3 May 2024

Russian Troops Enter Air Base Hosting US Soldiers In Post-Coup Niger While The Americans Are Still There!

Niger has told the Pentagon to essentially pack up your shit and fuck off!

By Tyler Durden: US diplomats and the Pentagon have been in retreat from the West African nation of Niger, while also scrambling to maintain some influence there, following the junta seizing power in a coup in July 2023. Niger's military toppled the US-puppet government of President Mohamed Bazoum, who was taken hostage.

Among the first orders of the junta was to tell US troops in the country to pack up their stuff and get out. The US is commonly estimated to have had 1,100 troops in the country. At the same time the junta is displaying its warmer relations with Russia and its forces, declaring an alliance with 'anti-imperialist' nations. French troops have already exited the country.

On Friday there are widespread reports that Russian troops have actually entered American military bases, with US troops in the process exiting, but some still present. This is said to already be happening at Air Base 101 in Niamey, the capital city.


Since the ouster of the US puppet President Bazoum by military generals, the Biden administration has been scrambling to find influence also as junta has cemented with two neighboring countries also 'unfriendly' to the West: Mali and Burkina Faso, also led by juntas. Among the first major acts that Niger’s post-coup government did was to expel France's some 1,500 troops - all of which finally left in December.

American officials have been especially worried about the major drone base only recently built at a cost of $110 million called Air Base 201, which was crucial for Pentagon drone surveillance operations over the region. Likely it will now have to be shuttered, but without doubt US diplomats are busy begging Niger's post-coup military to allow it to remain.

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