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Drone base in Niger gives U.S. a strategic foothold in West Africa
www.washingtonpost.com-March 22, 2013
The newest outpost in the U.S. government’s empire of drone bases sits behind a razor-wire-topped wall outside this West African capital, blasted by 110-degree heat and the occasional sandstorm blowing from the Sahara.
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Militant Threats Test Role of a Pentagon Command in Africa
www.nytimes.com-February 12, 2013
Created five years ago to focus on training the armed forces of dozens of African nations and strengthening social, political and economic programs, the Pentagon’s Africa Command now finds itself on a more urgent mission: confronting a new generation of Islamist militants who are testing the United States’ resolve to fight terrorism without being drawn into a major conflict.
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Relief and Anxiety Meld in Malian Towns Freed of Islamists
www.nytimes.com-January 30, 2013
As French and Malian troops routed Islamist militants from the northern Malian towns of Gao and Timbuktu, residents’ relief and elation appeared to give way on Tuesday to some measure of reprisal and frustration.
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U.S. plans to add drone base in West Africa
www.washingtonpost.com-January 29, 2013
The U.S. military is planning a new drone base in Africa that would expand its surveillance of al-Qaeda fighters and other militants in northern Mali, a development that would escalate American involvement in a fast-spreading conflict.
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With Timbuktu Retaken, France Signals It Plans to Pull Back in Mali
www.nytimes.com-January 29, 2013
French paratroopers arrived in the ancient desert oasis of Timbuktu on Monday, securing its airport and main roads as thousands of residents poured out of its narrow, mud-walled streets to greet French and Malian troops, waving the two countries’ flags, with whoops, cheers and shouts.
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Mali: Timbuktu emerging from 10 months of terror under extremists as French-Mali forces arrive
www.washingtonpost.com-January 28, 2013
French and Malian military forces closed in on the fabled city of Timbuktu on Monday with armed Islamist extremists having fled into the desert after setting a library holding ancient manuscripts ablaze.
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Mali Army, Riding U.S. Hopes, Is Proving No Match for Militants
www.nytimes.com-January 25, 2013
At first, the battle went well.
Boubacar Yattara, a 25-year-old Malian soldier, fed the heavy machine gun atop an armored vehicle. His unit fired on a truck full of Islamist militants, destroying it. He radioed for reinforcements, but his commanding officer had bad news. His fellow soldiers had already fallen back, beating a hasty retreat.
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U.S. Begins Airlift of a French Battalion to Mali
www.nytimes.com-January 23, 2013
The Pentagon is airlifting a French battalion to join the fight in Mali against Islamist militants, Pentagon and administration officials said Tuesday, but the United States has not yet agreed to a request from France to provide refueling tankers for its warplanes.
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Al-Qaeda branch’s image soars after hostage drama in Algeria
www.washingtonpost.com-January 21, 2013
A week of violence in Algeria and Mali has transformed al-Qaeda’s North Africa branch into a cause celebre for militant Islamists around the globe, boosting recruitment and fundraising for the jihadists and spurring fears of further terrorist attacks in the region and beyond.
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Panetta ‘confident’ that U.S. will clear legal hurdles to helping France in Mali
www.washingtonpost.com-January 17, 2013
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Wednesday that he is “confident” the United States can overcome legal obstacles to provide military help to France for its drive against al-Qaeda-linked militants in Mali.
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