Remote C.I.A. Base in the Sahara Steadily Grows
The agency has been conducting surveillance flights from the base, which has grown since 2018. Any drone strikes would be limited while the Biden administration carries out a review.
New satellite imagery shows that an air base in Dirkou, Niger, has grown significantly since The New York Times first reported the C.I.A. operations there in 2018.Credit.Planet Labs
March 8, 2021
WASHINGTON Deep in the Sahara, the C.I.A. is continuing to conduct secret drone flights from a small but steadily expanding air base, even as the Biden administration has temporarily limited drone strikes against suspected terrorists outside conventional war zones, such as Afghanistan, while it weighs whether to tighten Trump-era rules for such operations.
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The Biden administration’s opposition to an investigation by the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor into alleged crimes in the Palestinian territories is being met with scorn and praise.
The US is being criticised for ignoring the plight of Palestinians and lauded for defending Israel.
The court’s departing chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, this week announced the opening of a full war crimes investigation into the activities of Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The investigation will cover events beginning in 2014.
“The decision to open an investigation followed a painstaking preliminary examination undertaken by my office that lasted close to five years,” Ms Bensouda said.
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