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| Press Briefing On U.S. Efforts to Combat Terrorism in Africa |
| 2021-03-14 |
Lots of excess verbiage and less interesting questions and answers snipped. [AllAfrica] Digital press briefing on U.S. efforts to combat terrorism in Africa, featuring John T. Godfrey, Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Acting Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, and Michael C. Gonzales, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs. The speakers addressed recent developments in U.S. counterterrorism efforts in Africa, including in the Great Lakes region and Mozambique. Mr. Godfrey: Great. So as you all probably saw yesterday, Secretary of State Blinken designated ISIS-Democratic Republic of the Congo and ISIS-Mozambique as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists, or SDGTs for short. He also designated Seka Musa Baluku, the leader of ISIS-DRC, and Abu Yasir Hassan, the leader of ISIS-Mozambique, as SDGTs. Before we dig into the substance and consequences of those designations, I'd first like to take a moment to discuss the larger context at play here, which is the expanded presence of ISIS in Africa. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 About Portland.....? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-03-14 07:02 |
| #3 Take Kurtz's advice... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-03-14 05:09 |
| #2 None of it is worthy of discussion. Africa hosts and exports only dread and misery. Perhaps we have learned nothing? Something akin to swimming in the Everglades. Most will tend to avoid it. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-03-14 04:49 |
| #1 If we are committed to the enduring global defeat of ISIS, or Daesh - and we are - then we have to confront it in Africa. War forever! These insurgencies aren't caused by TEH ISLAM they're caused by tribalism and corrupt governments that totally screw over their people. What's the cure? Giving those same governments more money! Surely it will work this time! |
| Posted by: Sheger Thromotch7944 2021-03-14 03:09 |