US flying surveillance drones along the Tunisia Libya border
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By Ken Hanly 11 hours ago in World
The Tunisian President, Beji Caid Essebsi has finally confirmed, in a TV interview, that the US has been flying surveillance drones along Tunisia's border with Libya for some time.
Essebsi claimed: “This is part of a military cooperation with the US as part of fighting terrorism in the region.” Essebsi said there were 70 US officers in Tunisia training personnel for the Tunisian army. However, he denied that the US had any airbases in Tunisia.
However, there were earlier reports claiming that the US was using a military base in Tunisia to fly drones along the border with Libya. Farhat Horchani, the Tunisian Minister of Defense said that Tunisia had received reconnaissance drones from the US. This was part of a military cooperation plan with the US he said.
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