Nevertheless, with some 4,000-5,000 personnel on the ground at any given time, the United States now has more troops in Africa than at any point since its Somalia intervention two decades ago. That ended in humiliation and withdrawal after the 1993 "Blackhawk Down" debacle in which 18 U.S. soldiers died.
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Niger accuses France of orchestrating failed military mutiny
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Niger has blamed France for inciting an attack on a key military airbase by
mutinous soldiers last week.
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