According to Washington Examiner newspaper, United States of America have sent U.S. Marines and a group of military experts specialised in intelligence to Algeria upon its request in order to help the country fighting terrorism. Adm. Eric T. Olson, SoCom's deputy commander said the U.S. military arrived in Algeria after Algerian authorities had asked for the American help and declared the war against “al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb”. This terrorist organisation targeted Algiers in April 11th by suicide bombings attacks. The American special operations troops are on a mission to train Algerian troops in how to track and capture terrorists, said Washington Examiner. The deployment of U.S. special operation forces is not just in Northern Africa, but in several parts of the world, in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, said Eric T. Olson. He added that U.S. Special Command did not have enough for the increasing demands. The Pentagon's decided to devote $2,5 billion for 2008 budget provided for 6,300 additional special operations troops, bringing the command to 54,000 personnel. According to U.S. Special Forces, North and West Africa and the Sahara region about more than 4 million square miles of desert and villages has become one of the main fronts in the war on al-Qaida.
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