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A lasting defeat of the Islamic State terrorist organization must involve fighting its adherents in Africa as well as the main body of militants in Iraq and Syria, according to the chief of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM).Africa’s growing importance as a focal point of U.S. counterterrorism efforts was underscored Friday when Gen. David Rodriguez briefed reporters in Washington, D.C., while gunman held more than 100 hosted in a besieged hotel in Mali. That attack likely was not the work of…
