"U.S. special forces arrived in Niger in January 2013 on the orders of President Obama...Reuters reported in February 2013: 'France intervened in Mali, which borders Niger, last month as Islamist forces, who seized control of the north in the confusion following a military coup in March 2012, pushed towards the capital Bamako. That lifted Mali to the forefront of U.S. and European security concerns, with fears the Islamists would turn the country into a base for international attacks.'”

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