO’s attempted regime change there, officially merged with Al Qaeda in 2007 according to the US Army’s West Point Combating Terrorism Center (CTC). According to the CTC, AQIM and LIFG share not only ideological goals, but strategic and even tactical objectives. The weapons LIFG received most certainly made their way into the hands of AQIM on their way through the porous borders of the Sahara Desert and into northern Mali.

In fact, ABC News reported in their article, “Al Qaeda Terror Group: We ‘Benefit From’ Libyan Weapons,” that:

A leading member of an al Qaeda-affiliated terror group indicated the organization may have acquired some of the thousands of powerful weapons that went missing in the chaos of the Libyan uprising, stoking long-held fears of Western officials.”We have been one of the main beneficiaries of the revolutions in the Arab world,” Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a leader of the north Africa-based al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb [AQIM], told the Mauritanian news agency ANI Wednesday. “As for our benefiting from the [Libyan] weapons, this is a natural thing in these kinds of circumstances.”

It is no coincidence that as the Libyan conflict was drawing to a conclusion, conflict erupted in northern Mali. It is part of a premeditated geopolitical reordering that began with toppling Libya, and since then, using it as a springboard for invading other targeted nations, including Mali, Algeria, and Syria with heavily armed, NATO-funded and aided terrorists.

French involvement may drive AQIM and its affiliates out of northern Mali, but they are almost sure to end up in Algeria, most likely by design.

Algeria was able to balk subversion during the early phases of the US-engineered “Arab Spring” in 2011, but it surely has not escaped the attention of the West who is in the midst of transforming a region stretching from Africa to Beijing and Moscow’s doorsteps – and in a fit of geopolitical schizophrenia – using terrorists both as a casus belli to invade and as an inexhaustible mercenary force to do it...

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pratt foolish 12 years ago

u are nonsense if i was to be in Ghana i will have shown u how to prepare for war. u look silly saying this pratt, is the ghana army a boyscout?

u are nonsense if i was to be in Ghana i will have shown u how to prepare for war. u look silly saying this pratt, is the ghana army a boyscout?
Ganty 12 years ago

Are Ghana men wimps ? Look at the men from Chad, Nigeria, Niger who already are helping their brothers in need. Who will help Ghana when we are in need.
The army should also go to Nima and raid the mosques where the Imams a ...
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Are Ghana men wimps ? Look at the men from Chad, Nigeria, Niger who already are helping their brothers in need. Who will help Ghana when we are in need.
The army should also go to Nima and raid the mosques where the Imams are brainwashing young people.
mind-u 12 years ago

poor kwesi pratt is worrie about who is going to protect him incase somthing happen in ghana coward people in help

poor kwesi pratt is worrie about who is going to protect him incase somthing happen in ghana coward people in help
Ebo 12 years ago

Its a useless army. Need to turn it into a police force.

Its a useless army. Need to turn it into a police force.
NYARKO U.S. 12 years ago

OFUI KWASEATO EBO TALKING FROM HIS ANUS .
YOU WILL NEVER GROW UP HABANSENYI.

OFUI KWASEATO EBO TALKING FROM HIS ANUS .
YOU WILL NEVER GROW UP HABANSENYI.
° ° ° O-G-I-D-I-G-I-D-I ° ° ° nyamaaa 12 years ago

come on thats really bad, how do u expect to close ur eyes when ur neighbour is under fire?????tomorrow it will be our turn, and if no one helps us then what?

no matter what happens we have to help our friends in Mali. no ...
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come on thats really bad, how do u expect to close ur eyes when ur neighbour is under fire?????tomorrow it will be our turn, and if no one helps us then what?

no matter what happens we have to help our friends in Mali. no two ways about it.

what a honk this guy!
Yaw 12 years ago

Kwasi sometimes try to close your mouth . But this time you are right.

