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For years called flint lock. the french have been carrying out combat operations as part of operation burkani. what we ve done is put assistance forces, special forces odas, a drone base in niger has been there for some time, a $100 million expansion of a base, and we have been assisting these nations to stop the formulation of al qaeda in the islamic maghreb and some of these fledgling groups that are splintering off from boko haram and isis coming out of libya. these missions have been going on for some time. what you ve usually seen was attacks on hotels and terrorist attacks with u.s. forces generally responding with their sister forces in these local areas. what you ve seen now is someone has gotten intelligence, saw our operations, ambushed us, and this is going to be the future. everybody s going to be emboldened to come find us now. congressman, are you confident about this administration s stewardship of ....
Project in air force history. reporter: just outside agadez the u.s. is investing $100 million building up nigeria air base 291. they will launch a hunter killer drone with advanced intelligence gathering capabilities. the recent headquarters are currently based out of the capital. this is a nexus area or kind of a focus area of multiple threats to the united states, be it libya in the north, al qaeda in the islamic maghreb to the west or boko haram to the south, ni niger is a central location. reporter: the american military it s clear, but proposed foreign aid cuts by the trump white house has thrown its long-term humanitarian commitment into question. . in agadez, a u.s. civil affairs ....
this is the largest troop laden project in history. reporter: just outside the city, the u.s. is investing $100 million building up nigerian air base 201. it is from here that the u.s. will launch the reapers a hunter-killer drone with advanced capabilities. the headquarters are currently based out of the capital. this is a nexus area or a kind of a focus area of multiple threats to the united states, be it libya in the north, al qaeda in the islamic maghreb to the west or boko haram to the west. fly jeer is a central location that the united states can operate. reporter: it s clear, but the proposed foreign aid cuts by the trump white house has thrown the long term humanitarian effort into question. ....
Heari hearing? that is right, ableyings, a claim of responsibility on a jihadi response portal coming from the al qaeda-aligned group in the region, and the u.s. government analysts are look into the claims at the moment, b but the the claim is that in was the responsibility of al qaeda in the islamic maghreb. and this is from a algerian who was responsible for an attack earlier in the year, and also at a hotel in march. he was targeted in an air strike in libya in june of this year, and his fate is uncertain, but his group, and al qaeda islamic ....
Terror groups, there are a lot of them, not just isis and al qaeda, are competing with each other, is this now suddenly trigger a serious of continuous an chronic terrorist attacks? what does that mean for american citizens? gregg, what really this is doing, it is making more vivid what we ve known for quite a while. we ve had al qaeda in arabian peninsula. al qaeda in the islamic maghreb. boko haram,al that bob and isis and affiliates join up. they compete with each other. sometimes they cooperate with each other. they have transient alliances. this makes much more difficult back on september 11th, when it was one group in caves in afghanistan. gregg: switching to our other subject which we initially invited you, we have this isis videotape threatening an attack on the white house. it came 24 hours after a simulated video attack on new york city. how serious do you take this? ....