Posted on 01/11/2013 10:59:37 AM PST by goldstategop
President Francois Hollande says French troops are taking part in operations against Islamists in northern Mali.
French troops "have brought support this afternoon to Malian units to fight against terrorist elements", he said.
Armed groups, some linked to al-Qaeda, took control of northern Mali in April.
Mr Hollande said the intervention complied with international law, and had been agreed with Malian President Dioncounda Traore. A state of emergency has been declared across the country.
The militants said on Thursday that they had advanced further into government-controlled territory, taking the strategic central town of Konna.
Mr Hollande said French military action had been decided on Friday morning and would last "as long as necessary".
"Mali is facing an assault by terrorist elements coming from the north whose brutality and fanaticism is know across the world," Mr Hollande said.
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A total waste of French blood and treasure. Africa is, and will always be, a dump.
La Légion étrangère. Dien Bien Phu again?
Given politics and the social environment in France, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.
That’s a long way to go to surrender.
I winder if they are fighting Islamic terrorists armed with Libyan weapons supplied by the US through Benghazi?
Paris is also an ex-French colony now being overrun by Islamists.
The Liberal mind lives in such a Utopian fantasy of tolerance in the face of eternal examples of 7th Century barbarism, including present-day slavery, repression, violence and human rights violations.
The Left claims a War on Women while ignoring videotape of a rape victim being flogged.
France and Belgium are weak, I hope they wake up.
“Paris is also an ex-French colony now being overrun by Islamists.”
How true. I can’t wait to see how the French “populace” reacts to this!
Hopfully they changed the color of their parachutes. How else will the muzzies be able to tell if they are parachuting in or surrendering in mid-air?
Let’s not be too hard on the French, after all, they are putting their lives on the line to clean up a mess that our president started with Arab Spring.
Let’s not be too hard on the French, after all, they are putting their lives on the line to clean up a mess that our president started with Arab Spring.
I agree. Mali needs the help. I’m glad they are helping.
hardly. these tribesmen are not the Viet Minh.
just a bit of colonial biteback, yaknow, The UN will straighten it out in no time. wouldn’t sending the Foreign Legion be appropriate and actually give them ammo? sigh for the ‘good old days’..
Though the French are the French.
you and the others who habititually slander the French really have no clue.
Sacre bleu!
Africa is the future. The natural resources are there. All you need do is get rid of the Tribalism and Islam.
“All you need do is get rid of the Tribalism and Islam.”
So essentially the entire population of Africa.
Perhaps they are having “surrender withdrawal.”
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