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Troops put on alert for action over Mali terror
Deborah Haynes and Roland Watson
Monday, January 21, 2013
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/defence/article3664320.ece

British forces are on alert for an emergency deployment to Mali as David Cameron commits the UK to a fully-fledged battle against al-Qaeda in northern Africa.

The Times understands that units from the Army, Royal Navy and RAF are on “high readiness” to deploy if requested in support of France, which is attempting to repel Islamist extremists from the north of the country.

It can also be revealed that the Permanent Joint Headquarters, the military operations control centre, has until the end of the week to finalise contingency plans for any future Mali undertaking, codenamed Operation Newcombe, which would include...


2 posted on 01/21/2013 5:29:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Cameron doesn’t get out much, does he?


3 posted on 01/21/2013 5:32:13 PM PST by bigheadfred
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