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Topic: Hundreds of French troops
drive back Mali rebels |
Hundreds of French troops
drive back Mali rebels
Associated Press, by Baba Ahmed*
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Posted By:Ribicon, 1/12/2013 10:26:21 AM
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| Bamako, Mali — French airstrikes overnight in Mali drove back Islamist rebels from a key city and destroyed a militant command center, the French defense minister said Saturday, as West African nations authorized the immediate deployment of troops to the country. The al-Qaida-linked militants, who have carved out their own territory in the lawless desert region of northern Mali over the past nine months, recently pressed closer to a major base of the Malian army, dramatically raising the stakes in the battle for the vast West African nation. "The threat is a terrorist state at the doorstep of France
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Comments:
* and Jamey Keaten
Peace and harmony in the age of Barry and Hillary.
One Mali´s under control, will they address the Islamist hoards that have taken over much of Paris?
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Ray_Stoddard, 1/12/2013 10:42:02 AM (No. 9112484)
"Hundreds of French troops drive back Mali rebels"
Am I to infer by the use of the plural ´rebels´, that more than two ´rebels´ were involved?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
sgtfox of the jarhead clan, 1/12/2013 10:57:25 AM (No. 9112520)
This will not play well in France where the disease of islam has spread to many vital organs.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
enemyofthestate, 1/12/2013 12:08:50 PM (No. 9112658)
Nice that the French military can get in a little real-life target practice. Helps with readiness, preparedness. Keeps the troops sharp.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
BuckeyeRon, 1/12/2013 12:33:04 PM (No. 9112707)
The West African nations referred to in the article basically boils down to one...Nigeria. Their media reports 3,000 received the ordere to deploy Friday, even as Nigeria is battling Al Queda offshoots in its own country. For some, fighting the war on terror is a theoretical exercise conducted in debates in the editorial boardroom of the NTSlimes or WaPO...for many nations, including Israel and Nigeria, fighting Islamofacists is a life or death reality...
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
chance_232, 1/12/2013 3:48:03 PM (No. 9113050)
Did they get UN approval first? Inquiring minds want to know. /S/
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