0 Approves 100 Soldiers to Deploy in Niger
Feb 25, 2013 20:45:13 GMT -5
Post by schwartzie on Feb 25, 2013 20:45:13 GMT -5
Obama Approves 100 Soldiers to Deploy in Niger – Drone Base Installment
By Admin on February 25, 2013
by Ezra Van Auken
The President has authorized yet another deployment in the North African region – this time the destination is Niger. Last month, United States Ambassador Bisa Williams had asked for the ability to construct a drone base in Niger during a conversation with Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou. BBC reports, “The new deployment of US forces are stationed in Niger with the government’s consent, Mr. Obama said in his letter to Congress.”
President Obama said the troops would work on “intelligence sharing” and according to Fox News, “The drone base will allow the U.S. to give France more intelligence on the militants its forces have been fighting in Mali,” indicating that some type of base will be orchestrated. Around 100 American troops will total the small mission, and all American personnel have been granted immunity during deals last month. It is unclear whether predator or attack drones will be flown out of the upcoming airbase in Niger.
Some of the mission for American soldiers may be centered on keeping the Nigerian drone base under security watch. The Washington Post did note, “A U.S. defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to provide details about military operations, said that the 40 troops who arrived in Niger on Wednesday were almost all Air Force personnel and that their mission was to support drone flights.” Flights would be conducted in the main city of Niamey, central Niger, eventually moving the drone program to Agadez, northern Niger.
Of course, the reasoning for a drone base would be to conduct surveillance over Mali and extremist regions, which are undergoing an invasion and occupation by the French and other Western allies.
This comes as more Western interest is placed on northern Africa – some believe that goals of the West are to regain control of the growing extremism or to conquer territory before Asian powers like China do the honors. Former CIA official Michael Scheuer wrote recently on Africa, “And the results of the Islamist Spring that the world is now seeing in North and West Africa were just as easily predictable. Honest and responsible Western leaders, professors, and journalists would have warned their citizens that the Islamist Spring would cause Islamist militant organizations — al-Qaeda, its allies, and groups no one had yet heard about — to soon grow larger,” suggesting that Western powers allowed this to happen for justifiable reasoning to invade.
With the first ground invasion underway in Mali, Western officials and soldiers are already witnessing the extremist’s tactics turning – guerilla warfare. This could prove to be devastating for Western occupants considering the amount of time it will take, money it will cost and lives it could spend.
In December of 2012, the Associated Press detailed that AFRICOM was drawing plans to make small deployments in over 30 African nations.
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By Admin on February 25, 2013
by Ezra Van Auken
The President has authorized yet another deployment in the North African region – this time the destination is Niger. Last month, United States Ambassador Bisa Williams had asked for the ability to construct a drone base in Niger during a conversation with Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou. BBC reports, “The new deployment of US forces are stationed in Niger with the government’s consent, Mr. Obama said in his letter to Congress.”
President Obama said the troops would work on “intelligence sharing” and according to Fox News, “The drone base will allow the U.S. to give France more intelligence on the militants its forces have been fighting in Mali,” indicating that some type of base will be orchestrated. Around 100 American troops will total the small mission, and all American personnel have been granted immunity during deals last month. It is unclear whether predator or attack drones will be flown out of the upcoming airbase in Niger.
Some of the mission for American soldiers may be centered on keeping the Nigerian drone base under security watch. The Washington Post did note, “A U.S. defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to provide details about military operations, said that the 40 troops who arrived in Niger on Wednesday were almost all Air Force personnel and that their mission was to support drone flights.” Flights would be conducted in the main city of Niamey, central Niger, eventually moving the drone program to Agadez, northern Niger.
Of course, the reasoning for a drone base would be to conduct surveillance over Mali and extremist regions, which are undergoing an invasion and occupation by the French and other Western allies.
This comes as more Western interest is placed on northern Africa – some believe that goals of the West are to regain control of the growing extremism or to conquer territory before Asian powers like China do the honors. Former CIA official Michael Scheuer wrote recently on Africa, “And the results of the Islamist Spring that the world is now seeing in North and West Africa were just as easily predictable. Honest and responsible Western leaders, professors, and journalists would have warned their citizens that the Islamist Spring would cause Islamist militant organizations — al-Qaeda, its allies, and groups no one had yet heard about — to soon grow larger,” suggesting that Western powers allowed this to happen for justifiable reasoning to invade.
With the first ground invasion underway in Mali, Western officials and soldiers are already witnessing the extremist’s tactics turning – guerilla warfare. This could prove to be devastating for Western occupants considering the amount of time it will take, money it will cost and lives it could spend.
In December of 2012, the Associated Press detailed that AFRICOM was drawing plans to make small deployments in over 30 African nations.
spreadlibertynews.com/obama-approves-100-soldiers-to-deploy-in-niger-drone-base-installment/
