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                    [ArticleID] => 1345777
                    [Title] => What the military did while Benghazi post burned
                    [Summary] => 

One by one, behind closed doors, military officers explained what they did and didn't do the night the US diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, burned.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-13 05:53:04 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1237685 [AuthorName] => Connie Cass [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1259577 [Title] => C. African Republic: Kony wants to surrender [Summary] =>

Central African Republic's government said Thursday that Joseph Kony, an accused war criminal hunted by African troops and U.S. advisers, is believed to be in the country's remote southeast and has been talking with the president. U.S. officials and others expressed doubt the reported talks represent a breakthrough in efforts to bring him to justice.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-22 04:06:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1375264 [AuthorName] => Jason Straziuso and Krista Larson [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img845/2411/7i9m.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 924599 [Title] => US eyes anti-piracy effort along west Africa coast [Summary] =>

The US and some of its allies are considering plans to increase anti-piracy operations along Africa's west coast, spurred on by concerns that money from the attacks is funding a Nigerian-based insurgent group that is linked to one of al-Qaida's most dangerous affiliates.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-27 03:51:26 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 917249 [Title] => General: Many of Ghadafi's weapons unaccounted for [Summary] =>

The chief of the U.S. Africa Command is telling Congress that thousands of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft weapons from the arsenal of deposed Libyan leader Moammar Ghadafi remain unaccounted for in Africa and beyond.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-08 03:32:24 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 901713 [Title] => US to support French in Mali with aerial refueling [Summary] =>

The United States has decided to provide additional support to the French military in its war against Islamic militants in Mali by conducting aerial refueling missions.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-27 14:00:06 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 900206 [Title] => US begins transporting French troops to Mali [Summary] =>

American planes transported French troops and equipment to Mali, a US military spokesman said yesterday, as Malian and French forces pushed into the Islamist-held north.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-23 05:35:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 889796 [Title] => Army teams going to Africa as terror threat grow [Summary] =>

A U.S. Army brigade will begin sending small teams into as many as 35 African nations early next year, part of an intensifying Pentagon effort to train countries to battle extremists and give the U.S. a ready and trained force to dispatch to Africa if crises requiring the U.S. military emerge.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-24 16:43:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 866562 [Title] => General demoted for lavish travel, spending [Summary] =>

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has demoted the former head of US Africa Command who was accused of spending thousands of dollars on lavish travel and other unauthorized expenses, a senior US official said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-14 02:01:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 733174 [Title] => Gadhafi son denies Interpol allegations [Summary] =>

Moammar Gadhafi's son, al-Saadi, denied allegations of corruption and intimidation and called Interpol's decision to put him on the equivalent of its most-wanted list political, according to an email.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-03 14:14:17 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 732853 [Title] => AP Exclusive: US general sees end to Libya mission [Summary] =>

The military mission in Libya is largely complete and NATO's involvement could begin to wrap up as soon as this coming week after allied leaders meet in Brussels, according to the top US commander for Africa.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-02 12:00:02 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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