Kwasi sometimes try to close your mouth . But this time you are right.
Tijani 12 years ago

It's a war agaist Islam and Moslems. my dear Christian bro and sister what Kwesi Pratt is saying is true, our leaders must listen to him now than to regret it in future. The Western counties are waging war agaist Islam, given ...
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It's a war agaist Islam and Moslems. my dear Christian bro and sister what Kwesi Pratt is saying is true, our leaders must listen to him now than to regret it in future. The Western counties are waging war agaist Islam, given it all sort of ridiculous names like, calling Moslems as terorist. what I want everyone to understand, who ever fight agaist any religion will not win because religion belongs to God. the best way to fight terrorism is to defend your country, not to go to someone country to fight. if we are not careful the Western Counties will bring a nonstop war to Africa. They have looking for every opportunity to bring their sodiers to Africa.
KOSOKO 12 years ago

THERE ARE LOTS OF OLD EXPERIENCED AND BRAVE GENERALS IN THE GHANA ARMED FORCES SO NO FEARS AT ALL

THERE ARE LOTS OF OLD EXPERIENCED AND BRAVE GENERALS IN THE GHANA ARMED FORCES SO NO FEARS AT ALL
Arthur 12 years ago

Another ignorant person spreading falcehoods to fool others. Ghana is in danger as we can see the amount of people nor knowing the facts. Did the UK amputate limbs on woman and children and destroyed Timbukto. We don’t want ...
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Another ignorant person spreading falcehoods to fool others. Ghana is in danger as we can see the amount of people nor knowing the facts. Did the UK amputate limbs on woman and children and destroyed Timbukto. We don’t want Sharia law ! Move to Saud Arabia or Yemen and you get what you want.
THE TEXAN 12 years ago

Kwesi Pratt need to be in TEXAS to learn sense.President OBAMA himself feels like a worker serving AMERICA the mouth piece on EARTH.Kwesi Pratt what about a single bullet in our spine.The world is a small place"boast not of t ...
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Kwesi Pratt need to be in TEXAS to learn sense.President OBAMA himself feels like a worker serving AMERICA the mouth piece on EARTH.Kwesi Pratt what about a single bullet in our spine.The world is a small place"boast not of thyself"for sake of today's influence you see.Sorry YOU.
Tiliapia 12 years ago

i second pratt, this is an issue GHANA must stay away from it. and that doesnt means we are coward but even tells our brave to defend ourself when something like that happens to us without expecting for helping hands in any o ...
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i second pratt, this is an issue GHANA must stay away from it. and that doesnt means we are coward but even tells our brave to defend ourself when something like that happens to us without expecting for helping hands in any other african country.
° ° ° O-G-I-D-I-G-I-D-I ° ° ° nyamaaa 12 years ago

rubbish! we have to get to mali fast and smoke all those tuaregs out just as the libyans smoked them out.

at the same time start putting in great security in place in ghana. any tuaregs seen lingering about should be sent ...
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rubbish! we have to get to mali fast and smoke all those tuaregs out just as the libyans smoked them out.

at the same time start putting in great security in place in ghana. any tuaregs seen lingering about should be sent back to the desert
Kwaku 12 years ago

Kwesi Pratt, you are an idiot. Are you a soldier?

Kwesi Pratt, you are an idiot. Are you a soldier?
rockson 12 years ago

close your theeth

close your theeth
Eddie Tadi 12 years ago

This mission is gonna be interesrting and joyable one.
Mr Kwesi Pratt Ghana's wisest man;do not panick at all. GHANA ARMED FORCES is the best in AFRICA. I even wish Ghana will up mission on their shoulders. Good nite MR pra ...
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This mission is gonna be interesrting and joyable one.
Mr Kwesi Pratt Ghana's wisest man;do not panick at all. GHANA ARMED FORCES is the best in AFRICA. I even wish Ghana will up mission on their shoulders. Good nite MR pratt.
Eddie Tadi 12 years ago

Kwesi Pratt u are too arrogant why?
U calm to no everything.

