Posted on 11/03/2020 1:56:55 PM PST by BenLurkin
French military forces fighting Islamic extremists in West Africa killed more than 50 jihadists and detained four in an operation last week in Mali, French officials said.
Defense Minister Florence Parly tweeted Monday night that the French force in the region also confiscated weapons and equipment from the fighters in the operation last Friday, which she said “shows once again that terrorist groups cannot act with impunity.”
Drones monitoring the region in northern Mali spotted a convoy of suspected fighters on motorcycles, prompting France to launch the operation, first with airstrikes and then with a ground operation by French commandos, according to an official with the French military headquarters.
Separately, a larger military operation has been under way for several weeks in the area near Mali’s border with Burkina Faso and Niger, said the official, who was not authorized to be publicly named according to military policy.
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Let the fun begin!
Maybe they should try killing them in France.
exactly, whats the difference between a muslim animal in mali and one on the streets of paris?
More please.
Now, if the Brits or someone else would do the same in Nigeria, it would be a good start. USA can’t be Africa’s cops.
However, all the rest had already moved to France.
LOL!
I thought that’s what happened....
....that they killed 50 Moslems in a mall!
Under Trump the Euros are going to have to start acting like real countries again.
2204 Miles as the crow flies.
That’s good. When do they start killing the Islamic extremists in France?
Only 50? What are they using? Blunderbusses?
Well... that’s a start.
What about the 50,000 in France?
The streets of Paris and Nice are the real theatre of battle.
When I come up with a wisecrack response I sometimes forget to scroll down....to see if some quick wit FReeper has beat me to it....
When it comes to counter-insurgency in their former colonies, the French are not shy about letting the lead fly.
They dropped a lot of heavy ordnance on ISIS in Syria as well.
Previously in Mali, al Queda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM) had taken over the North of the Country. The French Military went in there and took charge, putting the National Government back in control.
Now they are keeping them under control, and tamping down other islamic militias and warlords in the region.
It’s a good start.
Great. Now see what you can do in Paris, Nice, Marseilles, etc.
a nice day work for the Legion Etrangere
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