A Burkinabe police officer with the Special Intervention Unit fires his AK-47 rifle during a simulated terrorist attack as part of exercise Flintlock 2019 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Feb. 27, 2019.
VOA: ‘We Are Not Winning’ Counterterror War in Sahel, US Military Leader in Africa Says
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO — The United States and its allies are not winning the counterterrorism war for the Sahel, the head of U.S. special operations forces in Africa told VOA Thursday.
“I would tell you at this time, we are not winning,” U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Marcus Hicks, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command Africa, said Thursday on the sidelines of Flintlock, a major U.S.-led military exercise in the region. The exercise involves about 2,000 commandoes from more than 30 African and Western countries.
The host of this year’s exercise, Burkina Faso, is battling an insurgency from several al-Qaida-linked groups, particularly in the past several months.
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Update: Top U.S. Gen. Warns: ‘We Are Not Winning’ Anti-Jihad War in Africa’s Sahel Region (Breitbart)
WNU Editor: I do not see any U.S. political or public will to get involved in Africa's insurgencies.
