Casualty reports show shifting tactics of US clandestine war in Africa
The US has long had a military role in Africa, but much of it was in the shadows.
US Army soldiers, assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), 101st Airborne Division on a mission to bolster the security of Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya after an attack by Somalia's al Shabaab militants that killed three Americans, board a transport plane in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti January 5,(photo credit: REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
