Niger Coup Leader Brig. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou Was Trained By The US Military

The Intercept has verified that Brig. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, the head of Niger's Special Operations Forces and a key figure in the unfolding coup in Niger, received training from the U.S. military. Since 2008, military officers trained by the United States have been involved in 11 coups in West Africa.

In 2021, Barmou stated, "We have had a longstanding relationship with the United States," expressing the positive nature of their collaboration. Recently, Barmou held a meeting with Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga, the leader of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, at Air Base 201 in Agadez, Nigeria. This base serves as a crucial hub for a network of U.S. outposts in West Africa.

On Wednesday, Barmou, who received training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and the National Defense University in Washington, joined a junta that overthrew Niger's democratical...

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