Obama unveils $5-bn fund for global terror fight

(ANSA) - Rome, May 28 - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled a $5-billion global anti-terrorism fund to help countries in the Middle East, Africa and East Asia curb militants.
    Laying out foreign-policy goals at West Point, Obama said the late-2014 end of the Afghan combat mission would free up resources.
    "I am calling on Congress to support a new counter-terrorism partnerships fund of up to $5 billion, which will allow us to train, build capacity, and facilitate partner countries on the front lines," the president said. Targets include training security forces in Yemen, supporting a multinational force to keep the peace in Somalia, working with European allies to train a functioning security force in Libya, and helping French operations in Mali, he said.