Mali military action intensifies

http://www.euronews.com/ The French airforce has stepped up action against Islamist fighters in Mali, where rebels have occupied the north of the country for the last nine months.

Several hundred French troops have also arrived in the country's capital city Bamako to help protect it.

Meanwhile West African states including Ivory Coast are preparing to send troops as an international campaign against the Islamists gathers pace.

Jean-Marc Ayrault, the French Prime Minister, said: "France wants to contribute this way to stop the terrorist menace, which is not only threatenng Mali and Africa, but which is also a threat to France and Europe."

French President Francois Hollande is due to meet European Commission president Jose Barroso.

Mali requested French invention was triggered when rebel forces moved southwards, capturing the city of Konna and threatening the cities of Mopti and Sevare, which is only 500kms from the capital city Bamoko. Konna has now been recaptured by the government.

A spokesman for al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said he considered French actin as "crusader intervention", and warned that if France continued, it would be "digging the tombs of [its] sons".

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[SatanStartedIslam]

And Syria has over 40 tons of buried VX gases. That is enough to wipe-out the middle-east. So to you that is no WMD? (laughing).

Obviously you are just a propagandist or just very racist and very ignorant. Maybe both.

[SatanStartedIslam]

You're not making any sense. It was Iran for decades along with other Muslim sects that pleaded with the UN to muster a coalition of nations to remove evil Saddam. So it was done! And now you call it an occupation to take oil? (laughing). Saudi, Kuwait, Europe, China and India financed the most to remove Saddam! and it is China and Europe that is getting the majority of exported Iraqi oil!

And its been Muslims that have taken control of the Governments surrounding Israel. Duh!

[seyl83]

moron ...

[Sam King]

Lol France is so weak they always lose

[Daniel Ben Avram]

Allez France go and crush the Islamist slugs

[bobknobification]

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[SatanStartedIslam]

Ah yes, another evil spirited typical Muslim response. 

[SatanStartedIslam]

When did I claim "Malian Muslims are supporting french?"????? (laughing).

Are you making stuff up just so you can post more of your evil propaganda. And post more assumption so then you feel justify for your wrongful evil accusations?

BTW those countries you mentioned above are now more governed by radical Muslims more than ever.

So what? Are you one of those completely stupid Muslims not to realize that? (laughing).

[SatanStartedIslam]

Which in return began many meaningless battles and deaths of many.

I do understand for the majority of deceived of the evil world (Revelations 12:9) that it is impossible for them to realize their evil when they are of the evil world.