North Africa Reluctant to Host U.S. Command
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RABAT, Morocco -- A U.S. delegation seeking a home for a new military command in Africa got a chilly reception during a tour of the northern half of the continent this month, running into opposition even in countries that enjoy friendly relations with the Pentagon.
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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.
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RABAT, Morocco -- Senior Arab officials attending a US- sponsored conference to promote democracy in the Middle East emphatically rejected yesterday the Bush administration's assertion that greater democracy in the region would help end terrorism. They argued that the administration's strong support of Israel made it difficult to undertake political reform or to stop extremists driven by hatred of US ...
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WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell ruled out the introduction of US troops in the beleagured Darfur region of Sudan, saying the United States would pursue a strategy of pressuring the Sudanese government âvery hardâ in the UN Security
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Despite urging U.N. nuclear chief  Mohamed ElBaradei to step down after two terms, the Bush  administration may be unwilling to undertake an all-out  political battle to oust him, U.S. officials and diplomats say.
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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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Washington, Oct. 16 (NNN): Fearing for the worst, some members of a reserve American army unit in Iraq, responsible for transporting food, water and fuel for US-led forces, refused to undertake a convoy mission recently.
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The headquarters of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations  doesn't generate much respect among the world's diplomatic set, whose members have derided the gray 12-story structure as an architectural eyesore that is unfit to house the world's lone superpower.
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Agreement on expanding a NATO training mission in Iraq remained blocked with several countries still expressing reservations, NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer revealed.
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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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Sudan's failure to approve some non-African units of a U.N.-African peacekeeping force for Darfur is delaying preparations for its January 1 deployment, a U.N. official warned on Thursday.
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Nearly five years after the fall of   the Taliban in Afghanistan, Africa has emerged as a leading   front in a U.S. military campaign to deny al Qaeda a new safe   haven in the continent's vast, hard-to-govern regions.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  _ A delegation of Iraqis meant to help negotiate an end to an uprising in Najaf was forced to delay its mission Tuesday when it could not get a military escort for the dangerous journey to meet the radical cleric at the center of the ...
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NATO defense chiefs meeting in Seville on Thursday are unlikely to make major new offers of troops or equipment to battle insurgents in Afghanistan despite growing U.S. pressure, alliance sources said.
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Eritrea has ignored a U.N. deadline to grant peacekeepers on its border with Ethiopia access to badly needed fuel, but U.N. troops fear war could break out and have not begun leaving, a U.N. official said.
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RABAT  - Arab nations rebuffed US calls for speedy democratic reforms, insisting that steps the United States deems essential to stem terrorism be tied to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.
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The Pentagon, mindful of potential   threats to U.S. security emerging from Africa, is considering   creating a new military command responsible for the continent,   defense officials said on Wednesday.