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U.S. to Build Up Military in Australia
U.S. to Build Up Military in Australia - WSJ.com
Reports: U.S. Military to Help Fight Nigerian Terrorists | Danger Room | Wired.com
U.S. to Build Up Military in Australia
WASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama will announce an accord for a new and permanent U.S. military presence in Australia when he visits next week, a step aimed at countering China's influence and reasserting U.S. interest in the region, said people familiar with his plans.
The agreement will lead to an increase in U.S. naval operations off the coast of Australia and give American troops and ships "permanent and constant" access to Australian facilities, the people said. While no new American bases will be built under the plan, the arrangement will allow U.S. forces to place equipment in Australia and set up more joint exercises, they said.
U.S. to Build Up Military in Australia - WSJ.com
The Pentagons shadow war in Africa could have a new front, if reports coming out of Nigeria are accurate. U.S. troops are headed to Nigeria to help local forces do battle with Boko Haram, an Islamic terror group that has killed up to 400 people this year in an escalating campaign of bombings and shootings. At least thats what Nigerian military sources tell Scott Morgan, a journalist based in Washington, D.C. who writes under the pseudonym Confused Eagle. The Guardian also has the story.
U.S. officials have refused to confirm the deployment.
Reports: U.S. Military to Help Fight Nigerian Terrorists | Danger Room | Wired.com