The Wall Street Journal
By Michael M. Phillips in OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso
and Joe Parkinson in YOLA, Nigeria
Officials warn Islamist militancy in the Sahel could reach tourist destinations and oil fields
By Michael M. Phillips in OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso and Joe Parkinson in YOLA, Nigeria.
U.S.-led special-operations exercises that got under way in the scorched scrublands of Burkina Faso last week look much like they have for the past 15 years, with some 2,000 commandos from 32 African, Western and allied countries swapping notes on their martial craft.
American Green Berets coached Senegalese special forces on their favorite techniques for breaking down doors and conducting room-to-room searches. An Austrian soldier trained headquarters troops from Burkina Faso on the mechanics of running offensives. Belgian…
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