Aiming to prevent the Horn of Africa from becoming another refuge for Islamic terrorists post-9/11, the Americans have made Djibouti the headquarters of their multinational anti-terror campaign, Operation Enduring Freedom. They are on "B" security alert, same level than for places like Afghanistan and Iraq. This is ‘CLU-Ville’ or ‘Container City’, what the Americans call their living quarters at the US base, Camp Lemonnier. Lines of Container Living Units (CLU - this area is known as Cluville) where military personnel lives. .‘CLU-Ville’ or ‘Container City’ is what the Americans call their living quarters at the US base, Camp Lemonnier, a self-contained world with tight security and its own cinema and supermarket...Life at Camp Lemonnier, a United States Naval Expeditionary Base, a garrison part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
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