US Forces coming to oil-rich Gulf of Guinea-- USAF Commander
Friday, August 20, 2004 at 07:47AM
TheSpook
THE United States yesterday said it was deploying
forces to the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea, off Nigeria's coastline, because
the region's vast oil and gas resources were of strategic economic
importance to America and the rest of the world. Besides, the Nigerian
Air Force has started taking delivery of the US$3million worth of spare
parts meant for repairs and maintenance of the nation's Hercules C-130
combat aircraft earlier promised it by the United States Government.
Commander of the US Air Forces in Europe, General Robert Fogleson
stated this during a visit to the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Jonah
Wuyep at the Defence Headquarters. General Fogleson said with the
increasing threats of global terrorism, the deployment of US forces in
the Gulf of Guinea was necessary if only to help protect a region that
is currently of great importance to America's stability. [more ]
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