Kwesi Pratt u are too arrogant why?
U calm to no everything.
danjoma 12 years ago

president mahama should rather becareful with this arabic o islamist people and the whites.remember we are living as peaceful country in the world.also the world want our country to destroy because of wealthy oil in our mothe ...
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president mahama should rather becareful with this arabic o islamist people and the whites.remember we are living as peaceful country in the world.also the world want our country to destroy because of wealthy oil in our motherland.careful my leaders.
KOLOOKO, JAPAN 12 years ago

PUT ADDO AKUFFO AT WAR FRONT

PUT ADDO AKUFFO AT WAR FRONT
NYARKO U.S. 12 years ago

WHY AKUFFO ADDO ALONE? WHAT ABOUT KEN AGYEPONG, JAKE OBITSEBI LAMPTEY AND OCANCEY? THEY SHOULD WEAR DIPPERS (DANTA), EQUIP THEM WITH LION SKIN SHIELD AND SPEAR LIKE CHAKA-ZULU'S WEAPONS AND LEAD THE WAR IN MALI DESERT BECAUSE ...
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WHY AKUFFO ADDO ALONE? WHAT ABOUT KEN AGYEPONG, JAKE OBITSEBI LAMPTEY AND OCANCEY? THEY SHOULD WEAR DIPPERS (DANTA), EQUIP THEM WITH LION SKIN SHIELD AND SPEAR LIKE CHAKA-ZULU'S WEAPONS AND LEAD THE WAR IN MALI DESERT BECAUSE THEY WARMONGERS AND HEROS.
KOFI NIMAKO 12 years ago

What about the Special Forces shown to the country sometime ago? This is the time to put them to test. Wish them well and GOD BLESS THIS COUNTRY GHANA

What about the Special Forces shown to the country sometime ago? This is the time to put them to test. Wish them well and GOD BLESS THIS COUNTRY GHANA
Nyorkopio 12 years ago

If your neighbour's beard is burning and it does not bother you, the fire will soon catch and burn your house down. The enemy is not the Tuaregs and radical Jihadists. The enemy is anybody and any group of persons who defy ru ...
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If your neighbour's beard is burning and it does not bother you, the fire will soon catch and burn your house down. The enemy is not the Tuaregs and radical Jihadists. The enemy is anybody and any group of persons who defy rule of law, and are hell bent on destabilizing the West African sub-region. Ghana must join forces with those who value Rule of law and peace, to go on the offensive (not defense)against these terrible foes on the rampage in Mali. Deeds, not just words matter here. The only thing necessary for evil to have its way, is when good men and women sit and do nothing. Think big Mr. Pratt. The world is playing offense against nation wreckers. Ghana is on the right side of history by stepping forth into Mali.
Yaw 12 years ago

This Kwasi Prat guy is just an ignorant with a loud moth.going to Mali is about Ghana taking up her regional responsibilities. we can't always be the aid receiver. Ghana should be able to lend a hand. Flt Lt. Rawlings sent tr ...
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This Kwasi Prat guy is just an ignorant with a loud moth.going to Mali is about Ghana taking up her regional responsibilities. we can't always be the aid receiver. Ghana should be able to lend a hand. Flt Lt. Rawlings sent troops for Liberia etc. Nana Kuffour to to Sudan why aren't the army ready?

What an ignorant confusing the people and the government.
kelvin 12 years ago

mr know all ose s3 koto r u a soldier shut up ur pig teeth

mr know all ose s3 koto r u a soldier shut up ur pig teeth
Allen 12 years ago

A soldier is always a soldier and is always combat ready this question of being ready or not should never come up they are trained to be on a battle field if ghana decides not to send troops fine but it should not be politici ...
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A soldier is always a soldier and is always combat ready this question of being ready or not should never come up they are trained to be on a battle field if ghana decides not to send troops fine but it should not be politicized, it is your business if some countries dont send troops? do your own as a country but always remember ''do unto others what u will want others to do to u''
YEBOPOWER 12 years ago

Ghana army is not prepared for anything.Only alcohol consumption and corruption.

