[Peace-discuss] U.S. anti-terror effort is growing in Africa

[David Green]

U.S. anti-terror effort is growing in Africa

Items compiled from Tribune news services
Published May 26, 2005

DAKAR, SENEGAL

The United States is pouring more soldiers and money
into its anti-terrorism campaign in Africa, including
in Algeria and chaotic Nigeria, both oil-rich nations
where radical Islam has a following.

A new effort outlined Wednesday in a statement from
the U.S. Embassy in Senegal proposes spending $100
million a year over five years to boost security in
some of the world's least policed areas, starting with
a joint military exercise in the region next month.

An earlier anti-terror exercise with a budget of $6
million focused on troop training in four west African
nations. The new campaign will target nine north and
west African nations and seek to bolster regional
cooperation.


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