Exclusive: The Pentagon Plans for an African Command
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The Pentagon is close to approving a command for Africa, where poverty and corruption make it a vulnerable area for extremists and terrorists
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  said on Friday he favors creating a new U.S. military command  responsible for Africa, as the Pentagon aims to guard against  potential threats to U.S. security arising from the continent.
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European Union experts say the United States is pushing to get a regional peacekeeping force deployed in Somalia and this could trigger a wider war in the Horn of Africa, European Commission sources said on Tuesday.
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The United States will endorse African peacekeepers to help prop up Somalia's shaky interim government in a draft resolution to be unveiled on Friday, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said.
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In April 2003, as the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was ending, the Pentagon projected in a formal planning effort that the U.S. military occupation of the country would end this month.
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Pentagon planners and military commanders have identified areas in Iraq that must be brought under control before elections.
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The United States Tuesday sent a large warship to Africa's oil-rich Gulf of Guinea for about a month to visit three countries and help train local navies, the U.S. military said.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld   said on Friday he favors creating a new U.S. military command   responsible for Africa, as the Pentagon aims to guard against   potential threats to U.S. security arising from the continent.
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DARFUR, October 22 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - The African Union announced has it was poised to boost the number of its peacekeepers in Sudanâs troubled Darfur region as the Sudanese government and the two rebel groups were set to launch a new
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The United Nations and the African Union drew up plans for a peacekeeping force for Darfur of more than 23,000 troops, police and other personnel to protect civilians and be able to use force to deter violence.
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Defense wants to remake the armed services, and one of the critical tools would be a global, common networking architecture for US forces.
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The U.S. military has named a senior American diplomat to serve alongside a Navy admiral in leading its new Africa Command, an acknowledgment of the importance of the civilian aspects of the operation.
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The US president is expected to announce plans for a major reorganisation of forces stationed abroad.
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The commander of U.S. forces in Central Asia has launched planning for more extensive use of U.S. troops to train Pakistani armed forces
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The African Union will go ahead with a  fact-finding mission to Somalia on Monday to size up security  before a bigger African peace mission, officials said on  Sunday.
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The Pentagon is preparing to alert eight National Guard units that they should be ready to go to Iraq or Afghanistan beginning late next summer, The Associated Press has learned
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The United States and other nations are prepared to help move an expanded African peacekeeping force into position in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region to halt the bloodshed, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday.