"Army teams to train Africans as terror threat grows" by Lolita C. Baldor | Associated Press, December 25, 2012
WASHINGTON — A US Army brigade will begin sending small teams into as many as 35 African nations early next year, part of an intensifying Pentagon effort to train countries to battle extremists and give the United States a ready and trained force to dispatch to Africa if crises requiring the US military emerge....
The sharper focus on Africa by the United States comes against a backdrop of widespread insurgent violence across North Africa, and as the African Union and other nations discuss military intervention in northern Mali.
Once you come to the factual realization as I have that all terror is a product of various EUSraeli intelligence agencies working in collaboration with local agents and assets you can clearly see the agenda being advanced by the war propaganda we call a paper.
The terror threat from Al Qaeda-linked groups in Africa has been growing steadily, particularly with the rise of the extremist Islamist sect Boko Haram in Nigeria.
Who is their spokesman again?
What an IN-YOUR-FACE LAUGHER, 'eh?!
One wonders if the guy even exists at all or whether he is just an INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CREATION and PROPAGANDA MOUTHPIECE.
Officials also believe that the Sept. 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which killed the ambassador and three other Americans, may have been carried out by those who had ties to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb....
The correct term and spelling is "Al-CIA-Duh."
[It] will target countries such as Libya, Sudan, Algeria, and Niger, where Al Qaeda-linked groups have been active. It also will assist such nations as Kenya and Uganda that have been battling Al Shabab militants on the front lines in Somalia.
Also see: Aborting This Somalia Post
General Carter Ham, the top US commander in Africa, noted that the brigade has a small drone capability that could be useful in Africa. But he also acknowledged that he would need special permission to tap it for that kind of mission....
I got news for you, general. We are already using drones in some of these places.
The US military already has plans for nearly 100 exercises, training programs, and other activities across the widely diverse continent.
But you need austerity here at home, 'murkn.
But the new program faces significant cultural and language challenges....
The Pentagon’s effort in Africa, including the creation of US Africa Command in 2007, has been carefully calibrated, largely because of broad misgivings across the continent that it could spawn American bases or create the perception of an undue US military influence there. As a result, the command has been based in Stuttgart, Germany, rather than on the African continent.
At the same time, many African nations are eager for US training or support, as they work to build their militaries, battle pirates along the coast, and shut down drug trafficking, kidnapping, and other insurgent activities.
Yeah, right, government is working for the good our best interests.
Colonel Matthew McKenna, commander of the 162d Infantry Brigade that will begin training the Fort Riley soldiers in March for their African deployment, acknowledged the challenge but said the military has to tap its conventional fighting forces for this task because there aren’t enough special operations forces to meet the global training needs....
Translation: the wars are going overt because there are not enough covert forces.
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Also see: US retools terror war in scramble for Africa
Vultures Cash in on Africa’s Mineral Wealth
America Invades Africa: The Resource War and the Conquest of Mali
UPDATE: French Declare War on "Al-CIA-Duh" Killers
Been there for years already!!
