'British Troops To Aid US Forces
In Horn Of Africa'


Filed: 12/24/2005

According to the UK's Telegraph newspaper, British soldiers are expected to be sent to the tiny state of Djibouti in the horn of Africa for the first time to help America's anti-terrorist Operation Enduring Freedom.

Defence officials and diplomats are said to be in the advanced stages of discussions with the authorities in Djibouti, at the southern end of the Red Sea.

The strategically vital enclave is the site of America's only base on African soil, with 1,500 soldiers based at headquarters in a fromer French Foreign Legion base.