U.S.-Trained Officers Have Led Numerous Coups in Africa
The Intercept Briefing
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The Us and Africa Command
In the past year and a half, there have been seven cops and co attempts in africa. But what many people haven't focused on is how the us. Government has direct links to many of them. Since two thousand eight us. Trained officers have attempted at least nine cops and succeeded in at least eight in five west african countries alone. Three times in berquina fosso, three times a mali, and one each in guinea, mauritania and the gambia. Training and support to the region flows through the state department and africa command,. an arm of the department of defense in charge of military operations across Africa.
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