The Startling Size of US Military Operations in Africa

[longknife]

-- Mother Jones

The Pentagon's Africa Command will tell you there's one military base on the entire continent. Don't believe them.

This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.

They're involved in Algeria and Angola, Benin and Botswana, Burkina Faso and Burundi, Cameroon and the Cape Verde Islands. And that's just the ABCs of the situation. Skip to the end of the alphabet and the story remains the same: Senegal and the Seychelles, Togo and Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia. From north to south, east to west, the Horn of Africa to the Sahel, the heart of the continent to the islands off its coasts, the US military is at work. Base construction, security cooperation engagements, training exercises, advisory deployments, special operations missions, and a growing logistics network, all undeniable evidence of expansion—except at US Africa Command.

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Editors Comment: Al Qaeda's presence (and affiliates) are expanding in Africa .... it is then not a surprise that the U.S. military/special ops/CIA are making their presence felt.

My comment: Not surprising that this comes from a liberal website. What is surprising is how the Lame Street Media is ignoring it!

 

[Sunni Man]

The U.S. government never meet a brutal African dictator they wouldn't support.

(although they will replace him in a minute if they find another guy that's more murderous) ..

 

[Billo_Really]

-- Mother Jones

The Pentagon's Africa Command will tell you there's one military base on the entire continent. Don't believe them.

This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.

They're involved in Algeria and Angola, Benin and Botswana, Burkina Faso and Burundi, Cameroon and the Cape Verde Islands. And that's just the ABCs of the situation. Skip to the end of the alphabet and the story remains the same: Senegal and the Seychelles, Togo and Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia. From north to south, east to west, the Horn of Africa to the Sahel, the heart of the continent to the islands off its coasts, the US military is at work. Base construction, security cooperation engagements, training exercises, advisory deployments, special operations missions, and a growing logistics network, all undeniable evidence of expansion—except at US Africa Command.

Read more ....The Startling Size of US Military Operations in Africa | Mother Jones

Editors Comment: Al Qaeda's presence (and affiliates) are expanding in Africa .... it is then not a surprise that the U.S. military/special ops/CIA are making their presence felt.

My comment: Not surprising that this comes from a liberal website. What is surprising is how the Lame Street Media is ignoring it!

Military action in 35 African nations!

What's the big deal?