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THE PENTAGON PLANNED TO TRAIN TROOPS FROM COUP STATES. IT BACKED OFF UNDER
SCRUTINY.


THE U.S. MILITARY HAS REVERSED COURSE ON SOME — BUT NOT ALL — OF ITS PLANS TO
TRAIN WITH THOSE INVOLVED IN COUPS D’ETAT OR ACCUSED OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

By Abigail Hauslohner
and 
Alex Horton
January 26, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. EST

U.S. Air Force personnel inspect an Ethiopian C-130 in 2020. (Staff Sgt. Sarah
Brice/621st Contingency Response Wing Public Affairs)

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The Pentagon has abruptly abandoned plans to train alongside the militaries of
several countries either involved in the overthrow of democratic governments or
accused of human rights violations, reversing course amid recent scrutiny.


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The plans, disclosed to Congress in October and reviewed by The Washington Post,
detailed the Pentagon’s intent to hold joint exercises this year with Sudan,
Niger, Mali and other troubled African nations. Each is broadly prohibited under
U.S. law from receiving American security assistance.


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