Trans-Saharan Counter-Terrorism Initiative

Trans-Saharan Counter-Terrorism Initiative. ..

June 2005
"The 'Trans-Saharan Counter-terrorism Initiative' will be officially kicked off in June [2005] in Senegal with manoeuvres called 'Exercise Flintlock 2005.' It builds on the PanSahel initiative, which began in 2003, to prevent terrorists from setting up safe havens in Africa.

"The new program would be better funded, an annual US$ 100 million over 5 years, and have a wider scope, adding Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal and Nigeria to the original four countries included in the Pan Sahel Initiative, ... "

A number of U.S. agencies would be involved in the effort:
 * Department of Defense "would continue to focus on military operations"
 * U.S. Agency for International Development "for example, would address educational initiatives"
 * Department of State, airport security
 * Department of the Treasury, "efforts to tighten up money-handling controls in the region"

Source: Arabic News, May 28, 2005.

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