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Egypt and Cuba and Iraq and Afghanistan: what an unusual day of international news! Now Allen Pizzey of CBS files from Uganda, offering a profile of the head of the Pentagon's new Africa Command. Gen William Ward's mission involved training Ugandan soldiers to intervene in the civil war in Somalia "so the United States does not have to," as Pizzey put it. Pizzey explained that "al-Qaeda and other militants have expanded their operations to Africa. Across the top of the entire continent rebel groups, and discontented youth, make ideal recruits, a situation made all the more dangerous by growing American dependence on African oil." Gen Ward's job is to crisscross the continent "trying to convince skeptical Africans that Washington wants partners not new military bases." Deadpanned Pizzey: "It has been a tough sell."
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