Hillary Clinton Wants More Intervention in North Africa
Hillary Clinton has called for increased US military and political intervention in north Africa, and warned of a long, difficult but necessary struggle against a "spreading jihadist threat" in the region.
The US secretary of state singled out the French-led intervention against armed Islamists in Mali as the most urgent crisis, but said that al-Qaida in the region, newly armed and invigorated by the fallout of the Arab revolutions, also threatens important allies such as oil-rich Nigeria, as well as the fledgling government in Libya.
Source: The Guardian. Read full article. (link)
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...but said that al-Qaida in the region, newly armed and invigorated by the fallout of the Arab revolutions,
Yeah, because nobody saw that coming. Right? Hell, let Europe worry about it - they're the ones who need the oil.