US forces in Europe focus on Africa terror havens

US forces stationed in Europe will increasingly shift their stance towards Africa and the former communist eastern bloc countries as they move to a more agile force countering post-Cold War threats such as terrorism, Nato’s top European commander says.

Marine General James Jones, Nato’s supreme commander and the head of the US European Command, or EUCOM, outlined changes that were transforming the 60-year US military presence on the continent during an interview with The Associated Press news agency.