Military Coup Underway in Gabon, Hurricane Idalia Makes Landfall

On this episode of Fault Lines, host Melik Abdul discussed a number of topics from around the globe, including the new military coup underway in the West African nation of Gabon.

Mark Frost - Economist and Professor

Edward Woodson - TV and Radio Personality

Koffi Kouakou - African Analyst

Armen Kurdian - Retired Navy Captain

In the first hour, Fault Lines were joined by Mark Frost to review a whistleblower's revelations about Booz Allen Hamilton overcharging taxpayers $500 million as nearly every government agency contracted Booz Allen Hamilton.

In the second hour, Fault Lines’ show examines hurricane Idalia pounding the west coast of Florida and President Joe Biden sending thousands of emails using an alias with political commentator and Florida resident Edward Woodson.

In the third hour, Fault Lines’ host spoke with Koffi Koukou about the new military coup taking place in the West African nation of Gabon as it is similar to Niger’s military takeover where leaders arrested the president while France condemns this coup as well.

Later in the last hour, Fault Lines discussed the security at the US southern border since a smuggler with ties to Daesh* smuggled migrants, many of whom were Uzbek nationals, into the US from Mexico. California resident and retired Navy Captain Armen Kurdian joined the show to give his take on the insecurities residents face in the border and beyond.

*Daesh (ISIS/IS/ISIL) is an Islamist terrorist group that is outlawed in Russia and many other countries

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