Al-Qaeda 'seeks African foothold'

From The BBC

US special forces are training countries in north Africa to help them guard against infiltration by alleged terrorists, the New York Times reports.
US military commanders told the paper that the region was threatening to becoming a new base for al-Qaeda.

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Spanish police investigating the 11 March train bombings in Madrid have uncovered alleged links with north Africa, raising concerns about possible future attacks in Europe.

In order to tackle militant groups, the US is sending small groups of special forces to train local soldiers, rather than a sending large numbers of US troops.

"We want to be preventative, so that we don't have to put boots on the ground here in North Africa as we did in Afghanistan," the US European Command's chief of counter-terrorism Lt Col Powl Smith told the New York Times.

Look in the Schools and Mosques to see what is going on there.