The Outpost That Doesn't Exist in the Country You Can't Locate
A Base Camp, an Authoritarian Regime, and the Future of U.S. Blowback in
Africa
By <
http://www.tomdispatch.com/authors/nickturse> Nick Turse
20.11.2014
Admit it. You don't know where Chad is. You know it's in Africa, of course.
But beyond that? Maybe with a map of the continent and by some process of
elimination you could come close. But you'd probably pick Sudan or maybe the
Central African Republic. Here's a tip. In the future, choose that vast,
arid swath of land just below Libya.
Who does know where Chad is? That answer is simpler: the U.S. military.
Recent contracting documents indicate that it's building something there.
Not a huge facility, not a mini-American town, but a small camp......
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Berhane
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