Africa's Role in Assisting US in GWOT

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Here's one of the many examples of how the United States is battling the forces of Islamic Fascism in Africa thus demonstrating this is indeed a Global War on Terror. I guess after seeing what the Islamic extremists can do in places like Algeria, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, as well as Kenya and the Gulf of Aden the various nations of Africa realize how important it is to team up with the US in such a fight. So when you think about the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, remember that they are just two battlefronts in a multi-faceted war. No matter what the media, select politicians and talking heads might say, we are using all of our diplomatic, political, financial and military tools wherever they're needed.

Check out this article in the October 6, 2003 issue of US News & World Report to get a better grasp on what we're doing to prevent Islamic extremism from getting a large toe-hold in Africa. Overall, we seem to be doing pretty well in this area and by training more and more forces throughout Africa we reduce the zone of influence of the terrorists even further.