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  • 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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  • North of Djibouti town, in the desert, the French Foreign Legion (the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade) is building a Forward Operating Base, as part of an excercice on guerilla war, in an environment very similar to the one encountered, for example, in Afghanistan...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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  • A legionnaire sleeping on his Famas (machine gun) and in combat outfit, with his bags ready, so that he can be ready in 15mn (that includes shaving time!). He must be ready to combat in the desert for at least 24 hrs...North of Djibouti town, in the desert, the French Foreign Legion (the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade) spent a week in a Forward Operating Base that they built, as part of an excercice on guerilla war, in an environment very similar to the one encountered, for example, in Afghanistan...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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  • Public Relations operation around the medical camp - interviewing soldiers...Military people from the Civil Affairs department of the US Army doing a trip to Sagallou (near Tadjoura), as part of a medical camp mission. Part of the "3D approach" of the US Army : Development (in that case), Democracy, Defense...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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  • Djiboutian police eying US Army personel...Military people from the Civil Affairs department of the US Army doing a trip to Sagallou (near Tadjoura), as part of a medical camp mission. Part of the "3D approach" of the US Army : Development (in that case), Democracy, Defense...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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  • Djiboutian Police inspecting bodies of Somalian Refugee asylum. They look for scars, in case military people from extremist organisations such as Al Chabab try to enter Djibouti. ..In Loyada, the only official border crossing from Djibouti into Somalia, war refugees from Somalia hope to be accepted by the UNHCR and Onars (Djibouti Refugee Agency), so they can be settled in a refugee camp. Only Somalians coming from South Somalia (in and around Mogadishu, where the fighting takes place) are accepted. They are interrogated, so that the UNHCR/Onars authorities can find out if they really come from South Somalia. People coming from famine-striken North Somalia (Somaliland and Puntland) try to get accepted, often resulting in rejection...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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  • Eye clinic...Military people from the Civil Affairs department of the US Army doing a trip to Sagallou (near Tadjoura), as part of a medical camp mission. Part of the "3D approach" of the US Army : Development (in that case), Democracy, Defense...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.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_36.jpg
  • Selecting potential patients for an eye clinic free examination...Military people from the Civil Affairs department of the US Army doing a trip to Sagallou (near Tadjoura), as part of a medical camp mission. Part of the "3D approach" of the US Army : Development (in that case), Democracy, Defense...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.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_33.jpg
  • Military people from the Civil Affairs department of the US Army doing a trip to Sagallou (near Tadjoura), as part of a medical camp mission. Part of the "3D approach" of the US Army : Development (in that case), Democracy, Defense...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.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_32.jpg
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