Ghana army is not prepared for anything.Only alcohol consumption and corruption.
BOLD 12 years ago

When the foolish man, Atta Mills increased the army's salaries for no reason and for doing nothing, the soldiers applauded the gesture. Now the time has come for them to justify the raise they received. This raise was not bas ...
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When the foolish man, Atta Mills increased the army's salaries for no reason and for doing nothing, the soldiers applauded the gesture. Now the time has come for them to justify the raise they received. This raise was not based on any cost of living variance but to buy their loyalty in the form of a bribe. This same foolish man was going to build houses for the so called security forces when millions of Ghanaians are starving, uneducated and unemployed. That was all he came to do and I have no choice but to hate Atta Mills till I die for ignoring the rest of the country. Doctors, nurses and even teachers had to go on strike before they got something, though side by side they provide more values to the nation than these forces. Despite the raise the police still take bribes and there is no equality within the ranks of the army and the police. Send them to harms way to teach them a lesson for going along with the program of silence.Today if you want a better life the army or the police force or customs is the place to go when teachers are ignored. We have idiots destroying the lives millions of people
EN 12 years ago

WE NEED TO SEND SOLDIERS TO STOP THIS BASTARDS BEFORE THE BRING IT TO OUR SHORES. WE CAN'T ALWAYS EXPECT OTHERS TO FIGHT OUR WARS FOR US. THIS IS A WAR WHICH ALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES MUST PARTICIPATE BEFORE WE END UP HAVING THIS ...
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WE NEED TO SEND SOLDIERS TO STOP THIS BASTARDS BEFORE THE BRING IT TO OUR SHORES. WE CAN'T ALWAYS EXPECT OTHERS TO FIGHT OUR WARS FOR US. THIS IS A WAR WHICH ALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES MUST PARTICIPATE BEFORE WE END UP HAVING THIS PEOPLE TAKE OVER AFRICA.
BOLD 12 years ago

What do you have to lose if they take over Africa? What about the Chinese taking over the environment and the minerals? Are you satisfied with that and if not, what are we doing about that? Yes we have foolish people pretendi ...
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What do you have to lose if they take over Africa? What about the Chinese taking over the environment and the minerals? Are you satisfied with that and if not, what are we doing about that? Yes we have foolish people pretending to be leaders leading the country. They only go around making speeches and not enforcing anything!
Tokyo !! 12 years ago

Only in a county where people vote for slogans like Edey be ke ke instead of issues will have people like Pratt speaking on platforms every day.look at what he is saying. When the whole west African region is on treat from ...
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Only in a county where people vote for slogans like Edey be ke ke instead of issues will have people like Pratt speaking on platforms every day.look at what he is saying. When the whole west African region is on treat from this potential danger. Stupid !!!
Ujah 12 years ago

This Pratt man must first think of the Geo-Politics in the ECOWAS, does he know that Ghana had and must still have good relations with Mali? Does he remember Ghana-Guinea -Mali, the nucleus of Ecowas and OAU?
He must re ...
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This Pratt man must first think of the Geo-Politics in the ECOWAS, does he know that Ghana had and must still have good relations with Mali? Does he remember Ghana-Guinea -Mali, the nucleus of Ecowas and OAU?
He must rethink of what he is talking about.Ghanaian soldiers are prepared to go Lebenon, Bosina and not Mali, what a stupid man. Your journalism is skewed.No serious person consider your opinion as important, that is why JJ did not mind you. Who made you an opinion leader in Ghana.
King jaja 12 years ago

Too much of everything is bad that is what is wrong with the Prat, he's too educated that cost him to act as an uneducated person, let me ask prat 1 simple question and i need a possitive answer to it. Did prat know that IF h ...
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Too much of everything is bad that is what is wrong with the Prat, he's too educated that cost him to act as an uneducated person, let me ask prat 1 simple question and i need a possitive answer to it. Did prat know that IF his nieghbour's house is in fire it is most likely that the fire can spread to his house? if so then why dont help to quench it before it spread to your home?
maama 12 years ago

Pratt is a fool

Pratt is a fool
Adu 12 years ago

After Mali, it will be Burkina then Ghana. Al Queda is on the march and listen to what Kwesi Pratt is saying. Is this man looking beyond today?

