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| All US military personnel have been ordered to leave Niger, media reports |
| 2024-05-11 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Pentagon has ordered the full withdrawal of American troops from Niger over the next few months, Politico newspaper writes on May 10. “The Department of Defense has ordered approximately 1,000 US troops in Niger to leave the country over the next few months,” a US official told the publication. As Regnum reported, in March the Niger authorities terminated the military agreement with the United States, which allowed American military personnel to remain in the country. Niger's Interior Minister Mohamed Toumba said the country is interested in the Russian military training its troops. On May 3, Reuters, citing a Pentagon representative, reported that Russian military personnel entered the air base in Niamey. On the same day, a source in the security forces of the African state clarified that the US military had declared increased combat readiness due to the deployment of Russian troops in Niger. On May 8, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at a hearing in the Appropriations Committee of the US Senate that Washington would have to withdraw all its troops from Niger. The United States tried to the last to maintain a military presence in Niger, and the authorities in Niamey had to begin deploying the Russian contingent before the Pentagon removed its personnel. At the same time, with the departure of the Americans, it is likely that Niger’s military cooperation with Russia will further deepen. Ivan Loshkarev, a researcher at the Center for the Study of Political Elites at the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO, shared this opinion with a Regnum correspondent. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 There is oil and natural resources in Afghanistan. That is why the CCP is there. We were just there to expend our wealth for no return. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-05-11 14:38 |
| #6 Who bets that oil will be discovered shortly and US troops will be back, as invaders this time. Or possibly a Russian plot that requires a regime change operation. Hey, it worked well in other countries. it makes a lot more sense if you view the deep state as a supranational organization that runs the US military for its own goals. The American people are just a hostile occupied population, like Germany after WW2. |
| Posted by: Uleremp and Company7042 2024-05-11 13:03 |
| #5 The new AQ set up in Afghanistan is spread out with camps in every province. It will have to be addressed by cogent adults after the senile, corrupt and stupid are shown the door. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-05-11 12:32 |
| #4 Agreed. Still ignominious. Funny we have to go to a foreign source to understand Lunch Vader can give orders for anything other than wine pairing. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-05-11 11:15 |
| #3 Forget nation building. Level every place that shelters terrorists. Let others do (and pay for) rebuilding. Not that there is much to rebuild in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2024-05-11 08:15 |
| #2 Al Qaeda Rebuilding in Afghanistan |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-05-11 02:54 |
| #1 Should have never gone there in the first place. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-05-11 02:01 |