Thursday, June 14, 2012

Africa - Voice of America: Report: US Expands Air Surveillance Across Africa

Africa - Voice of America
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Report: US Expands Air Surveillance Across Africa
Jun 14th 2012, 13:33

The Washington Post reports the U.S. military has set up small air bases across Africa to conduct surveillance of terrorist groups. The newspaper, quoting U.S. and African officials, says about a dozen bases have been set up since 2007 in a number of countries.  They include Burkina Faso, Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya and the Seychelles. The Post reports that instead of drones, the program uses single-engine PC-12s flown by pilots.  It says the small, unarmed ...

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