US taxpayers forced into yet another Islamic terror hell hole, US troops to Niger ahead of building drone base there. Only the best for wars while US taxpayers who pay all the bills are told they must do without. Where are the screaming anti-war protesters?

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2/22/13, "Mali conflict: US deploys 100 troops to neighbour Niger," BBC

"The US has deployed 100 troops to Niger to assist French forces in neighbouring Mali, the US president has said.

The armed troops will provide intelligence support, President Barack Obama informed Congress on Friday.

France deployed troops to Mali in January to counter al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants.

The US and Niger signed a status of forces agreement last month, and the US is weighing a base for surveillance drones there, US media have reported.

A senior Niger official said in January that US Ambassador Bisa Williams requested permission to establish a drone base in a meeting with Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou, the Reuters news agency reported.

Last month, the US and Niger struck an agreement on the status of US forces as the two nations "define precisely what kind of military presence we may have in Niger in the future", a spokeswoman for the US state department said."...


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