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Article: Bush Finds Allies in African Leaders
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- November 2, 2001
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SONYA ROSS, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
11-02-2001
Dateline: WASHINGTON
President Bush is looking to enlist African nations into his war against terrorism and finding eager allies, well-positioned to help.
He also is finding countries in desperate need of help themselves, on a continent especially vulnerable to terrorism.
Bush was starting the courtship Friday with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, their second meeting and Bush's first face-to-face session with an African head of state since the Sept. 11 attacks.
The anti-terrorism effort is high on the agenda and Obasanjo, as leader of Africa's most populous nation, is a key ally _ his country is 50 percent Muslim.
African countries ...