Vast Network of U.S. Bases in Africa Exposed
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WORLD NEWS December 6, 2018 5 Vast Network of U.S. Putin Warns U.S. Against Developing Banned Missiles BELGRADE (AP) -- Serbia’s prime minister Bases in Africa Exposed warned Wednesday that the formation of a Kosovo army could trigger Serbia’s armed Djibouti is home to the “crown jewel” intervention in the former province – the of the bases, Camp Lemonnier, the U.S. bluntest warning so far amid escalating hub for operations targeting Yemen and tensions in the Balkans. Serbian Prime Minister Somalia. Ana Brnabic said that she hopes “we won’t Libya is shown housing three unnamed ever have to use our army, but unfortunately and previously unreported contingency that is currently one of the options on the locations near its coastline, although table.” Kosovo’s Parliament will vote Dec. 14 President Donald Trump said last year on transforming the country’s security forces into a regular army. Serbian officials allege the that he saw no US military role there. army would be used to chase the Serb minority Cameroon accommodates two more out of Kosovo – a claim repeatedly denied by contingency bases. The 2018 map also Kosovo officials. NATO Secretary-General notes the existence of a CSL in Chad’s Jens Stoltenberg Wednesday issued a warning capital, N’Djamena. on Kosovo’s intention to transition into army. There are two contingency locations in “Such a move is ill-timed. It goes against the neighboring Mali. Tunisia hosts another advice of many NATO allies and may have contingency site. Only one base lies in serious repercussions for Kosovo’s future Euro- the far south of the continent: A CSL in Atlantic integration,” he said. Russia, which is close ally of Serbia, called Kosovo’s planned A U.S. Army instructor is seen alongside Malian soldiers in Botswana’s capital, Gaborone. Russia’s Tor-M2DT surface-to-air missile systems designed for the Arctic move “another destabilizing and provocative this picture taken on April 12, 2018 at a military camp in “It is getting harder for the U.S. region are paraded during the 2017 Victory Day parade in Moscow. step.” military to plausibly claim that it has a southwestern Mali. *** ‘light footprint’ in Africa. In just the MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President out of the pact, saying that the U.S. first In the briefing, Teil presented a map PARIS (Reuters) -- U.S. President Donald WASHINGTON (Dispatches) -- A past five years, it has established what is Vladimir Putin on Wednesday warned made up its mind to walk out of it and Trump has taken another swipe on Twitter at United States military briefing shows of the U.S. military’s constellation of perhaps the largest drone complex in the the United States that if it walks only then “started to look for the reasons his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron Washington runs 34 bases across the bases, which names 14 forward world in Djibouti — Chabelley — which out of a key arms treaty and starts why they should do it.” prompted by Macron’s woes over violent Africa, contrary to the Pentagon’s operating sites (FOSes) and cooperative is involved in wars on two continents, developing the type of missiles banned “It seems that our American partners protests against fuel taxes. “I am glad that my insistence that it maintains a modest security locations (CSLs) besides Yemen, and Somalia,” Moore said. by it, Russia will do the same. believe that the situation has changed friend @EmmanuelMacron and the protestors presence across the continent. providing country-specific locales for 20 The expert also noted that the U.S. was Putin’s remarks to Russian news so much that the U.S. has to have this in Paris have agreed with the conclusion I reached two years ago,” Trump tweeted late The 2018 briefing by the U.S. African contingency locations. building an even larger drone base in the agencies on Wednesday came a day after type of weapons,” he said in televised Command (AFRICOM)’s science The website quoted Adam Moore, an city of Agadez in central Niger. on Tuesday. “The Paris Agreement is fatally U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo remarks. “What would be our response? flawed because it raises the price of energy adviser Peter E. Teil, titled Strategic assistant professor of geography at the Earlier in the year, Gen. Thomas announced at a NATO meeting that A very simple one: in that case, we will Posture, was exposed by The Intercept University of California, as saying that for responsible countries while whitewashing Waldhauser, the AFRICOM commander, Washington will suspend its obligations do the same.” some of the worst polluters,” said Trump, in early December. The news website the positioning of the bases suggested told the House Armed Services Committee, under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Speaking at a briefing of foreign referring to a global deal on the