Under the new plan currently serves about 3,000 French troops from Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad, which stretches across the vast arid Sahel Belt to defeat Islamists throughout the region. Another 1,000 soldiers provided support in the area of logistics in Gabon and Senegal. A French diplomat said the establishment of a base in northern Niger with a headache spam in Libya in mind. French officials have repeatedly expressed over the months of concern about the events in Libya and warned that the political vacuum in the North of the country creating favourable conditions for the Islamic groups to regroup themselves in the South, arid. Diplomatic sources estimate that about 300 fighters linked to Al-Qaida in Islamic Morocco including a splinter group formed by Islamic leader Mokhtar belmokhtar veteran working in the South of Libya, which marks the beginning of smuggling routes through the region. After three years of implementation of the Western powers for air strikes to help overthrow Muammar Gaddafi exclude these powers including Frances military intervention in Libya, fearing further destabilization of the situation given that the countries in the region supporting the armed political groups in Libya. But with France in particular exposure in the Sahel and the Sahara and the forces now supporting role against fighters of the Organization of the Islamic State in Iraq escalate Paris efforts to put pressure on militants in the region seems to be the intention of Paris increased force following the killing of a French citizen last week in neighboring Algeria, however, former members of Al-Qaida in Islamic Morocco had acknowledged the Islamic State. Army spokesman Jele Garon on Thursday that the effort (to fight terrorism) world. we are on the front line in the Sahel and the Sahara and offer support in Iraq. Established French (Barragán) process and the type of sand dunes formed by the desert sands in the Chadian capital NDjamena but also has locations in northern Chad, about 200 kilometers from the Libyan border. Garon said he still is putting the final touches on the rule in Niger, where French and American planes are unmanned but functional reach 200 troops with air support. The aim is to link the areas that interest us. Crossing points that are likely to be used by terrorists. There have been some successful steps in the past few weeks. Diplomatic sources said French troops had arrested in August Abu Assem immigrant spokesman battalion signed in blood by belmokhtar. French media said he was detained in Niger. Garon said that four militants suspects detained also on 24 September near Gao in northern Mali, where the bulk of France handed over control of security forces to United Nations peacekeeping. At the same time there has been an increase in attacks on foreign forces in Mali, including Chadian soldiers killed 10 in September and the Commander of the peacekeeping operations of the United Nations Herve Ladsous said last week that with the departure of French troops in northern Mali are targeted by United Nations forces, which find it difficult to answer because of the lack of helicopters and special forces. He said the French Defence Ministry source as a problem being solved. We want to be the United Nations forces in top condition so that we can focus on our first and get rid of Al-Qaida in Islamic Morocco
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 16:47:36 +0000
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