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Terrorist groups 'on the march' in West Africa and the Sahel, US general warns
abcnews ^ | March 10, 2020 | By Conor Finnegan and Elizabeth McLaughlin

Posted on 03/11/2020 9:03:00 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

Terrorist organizations are "on the march" in West Africa and the Sahel with international efforts failing to curb the increase in violence, a four-star American general in charge of U.S. troops in Africa warned on Tuesday.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; iran; iraq; isis; mali; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce; sahel; war
Can't we just go straight to negotiate withdrawal before the build up ... asking for a friend

France Finds Itself Embroiled in Western Africa's Sahel Conflict Courthouse News Service|14 days ago But France's military mission faces growing criticism as an imperialistic enterprise ... At the same time, the French wanted to help foster peace talks in an age-old conflict in Mali between Fulani herdsmen and Dogon farmers. Climate change is making this conflict worse as water and good land dwindle. Typically, the Fulani are Muslim and ...

https://www.courthousenews.com/france-finds-itself-embroiled-in-western-africas-sahel-conflict/

1 posted on 03/11/2020 9:03:00 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

Wonder what the corona virus will do to these terrorist groups?


2 posted on 03/11/2020 9:04:32 PM PDT by McGavin999 (Queen Fancy Nancy Of North Poopistan)
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To: McGavin999

Nothing they used it as mobile bioweapons

Armed groups kill Ebola health workers in eastern DR Congo ...
Search domain news.un.org/en/story/2019/11/1052421https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/11/1052421
The violence killed four workers responding to the Ebola outbreak and injured five others, at a camp in Biakato Mines, and an Ebola response coordination office, WHO said in a statement. For the UN agency, which appealed for the “constant” attacks to stop, the development risks reversing significant progress made against the epidemic, with infections falling to just a handful in recent weeks.


3 posted on 03/11/2020 9:07:12 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: RomanSoldier19

So send the locals a few C-17 loads of machetes and remind them of Rwanda. Zero Americans need to be fighting in west Africa.


4 posted on 03/11/2020 9:07:16 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Send over crop dusters and spritz them with the WuFlu


5 posted on 03/11/2020 9:13:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Quick, let’s send 25,000 US military personnel to win hearts and minds.


6 posted on 03/11/2020 9:17:54 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I’m torn between who gives a damn and several unexpected carpet bombing runs over the Islamist’s villages.


7 posted on 03/11/2020 9:24:07 PM PDT by ocrp1982 (ll)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Who f***ing cares? Lowest IQ nations in the world. Ban entry into the USA for anyone from these useless, shithole countries. They won’t be missed. Problem solved.


8 posted on 03/11/2020 9:35:39 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: RomanSoldier19

Maybe they should stop funding these groups. Just a thought.


9 posted on 03/11/2020 9:49:20 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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the good news?

terrorists don’t wash their hands


10 posted on 03/11/2020 11:34:07 PM PDT by blueplum ( ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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To: ocrp1982

problem is these are islamist animals and they are killing
Christians......


11 posted on 03/11/2020 11:50:33 PM PDT by cherry
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To: cherry

Precisely.


12 posted on 03/12/2020 2:12:57 AM PDT by sauropod (David Horowitz: “Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out.”)
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