After Mali, it will be Burkina then Ghana. Al Queda is on the march and listen to what Kwesi Pratt is saying. Is this man looking beyond today?
Frank Mensah, Tikobo No. 2 12 years ago

Who the hell is Kwesi Pratt? I am tired of getting tired of hearing Kwesi Pratt says this, Kwesi Pratt sayas that ... How much shares does he own in Ghanaweb (of course, with NDC money)?

Who the hell is Kwesi Pratt? I am tired of getting tired of hearing Kwesi Pratt says this, Kwesi Pratt sayas that ... How much shares does he own in Ghanaweb (of course, with NDC money)?
ASIEDU NKETIA 12 years ago

REBELS, KILL ALL GHANAIAN TROOPS IF THE STEP THEIR FEET ON YOUR LAND. I WILL BE HAPPY IF GHANA IS ATTACKED

REBELS, KILL ALL GHANAIAN TROOPS IF THE STEP THEIR FEET ON YOUR LAND. I WILL BE HAPPY IF GHANA IS ATTACKED
Nyorkopio 12 years ago

Do you really mean what you just wrote? Did you ever have a fight at your backyard, or in the streets while growing up? Were you one of those cowards who fled a fight before it even started? If you have ever fought before in ...
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Do you really mean what you just wrote? Did you ever have a fight at your backyard, or in the streets while growing up? Were you one of those cowards who fled a fight before it even started? If you have ever fought before in your life, you would know that your opponent never lies down and plays dead while you "kill" him. To think that any Ghanaian soldier will be killed anywhere wiyhout a fight is wishful thinking. Only feet) (Ga word for coward)would think this way. Our nation's army is revered worldwide for very good reason. Ghanaian soldiers shall boldly defend forever, the cause of freedom and of right! And they shall return home with dignity!
INNOCENT yum yum 12 years ago

has he even chosen his cabinet ministers?

has he even chosen his cabinet ministers?
anayomi 12 years ago

I DONT LIKE KWAESI PRATT BUT HE IS RIGHT IN THIS CASE WHY DANGER OUR SOLIDERS AND GHANA FOR FRANCH BACK STOBERS WHY?

I DONT LIKE KWAESI PRATT BUT HE IS RIGHT IN THIS CASE WHY DANGER OUR SOLIDERS AND GHANA FOR FRANCH BACK STOBERS WHY?
ghanaba 12 years ago

To Mr president, pleace my question is can you look the face of ghanaians and tell the the reason for this help or distruction, think three
and dont act like Ghams George Bush. Mr. Prrsident dont be STUPID FOOL. Think, think ...
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To Mr president, pleace my question is can you look the face of ghanaians and tell the the reason for this help or distruction, think three
and dont act like Ghams George Bush. Mr. Prrsident dont be STUPID FOOL. Think, think ls not the right time. Dont think where you aret from but the price ghanaians will pay. I have more for you but not today, but dont ghana George Bush.
Kwame T 12 years ago

peace.

peace.
ghanaba 12 years ago

KWESI PRATT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS, MOST HYPOCRETE, MOST MISCHIEVOUS, MOST OPPORTUNISTIC AND MOST TREACHEROUS "journalist" IN GHANA. HE MUST BE FEARED, FOR HE IS IN DEED A TRAITOR.

KWESI PRATT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS, MOST HYPOCRETE, MOST MISCHIEVOUS, MOST OPPORTUNISTIC AND MOST TREACHEROUS "journalist" IN GHANA. HE MUST BE FEARED, FOR HE IS IN DEED A TRAITOR.
Nana Egyir Aggrey 12 years ago

