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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tara Copp

Pentagon says surveillance flights, not counterterrorism ops, have restarted in Niger

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The Pentagon said Thursday that it has not restarted counterterrorism operations in Niger, a day after the head of U.S. airpower for Europe and Africa said those flights had resumed.

Gen. James Hecker, responding to a question from The Associated Press at a security conference Wednesday, said the U.S. military has been able to resume some manned aircraft and drone counterterrorism operations in Niger.

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