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Algeria has rejected a US demand to establish a military base in the North
African country, a report says.
May 11, 2014 by
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US military established its Africa Command in 2008, but so far the command has
not found any African state willing to host its headquarters.
Sun May 11, 2014 1:12AM GMT
Local sources in Algeria say the United States demanded the
military base as part of its plan to mount aerial surveillance in the Africa
continent.
The US military established its Africa Command in 2008, but so far
the command has not found any African state willing to host its headquarters.
In a move observers see as the US reaction to the Algiers
decision, US Ambassador to Algeria Henny Ensher said Washington would not sell
combat drones to the country, despite earlier agreements.
Ensher said the use of drones in Algeria requires various
arrangements including an air system and further coordination between different
security services.
In January 2013, the United States sent a drone aircraft for
surveillance over the Algerian gas plant, where Algerian forces launched an
operation to free several American hostages taken by militants. During the
raid, only two of the American captives were freed, according to Reuters.
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