23/03/2012
Leader of Mali military coup trained in U.S.
The leader of a military coup in the West African country of Mali received military training in the United States on ?several? occasions, a U.S. defense official said Friday.
Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo, who led a renegade military faction that on Thursday deposed Mali?s democratically elected president, visited the United States several times to receive professional military education, including basic officer training, said Patrick Barnes, a U.S. Africa Command official based in Washington.
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