Friday, March 26th, 1999

Announcements: Next week there will be a quiz on Africa. We also got back our midterms.

Lecture notes:
I.  Africa
    A. Book has two mistakes
        1. Zimbabwe and Zambia are switched
        2. Zaire is now the Democratic Republic of Congo
    B.  Sierra Leone
        1. There has been a series of coupes there over the past few years
        2. Nigeria sent in troops to help support the government; at first they were defeated
            by the rebels, but later won and were able to restore the president to power
   C. Libya
        1. It is believed that the suspects responsible for the TWA bombing over Scotland are
            living there.
        2. The US is currently in negotiations with the government so the suspects can be
            extradited to the US to face charges.
   D. Algeria
        1. 50,000 people were killed during the war between the Islamic Fundamentalists and
            the secular Algerian government.
   E. Egypt
        1. They were the first to sign a peace accord with the Israel government
        2. As a result they recieve the second largest amount in forgein aid for the US
            a. First is Israel
    F. Ethiopia and Eritrea
        1. Eritrea is a new nation, it was once a part of Ethiopia
        2. Ethiopians don't like the fact that Eritrea broke away because Ethiopia is now land
            locked.
        3. Ethiopian invaded Eritrea in hopes of getting it back
    G. Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo)
        1. A new leader took control two years, it was the first change of leadership since it
            became an independent nation.
        2. He came to power with the help of Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania governments
        3. These governments are now supporting a rebellion that is trying to overthrow the
            government.
        4. They want to overthrow the government because the leaders are pushing out
            their top rating allies in government.
        5. Nations to the west came to the aid of the government and helped push out the
            rebels
      H. Somalia
          1. War lords run the country right now
          2. Bush sent US troops to help in the relief efforts
          3. Reporter were waiting on the beach for the Navy Seals to land
             a. Seals did not like that
          4. The troops were pulled out after 18 were killed after engaging in a running battle
              with rebels.
               a. The troops were handing out food, when rebel attacked them
               b. The killing ration was 50:1, so US was able to kill nearly 1,000 rebels in the
                   battle
       I. Kenya and Tanzania
          1. The US embassies in both countries were both bombed in the past several months
          2. They both have large Arab populations that contain many terrorists from the
              Middle East.
       J.  South Africa
           1. The government created a commission, the Truth and Reconcilation
              Committee, to investigate the past events so as to have an unbiased version of
              events.
           2. All the groups in government were hoping the blame would be put on the other
               groups.
           3. They were upset because the blame partially on everyone.
II. Kosovo
    A. Serbians have not been resisting NATO air strikes and no one is sure why.
    B. Some possible reasons:
        1. Some think he has not tried to fight back because he is waiting to ambush the
            NATO planes all in one attack.
        2. Others think it is because they have only attacked the air resources which are not
            the most important part of the Yugoslovian armed forces.
            a. The individual army units are and they could be next on NATOs list.
        3. He is now bombing other border countries and want to see what NATO will do
        4. He may not care because he has begun to increase the shelling of Kosovo
    B. The air strikes were ordered by Head of NATO, but was organized by US
    C. Russians are supporting Serbians
        1. Tried to send aircraft and other weapons to Serbia, which is against the arm
            embargo
        2. Resentment is brewing in Russia against the west
        3. Yugoslovia is to Russia what Israel is to the US
     D. Wars
        1.  Since 1866 there have been 250 wars, so it is rare for war to occur considering all
            the possiblities there are for it .
        2. Most are between two countries, and only last for on average 90 days
            a. WWI and WWII are the exceptions
        3. Wars explode as the more countries get involved