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A Decade of US Special Ops in the Sahel-Maghreb | @BooMan on Feb 7, 2013 |
How an interview with Vicki Huddleston led me to articles with a black view of the Islamic terror groups in Sahel-Maghreb and US influence during the last decade. In the shadow of black ops, false flag operations, proxy war and earth's resources in Africa. Belmokhtar was in JSoc's crosshairs, a decision was made not to pull the trigger. A mistake with consequences similar to the misses of taking out Osama Bin Laden in the 1990s? Mokhtar Belmokhtar was the mastermind of the recent Algerian hostage taking at In Amenas gas plant resulting in a massacre of foreign workers.

Jihadist, an Afghan veteran fighting the Soviets, supported and trained by the CIA in the AfPak region, with funds from Saudi Arabia ... fighting America's 🇺🇸 proxy war.

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, 40, who lost an eye while fighting in Afghanistan in the 1990s, claimed responsibility for the seizure of dozens of foreign hostages at the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria in January in which more than 60 people were killed.
That attack put Algeria back on the map of global jihad, 20 years after its civil war, a bloody Islamist struggle for power. It also burnished Belmokhtar's jihadi credentials by showing that al Qaeda remained a potent threat to Western interests despite U.S. forces killing Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 2011.

Terrorists of Benghazi Raid Killed in Algerian Hostage Massacre | Jan 25, 2013 |

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by Oui (Oui) on Fri Aug 4th, 2023 at 10:54:07 PM EST

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🇳🇪 The situation in #Niger is evolving rapidly.

FRANCE 24's senior reporter @cnorristrent was in the studio earlier with the latest developments 👇 pic.twitter.com/ljZXD8Trff
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) August 4, 2023

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by Oui (Oui) on Fri Aug 4th, 2023 at 10:54:57 PM EST
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'In the fight against jihadist groups, Niger has no better allies than France and the US' | France24 |
To the consternation of France and the US, soldiers in Niger detained the country's President Mohamed Bazoum at his home on July 26 and declared a coup. Despite this condemnation of the coup, they have not intervened. And the newly installed junta has made numerous diplomatic swipes against France and the US's condemnation of the coup and scrapped its military pacts with France.
Niger is of particular strategic value to both the US and France, with both countries having a significant military presence in the West African nation. Over a thousand troops from each country are based there, deployed to help fight the surge in jihadist attacks in the region.
US President Joe Biden's administration sees the country as its best counterterrorism outpost in the unstable Sahel region. France promptly refused to withdraw its military, stating that only "legitimate" authorities were entitled to ask it to.
Abandoning Niger risks not only a surge in jihadist groups but an ever-greater influence by Russia's Wagner mercenary group, which is present in several countries of the Sahel region.

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by Oui (Oui) on Fri Aug 4th, 2023 at 10:56:12 PM EST
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#Breaking
🇳🇪🚨| The Defence Ministers of ECOWAS member countries have set a date for the military intervention in Niger.

The final decision is up to the Heads of State, announces the President of the ECOWAS Commission.
— Casus Belli (@casusbellii) August 4, 2023