Kwesi-do not talk about a subject you have no clue.The foreign and african troops in Mali are not there to share a booty or sing praises to have their bread buttered.They are there to save our brothers and sisters who are bei ...
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Kwesi-do not talk about a subject you have no clue.The foreign and african troops in Mali are not there to share a booty or sing praises to have their bread buttered.They are there to save our brothers and sisters who are being tortured, maimed and murdered by the arabs who chased us from our land-Tumbaktu because those ignorant arabs,the mohamedans wanted to convert us to their ways of warp thinking and backwardness.History is reapeating it self.Do you,-Kwesi,know why the union of Ghana,Guinea and Mali was born?You are jounalist and a newspaper owner but it seems to me that you are not well versed in african history.To question Ghana army about their psychological well being and alertness for the war in Mali is an insult to our noble and dedicated men and fighters.There are jounalists from all over the world on the ground in Mali to report what is going on and happening to our unfortunate brothers and sisters in Mali,and you Kwesi Pratt as usual exihibiting your arrogance and ignorance.This generation can speak and write english better than Pa Shakespeare,-except that they lack common sense.Kwesi,-just keep your loyalty to the mobsters in the castle for your daily bread and leave the Mali war to the fighting men and not coward and hypocrite like you who only thinks about his stomach.Shame on you-Kwesi. Nana Egyir Aggrey Snr citizen
NANAKATA 12 years ago

THE AUTHOR'S NAME?
PRATT!WELL REMOVE ONE "T" AND YOU KNOW WHO HE IS!!

THE AUTHOR'S NAME?
PRATT!WELL REMOVE ONE "T" AND YOU KNOW WHO HE IS!!
McCarthy 12 years ago

Bro kwasi thank you,ghana have to see that if there is war in our blessed country where are we going to ran to cos the hole africka ghana is the one peaceful country.already we are surfaring in our own country what if we beca ...
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Bro kwasi thank you,ghana have to see that if there is war in our blessed country where are we going to ran to cos the hole africka ghana is the one peaceful country.already we are surfaring in our own country what if we became refueges to another country!let us be the way we are in our homeland we dnt want any problemOoooooo..... So please lets our brother soldiers stay out of this mali wars
Eko 12 years ago

No, I don't think Ghana are ready; Ghana can barely fend off illegal miners bearing guns, let alone terrorists bearing bombs. Morally though, it is the right thing to do and it sends a strong message out to the world that Gha ...
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No, I don't think Ghana are ready; Ghana can barely fend off illegal miners bearing guns, let alone terrorists bearing bombs. Morally though, it is the right thing to do and it sends a strong message out to the world that Ghana as a country can make tough foreign policy decisions to deter such invasions and protect its 'neighbors' where there is a case for doing so.
Joe Tex 12 years ago

The real question to be asked is not about our psychological preparedness,but should we be there? and the answer must be an overwhelming no. There is no reason why we should be embroiled in a war that began in the corridors o ...
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The real question to be asked is not about our psychological preparedness,but should we be there? and the answer must be an overwhelming no. There is no reason why we should be embroiled in a war that began in the corridors of European capitals.We need to wake up to the discreet machinations at work and not give these adherents of war and destruction a pretext for recolonization by the back door.Europe is broke and are looking to new areas of finance and resource.The election of Hollande in France,the removal of Sarkozy and the assasination of Gaddafi were not accidental,but a carefully orchestrated stategy to justify long term European military presence on African soil. Did we not try to solve the Libyan crisis in house? and they refused.Why do they want us to help now. I tell you why, because they want a diplomatic platform, an acceptance that the Continent is behind them.Ghana should not send any troops.if we do, it would betrayal of all that we have stood for as a country prepared to defend the progressive values of freedom from all forms of oppression in any guise.
Fosu 12 years ago

Sit till when the terrorists come to Ghana. This is not US propaganda. The Al-Quada treat is real. Pratt stop this nonsense and grow up. You still behaving like a child.

Sit till when the terrorists come to Ghana. This is not US propaganda. The Al-Quada treat is real. Pratt stop this nonsense and grow up. You still behaving like a child.
Alhaji Usufu 12 years ago

Mr Pratt All that I want to say is that you are an IDIOT, simply an IDIOT. As an editor you should have been been wildly read and know what is happening around you. US, UK & Western world didn't invent Al Quada. If their figh ...
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Mr Pratt All that I want to say is that you are an IDIOT, simply an IDIOT. As an editor you should have been been wildly read and know what is happening around you. US, UK & Western world didn't invent Al Quada. If their fight is with US then I wish they will stick to US but that is not the case. Poor Ghana is their target too. May Allah help us
Paapa Joe 12 years ago

He should stay in Ghana and rot in his hole

He should stay in Ghana and rot in his hole
KD 12 years ago

WHY HAVE THEY FAILED TO CONTRIBUTE?

