Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Guadeloupe Strikes: A Warning to Obama?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/guadeloupe-strikes-a-warn_b_168960.html 
HUFF POST: On February 12, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told Congress that the global economic crisis was the most serious security challenge facing the United States and that it could topple governments and trigger waves of refugees, the Los Angeles Times reported.A week later, the French government was sending police reinforcements to the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe after a month of strikes and protests over low pay and high prices followed by clashes between police and protesters.