Report: US Intelligence Lacks Resources To Fight al Qaeda In Africa -- The Hill

Report: US Intelligence Lacks Resources To Fight al Qaeda In Africa -- The Hill

U.S. intelligence agencies lack the necessary means and manpower to dismantle al Qaeda's rapidly growing presence in Africa on their own, becoming increasingly dependent on local forces to take that fight to the group's terror cells on the continent.

The relatively small network of intelligence assets Washington currently has in place in Africa pales in comparison to the number of similar American assets in places such as Afghanistan and Iraq, a U.S. intelligence official told The Associated Press on Sunday.

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