WHY HAVE THEY FAILED TO CONTRIBUTE?
Opposition Tarkwa 12 years ago

Ndc no more di wo fie asem . hypocrites now Mahama want Ghanians to die

Ndc no more di wo fie asem . hypocrites now Mahama want Ghanians to die
Takadia Heroes night 12 years ago

Pratt you are right. Am a soldier and even in sierra leone, it was never easy. Malian rebels led by alqaeda is a different game all together. This warefare is going to be different from the normal wars fought in all the cou ...
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Pratt you are right. Am a soldier and even in sierra leone, it was never easy. Malian rebels led by alqaeda is a different game all together. This warefare is going to be different from the normal wars fought in all the countries Ghana has partaken in peacekeeping or enforcement. It is not going to be engagements, advancement or meeting the enemy face to face. the force will definitely encounter heavy casualties which ghana may be affected. Going to war is not force and for that matter if the CDS and defence minister wants a political mark, they should look somewhere else.
Eventhough ghanaian troops are not going as combat force for now yet there the need to consider the type of war they are going to fight with also affiliations with the rebels not forgeting the language barrier also. I want to use this opportunity to advice contributors to be polite and reasonable when contributing to articles like this devoid of insults and profain words.
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Wise Pee 12 years ago

Kwesi Pratt should keep his opinions on this dangerous topic out of the public forum,lest he incurs the wrath of real Soldiers.
This serious development should be handled with wisdom and tactfulness,...so Kwesi...BE WISE.

Kwesi Pratt should keep his opinions on this dangerous topic out of the public forum,lest he incurs the wrath of real Soldiers.
This serious development should be handled with wisdom and tactfulness,...so Kwesi...BE WISE.
Aaron 12 years ago

This Sabre-toothed man!!! What does he know about military psychology? This attitude of "know it all" by his type of journalist is very very very annoying. Look Kwasi, leave us alone. Thats why you are not a soldier or the C- ...
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This Sabre-toothed man!!! What does he know about military psychology? This attitude of "know it all" by his type of journalist is very very very annoying. Look Kwasi, leave us alone. Thats why you are not a soldier or the C-inC, or the CDS, ok? Stop that bull crap journo thing and leave issues of the Armed Forces those who are career soldiers. Every dumb person knows that you dont just talk for talking sake. It has implications on morale and other command issues. If you are wise as you think you are, then end it there.
alonzi 12 years ago

who's this Prat! is he ghanaian at all. gh belong and is accountable to the international community. and should the army who shd b prepared to fight at time b prepared for it. what have the army been doing in the barracks. ...
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who's this Prat! is he ghanaian at all. gh belong and is accountable to the international community. and should the army who shd b prepared to fight at time b prepared for it. what have the army been doing in the barracks. arent they there to be preparing for war! damn Prat! even its a good chance to learn how about how to attend to emergencies by the army. Prat shut your mouth ok.
mustapha ama 12 years ago

when did kwasi became special adviser on regional security. ndc time all advice goes.

when did kwasi became special adviser on regional security. ndc time all advice goes.
kofi london 12 years ago

I was going to ask who this fool was, but I see from the comments that isn't needed. When a war is creeping towards you, it won't matter if you are psychologically prepared or not. Why are his comments in print for starters.

I was going to ask who this fool was, but I see from the comments that isn't needed. When a war is creeping towards you, it won't matter if you are psychologically prepared or not. Why are his comments in print for starters.
Ab 12 years ago

K.P. has outlived his usefulness. He needs to shut up now. This guy loves to hear himself talk.

K.P. has outlived his usefulness. He needs to shut up now. This guy loves to hear himself talk.

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Kwesi Pratt: Is Ghana's Army Psychologically Prepared For The Malian War?

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