"I didn't know there was 1,000 troops in Niger,"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators said on Sunday the White House has not been forthcoming with details about the military's presence in Niger after the deaths of four soldiers there earlier this month and they want more answers on U.S. operations in the west African country.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer said in separate interviews that they support Republican Senator John McCain's effort to get answers from the Pentagon on the ambush and more broadly on the U.S. fight against ISIS in Niger. (Link)
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U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS NUMBERS SURGE IN AFRICA’S SHADOW WARS/
This article is from December 2016.
The majority of African governments that hosted deployments of U.S. commandos in 2016 have seen their own security forces cited for human rights abuses by the U.S. State Department, including Algeria , Botswana , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Cameroon , Democratic Republic of Congo , Djibouti , Kenya , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Nigeria , and Tanzania , among others.
Kinda makes me wonder how they could NOT have known.
I'm not surprised.
And my guess would be that the vast majority of African governments that have not hosted deployments of U.S. commandos in 20126 have seen their own security forces cited for human rights abuses by the U.S. State department as well!