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| Africa: North |
| US training Niger military, Tuareg rebels may work with the GSPC |
| 2004-09-24 |
U.S. marines have trained an elite force in the West African country of Niger to root out and kill al Qaeda-linked militants Washington fears may be roaming ungoverned swathes of the Sahara desert. They are the last West Africans to be trained as part of the U.S. Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorist Initiative (TSCTI), aimed at stopping militant groups gaining a foothold in a region which already provides 15 percent of U.S. oil supplies.
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |