US military outposts, port facilities, and other areas of access in Africa, 2002-2015. The Nation
Nick Turse, The Intercept: In Mali and Rest Of Africa, The U.S. Military Fights A Hidden War
THE GENERAL LEADING the U.S. military’s hidden war in Africa says the continent is now home to nearly 50 terrorist organizations and “illicit groups” that threaten U.S. interests. And today, gunmen reportedly yelling “Allahu Akbar” stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali’s capital and seized several dozen hostages. U.S. special operations forces are “currently assisting hostage recovery efforts,” a Pentagon spokesperson said, and U.S. personnel have “helped move civilians to secured locations, as Malian forces clear the hotel of hostile gunmen.”
In Mali, groups like Ansar Dine and the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa have long posed a threat. Major terrorist groups in Africa include al Shabaab, Boko Haram and al Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM). In the wake of the Paris attacks by ISIS, attention has been drawn to ISIS affiliates in Egypt and Libya, too. But what are the dozens of other groups in Africa that the Pentagon is fighting with more special operations forces, more outposts, and more missions than ever?
For the most part, the Pentagon won’t say.
Update: The US Military’s Best-Kept Secret (Nick Turse, The Nation)
WNU Editor: Nick Turse is one of those few journalists who is covering the conflicts in Africa .... and the role of the U.S.. Bottom line .... America's Africom Command is growing exponentially.
3 comments:
WNU Editor,
Wow, a whole new continent and new Fronts in the never ending GWOT,
To be irrepairably broken.
Obama fights against Africa as much or more than he fights for it.
There is his partial or full arms embargo against Nigeria.
Cuz you know Nigeria is so much worse than Saudi Arabia.
Bang on Aizino. And what the so-called man of Kenyan royal blood did to the Kind of Kings was as much against Africa as it was against Libya.
That makes him twice a traitor in my books.
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