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米国、アフリカで反テロを後押し（Ｗ．ポスト）：ホラ来た、ホラ来た。
ワシントン・ポスト（メール配信）は７月２６日の記事で、米国がアフリカの９カ国で長期計画に基づいた対テロ訓練を施す考えであることを伝えています。対象となる国はアルジェリア、チャド、マリ、モーリタニア、ニジェール、セネガル、ナイジェリア、モロッコ、そしてチュニジアです。
昨年の３・１１の直前に米国とモロッコが自由通称協定を結び、３・１１直後に米軍特殊部隊が北アフリカ４カ国に配備されたことに続き、「対テロ」をバネにして、米国によるアフリカの軍事要塞化と軍事支配が着々と進みつつあるようです。
これが「アル・カイダとの戦い」を口実にしていることは言うまでもありませんが、エジプトでの爆破事件の直後ですからあの事件の意味は大きいでしょうね。もちろんこのような軍事計画が２，３日で決められるはずもなく、ずいぶん以前からの「計画通り」ということでしょう。
この記事は非常に長いので、最初の全体のまとめの部分だけを貼り付けておきます。
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U.S. Pushes Anti-Terrorism in Africa
Under Long-Term Program, Pentagon to Train Soldiers of 9 Nations
By Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 26, 2005; Page A01
N'DJAMENA, Chad -- The U.S. military is embarking on a long-term push into Africa to counter what it considers growing inroads by al Qaeda and other terrorist networks in poor, lawless and predominantly Muslim expanses of the continent.
The Pentagon plans to train thousands of African troops in battalions equipped for extended desert and border operations and to link the militaries of different countries with secure satellite communications. The initiative, with proposed funding of $500 million over seven years, covers Algeria, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Nigeria, Morocco and Tunisia -- with the U.S. military eager to add Libya if relations improve.
The Pentagon is also assigning more military officers to U.S. embassies in the region, bolstering the gathering and sharing of intelligence, casing out austere landing strips for use in emergencies, and securing greater access and legal protections for U.S. troops through new bilateral agreements.
The thrust into Africa is vital to head off an infiltration by international terrorist groups, according to senior U.S. military, Pentagon and State Department officials. The groups are recruiting hundreds of members in Africa and Europe, attacking local governments and Western interests, and profiting from tribal smuggling routes to obtain arms, cash and hideouts, they say. Meanwhile, small groups of Islamic radicals are moving into Africa from Iraq, where Africans make up about a quarter of the foreign fighters, the officials say.
Foreshadowing a new phase in the war against terrorism, the Pentagon plan is to mobilize Africans to fight and preempt militant groups while only selectively using U.S. troops, who are already taxed by operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. But in mustering African forces, the U.S. military confronts not only a highly elusive enemy across a vast, desolate terrain but also the competing agendas of authoritarian African governments and corrupt and chaotic militaries on the ground.
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