With eye on Al-Qaeda, US creates Africa military command
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The United States said it was to set up a new US regional command to oversee military activities in Africa in a move reflecting US fears that some African nations may be harboring suspected terror groups.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  said on Friday he favors creating a new U.S. military command  responsible for Africa, as the Pentagon aims to guard against  potential threats to U.S. security arising from the continent.
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania : The United States pressed its NATO allies to begin military planning for possibly taking over command of operations in Afghanistan from US forces as early as next year.
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In American military parlance, it's gut-check time for NATO in Afghanistan, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears ready to answer allies' calls for more forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda
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The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday authorized an African force to protect Somalia's government against an increasingly powerful Islamic militia, hoping to restore peace and avert a broader conflict in the region.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush's homeland security adviser said yesterday that the United States was prepared to take additional measures, including military force, to curb Al Qaeda's operations in remote regions of Pakistan.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is quietly expanding its network of small outposts worldwide to help fight terrorism in Middle Eastern and African hotspots, even as it prepares to send home tens of thousands of troops from Cold War bases in Germany and South Korea...
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on  Wednesday his plan for a United States of Africa should include  creating a two million strong army to staunch recurrent  conflicts which have ravaged many of the continent&#39;s nations.
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The US has provided airlifts and pledged $300 million to support African troops in west Sudan. By Abraham McLaughlin - staff writer and Duncan Woodside - contributor.
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the U.S. commander in Afghanistan has launched a review of the American mission there with a major focus on counterterrorism, a senior U.S. military official said Sunday. U.S. intelligence shows that al Qaeda has carved a safe haven in the region, and attacks by the Taliban have increased.
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HABBANIYA, Iraq - The US military's push to organize Sunni Arabs into local neighborhood watch groups has been one of the United States' most important initiatives in Iraq - so much so that President Bush flew to Anbar Province in September to highlight growing alliances with Sunni tribal leaders.
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President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he had approved plans to create a U.S. military command for Africa, a move that reflects increased U.S. strategic interest in the continent.
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The creation of an Islamic caliphate, or empire, has long formed part of al Qaeda's world view, and it is a vision that seems to have unsettled Washington.
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The U.S. can look back with content on 2007 as the year it put al-Qaeda on the run in Iraq. But Shi'ite militias have  consolidated their power and may be bigger long-term threat
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KARACHI - Tiring of the carrot and stick approach, and with US presidential elections only a few months away, the US has taken an aggressive role in Pakistan in the hunt for &quot;big-name&quot; al-Qaeda figures.
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The United States pressed its NATO allies to begin military planning for possibly taking over command of operations in Afghanistan from US forces as early as next year.
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SAMARI, Niger  - 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.