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in the region there. the united states pennedda an agreement with the west african nation of niger, to have a hub that could include a drone base that could be used to monitor al qaeda-lanked linked militants in border mali. the united states is ramping up intelligence efforts over mali, where the french are fighting islamist militants. mike baker is here, a former cia operative. mike, have you to be concerned when you think that the united states is going to be involved in the situation in mali, or how do you read it? well, i thinks this ising something we have to do. we don t have an option, i don t think. frankly, we should have been gearing up in this region a year or two ago. once the chaos of libya started, once all of those fighters from around the middle-east poured in there and the weapons started pouring out, it created a chain of events. a lot of the fighters and the weapons, then after the

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