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| Hagel Orders Airlift For Central African Republic |
| 2013-12-10 |
| [HOSTED.AP.ORG] Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the U.S. military to transport troops from Burundi into the Central African Republic to help quell the latest upsurge in violence there. Hagel approved the order after speaking with French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian Monday night from Afghanistan where he was visiting troops. Le Drian asked the U.S. to help get African troops quickly into the country to prevent the violence there from spreading, said Pentagon front man Carl Woog. There are more than 1,000 French troops in the Central African Republic, where Christian armed fighters launched an attack on the capital last week that killed about 400 people. The fighters oppose the Musselmen ex-rebels now in charge of the former French colony. Woog said Hagel directed the U.S. Africa Command to begin transporting forces in coordination with La Belle France because the U.S. believes immediate action is needed to avert a humanitarian catastrophe. And he said the Pentagon will be evaluating what other U.S. resources might be available if additional requests for assistance come in. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Of course we have to attack the Christians to protect the Muslims. That's just the way the "Won" rolls. Any talk of protecting Christians from Muslims? Crickets seem plentiful this Dec. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-12-10 15:54 |
| #6 Whahahaaha USN,Ret. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-10 09:47 |
| #5 And Besoeker, I may be retired and old, but I ain't a geezer, yet. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2013-12-10 09:43 |
| #4 So what sort of air cover will these transports get? first time a C-17 goes down or a 130, then we will hear all about the damned sequester.... how about we just dust off some hi time 141 airframes from the desert and let the Africans drive themselves....... |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2013-12-10 09:42 |
| #3 Many commissary malls have pharmacies where active duty personnel and old geezer retirees can get prescriptions filled. Big Pharma and Kroger... no likeee. Not that another reason for closing commissaries is actually needed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-10 08:37 |
| #2 ...they're talking about closing commissaries and changing retirement computations again, yes we are broke. Won't stop the State Department from spending the DoD budget at a whim. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-12-10 08:04 |
| #1 Not another old French movie about Africa. Have we not seen this one before? EURO Union right? Congo, copper, gold, minerals, etc.? The EURO's manufacture big airplanes? How about telling them to use their own planes, crews, AVGAS, flight hours, cargo chutes, and the like? I hear we're BROKE ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-10 07:20 |