French triple troops in Mali; prepare for assault

By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI and BABA AHMED

World Jan. 16, 2013 - 06:57AM JST ( 2 )

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T-MackJan. 16, 2013 - 08:16AM JST

Look's like the French mean business...Islam extremist's better run, instead of their well spoken threat's, they will be dropping like flies, when the French Military unleash "Le Terrible"....better run now...
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Thunderbird2Jan. 16, 2013 - 10:36PM JST

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday that the Obama administration had ruled out putting any American troops on the ground in Mali...

Good... they'd never take orders from French commanders anyway.

What the JT report fails to mention is that the Tuareg fighters have decided to fight against their former rebel allies as they hate Al Qaida. They won't necessarily fight alongside the French or the West African forces on the way, but they will fight the Islamic rebels.

Interestingly the rebels are equipped with weapons and vehicles from Libya... free one country from a madman and arm more madmen. Great.