ERITREA - Dec. 10 - Rumsfeld Seeks Terror War Backing.US Defence Secretary Donald Donald (Domnall, Domhnall, Dumhnuil, Dónall) is an anglicized version of a Scottish or Irish Gaelic personal name, containing the elements dumno "world" and val "rule", viz. "ruler of the world". Compare Dumnorix. Rumsfeld Rums·feld , Donald born 1932. American public official who was the youngest U.S. secretary of defense (1975-1977) when appointed by President Gerald Ford, and was reappointed in 2001 by President George W. Bush. arrives in Eritrea Eritrea (ĕrĭtrē`ə), officially State of Eritrea, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,562,000), c.48,000 sq mi (124,320 sq km), NE Africa. and meets Pres. Isayas Afewerki. Rumsfeld says: "We know there are Al Qaida in the area, several countries, in varying numbers. We need to strengthen relationships with countries in many, many parts of the world as we have in Central Asia". Afewerki offers the US use of the country's military bases. (Rumsfeld will travel on to Ethiopia and Djibouti, which the US has recently turned into a hub for tracking terrorists in the Horn and Yemen, before stopping in Qatar where the head of US Central Command Gen. Tommy Franks Tommy Ray Franks (born June 17, 1945 in Wynnewood, Oklahoma) is a retired General in the United States Army, previously serving as the Commander of the United States Central Command, overseeing United States Armed Forces operations in a 25-country region, including the Middle East. is overseeing computerised war games called Internal Look). |
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