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U.S. Helps African States Fend Off Militants
New York Times ^ | Dec. 12, 2008 | ERIC SCHMITT

Posted on 12/13/2008 4:09:01 AM PST by decimon

In an exercise last month near Bamako, Mali, American troops helped soldiers from Mali and Senegal in West Africa learn to guard their borders against infiltration by Islamic militants.

KATI, Mali — Thousands of miles from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, another side of America’s fight against terrorism is unfolding in this remote corner of West Africa. American Green Berets are training African armies to guard their borders and patrol vast desolate expanses against infiltration by Al Qaeda’s militants, so the United States does not have to.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: africa; gwot; mali; mohammedanism; ustroops

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