environment obtained the documents via the Freedom that the US military presence had “US Africa Command’s posture plan is Forces Treaty (INF) in 60 days, citing military attaches earlier, Gen. Valery drafted in Paris in late 2015. Earlier this week, of Information Act. been organized around three theaters designed to secure strategic access to key Russian “cheating.” Gerasimov, chief of staff of the Russian French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe The documents, the report said, offer throughout the continent. locations on a continent characterized by The U.S. has shared intelligence military, warned of a Russian response decided to suspend planned increases to “a unique window onto the sprawling “The Horn of Africa — Somalia, vast distances and limited infrastructure.” evidence with its NATO allies that it says and said that it would be the countries fuel taxes for at least six months in response to weeks of sometimes violent protests, network of U.S. military outposts in Djibouti, Kenya; Libya; and the Sahel — “Our posture network allows forward shows that Russia’s new SSC-8 ground- that host U.S. intermediate-range missiles Africa, including previously undisclosed Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Mali, Burkina staging of forces to provide operational marking the first major U-turn by Macron’s fired cruise missile could give Moscow that would become immediate targets for administration in 18 months in office. or unconfirmed sites in hotspots like Faso,” said Moore, adding that the US flexibility and timely response,” he added. the ability to launch a nuclear strike in Russia. Libya, Niger, and Somalia.” only maintained one base in the south. *** Europe with little or no notice. Russia has When signed in 1987, the INF treaty GENEVA (AP) — The UN secretary-general’s denied the accusations. was lauded as a major safeguard for envoy for Western Sahara is meeting with President Donald Trump earlier this global security since they eliminated foreign ministers from Algeria, Morocco and Police Arrest Scores of Mobsters Across Europe year announced his decision to withdraw shorter-range missiles that take just a Mauritania plus leaders of the Polisario Front from the INF, accusing Russia and China few minutes to reach their targets. The over the future of the Morocco-annexed territory. by far Sicily’s Cosa Nostra or the Naples — which is not a signatory to the treaty removal of such destabilizing weapons UN envoy Horst Koehler, a former German area Camorra. — of violating it. would in theory allow more time for president, hosted a “round-table” discussion The Hague-based agency said the Putin on Wednesday accused the United decision-making in case of a warning of among the attendees at the first UN-hosted States of making up excuses for pulling a missile attack. talks on the territory in six years, after meeting massive probe was the biggest of its kind with them bilaterally earlier Wednesday. The in Europe. Some 4 tons of cocaine were UN says the two-day meeting is a first step traced during the investigation. Cocaine toward a renewed negotiations process aiming and ecstasy pills also were seized in Spain Accused of Male Chauvinism to “provide for the self-determination of the Wednesday’s raids. people of Western Sahara.” Morocco annexed Italian police hailed the cooperation the former Spanish colony in 1975 and fought between European police forces and the pro-independence Polisario Front until a Eurojust’s coordination, saying it was Over ‘Wolf Pack’ Case UN-brokered cease-fire in 1991. Morocco has an important new crime-fighting tactic proposed wide-ranging autonomy for Western Sahara, while the Polisario Front wants a that allowed investigators in different referendum on the territory’s future. countries to share information in real time. *** WELLINGTON (AP) -- A powerful But Italy’s top Mafia prosecutor, earthquake that struck in the southern Pacific Federico Cafiero De Raho, also sounded Ocean on Wednesday sent jitters around the a note of caution, saying the raids only region after authorities warned of possible scratched the surface of the powerful tsunamis, but there were no initial reports ’ndrangheta, whose tentacles and illicit of destructive waves or major damage. The activities, including huge cocaine magnitude 7.5 quake hit in the afternoon near Settimo Mineo, considered the successor to Sicilian Mafia boss trafficking operations, were spread all New Caledonia at a shallow depth, where earthquakes are generally more damaging. It “Toto” Riina, is escorted by Italian Carabinieri officers after his over the world. Speaking in The Hague, Cafiero de was felt as far away as Vanuatu. The Pacific arrest in Palermo, Sicily, on Dec. 4, 2018. Tsunami Warning Center said tsunami waves Raho said the arrests “are nothing for of between 1 and 3 meters were possible along THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — It was the second significant mob ’ndrangheta.