French army kills 15 Mali jihadists

[Vergennes]

Paris - The French army said on Thursday it had eliminated an "armed terrorist group" linked to Al-Qaeda in northern Mali, killing 15 jihadists.

Army spokesperson Patrick Steiger said troops from France's regional Barkhane anti-terror operation had carried out a joint strike against the group with French special forces about 100km northeast of Kidal.

The operation, which was backed by fighter jets and helicopters, took place overnight on Monday.

It "allowed us to take 15 members of this katiba out of action", Steiger said, using a local word for a militant unit.

The group was a branch of Ansar Dine, which has links to the regional Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) group, he added, saying weapons and ammunition including assault rifles and grenades were destroyed in the raid.

France has had some 4 000 soldiers deployed in the Sahel region - a vast stretch of territory on the edge of the Sahara Desert - since 2014.

http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/french-army-kills-15-mali-jihadists-20171026

 

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Paris - The French army said on Thursday it had eliminated an "armed terrorist group" linked to Al-Qaeda in northern Mali, killing 15 jihadists.

Army spokesperson Patrick Steiger said troops from France's regional Barkhane anti-terror operation had carried out a joint strike against the group with French special forces about 100km northeast of Kidal.

The operation, which was backed by fighter jets and helicopters, took place overnight on Monday.

It "allowed us to take 15 members of this katiba out of action", Steiger said, using a local word for a militant unit.

The group was a branch of Ansar Dine, which has links to the regional Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) group, he added, saying weapons and ammunition including assault rifles and grenades were destroyed in the raid.

France has had some 4 000 soldiers deployed in the Sahel region - a vast stretch of territory on the edge of the Sahara Desert - since 2014.

http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/french-army-kills-15-mali-jihadists-20171026

good job frenchie

 

[gangsta_rap]

Foreign legion mercs going in and trashing another country. Typical

 

[Pakistani E]

Foreign legion mercs going in and trashing another country. Typical

You do know that the government of Mali requested the assistance of the French Armed Forces and the wider international community when Al-Qaeda and other terrorists swept through the country in 2012? They are not "Foreign legion mercs going in and trashing another country", they are legally there at the request of the Government of Mali and with full authorization from the Security council. And the French troops, although in the vanguard, are not the only ones there under this mandate, the armed forces of several other African and yes Muslim countries are also there, fighting alongside their Malian colleagues against radical extremists.

http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/sc10870.doc.htm

 

[GiannKall]

Another never ending war by colonialists that think that they live in the 19th century

 

[gangsta_rap]

Another never ending war by colonialists that think that they live in the 19th century

They don't want to learn. They don't want to accept the reality that they are tossing more fuel into this intense pyre and I fear that they'll never accept the situation for what it is.