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U.S. To Send 300 Troops To Help Cameroon Fight ISIS Affiliate

by TheTower.org Staff |

The United States will send surveillance drones and up to 300 troops to Cameroon to assist the West African nation’s fight against the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) today.

The U.S. deployed 90 military personnel to Cameroon and plans to send surveillance drones to amass intelligence on the Boko Haram militant group and aid counterinsurgency efforts, military and administration officials said Wednesday.

The Defense Department plans to send as many as 300 U.S. troops to the West African nation, in what officials said is expected to be a temporary mission against the militant group. Flushed from its Nigerian base by that country’s armed forces, Boko Haram is threatening neighboring countries like Cameroon.

The U.S. troops in Cameroon, who began arriving Tuesday, will support the operation of unarmed MQ-1 Predator drones to conduct surveillance and reconnaissance operations against Boko Haram.

Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) earlier this year.

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