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#Africa /#US:The United States military, however, has only one permanent base in Africa, in Djibouti, more than 3,000 miles from Mali, as well as a constellation of small airstrips in places that include Ethiopia and Burkina Faso, for surveillance missions flown by drones or turboprop planes designed to look like civilian aircraft. The challenge for the United States, with little experience in Africa, is a difficult one. “The U.S. is facing a security environment in Africa that is increasingly more complex and therefore more dangerous,” said Michael R. Shurkin, a former Central Intelligence Agency analyst who is now at the RAND Corporation. “Effective responses, moreover, require excellent knowledge about local populations and their politics, the sort of understanding that too often eludes the U.S. government and military.” nytimes/2013/07/11/world/africa/drones-in-niger-reflect-new-us-approach-in-terror-fight.html?_r=0&utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=bufferb86f4&utm_medium=twitter
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 06:28:32 +0000

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