U.S. Fights Its 'War on Terror' in Africa

A lead story in the Washington Post has called attention to a shadowy United States military airborne surveillance effort covering much of east and west Africa. A South African, Simon Allison, and an American, J Brooks Spector, look at the issue for iMaverick.

U.S. forces training in Djibouti.

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