The United States Africa Command

FOLLOWING ITS STUNNING SUCCESS IN MID EAST, U.S. MILITARY MOVING INTO
AFRICA

JASON MOTLAGH THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The United States hopes by year's
end to establish an Africa Command that will anchor military operations
across a continent seen to be of increasing strategic importance and
threatened by transnational terrorists. The new force, known informally
as Africom, will preside over all countries on the continent except
Egypt and is expected to be operational by the fall, according to
Pentagon officials. They say it is needed to secure vast, lawless areas
where terrorists have sought safe haven to regroup and threaten U.S.
interests. . . The force will deal with peacekeeping, humanitarian aid
missions, military training and support of African partner countries. .
. . Current estimates are for about 1,000 personnel, on par with other
regional commands.

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