U.S. Special Operations Numbers Surge in Africa’s Shadow Wars
Nick Turse
December 31 2016, 10:46 a.m.
Africa has seen the most dramatic growth in the deployment of America’s elite troops of any region of the globe over the past decade, according to newly released numbers.
In 2006, just 1% of commandos sent overseas were deployed in the U.S. Africa Command area of operations. In 2016, 17.26% of all U.S. Special Operations forces — Navy SEALs and Green Berets among them — deployed abroad were sent to Africa, according to data supplied to The Intercept by U.S. Special Operations Command. That total ranks second only to the Greater Middle East where the U.S. is waging war against enemies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen.
https://theintercept.com/2016/12/31/u-s-special-operations-numbers-surge-in-africas-shadow-wars/
