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Watch as it Develops - The Staged War Against Islamists in Northern Mali
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[quote:walt:MV8yMDI0NTkwXzM0NDI5NTI1XzVEQ0ZEN0JC] [quote:DarbyDoom:MV8yMDI0NTkwXzM0NDA4ODAwX0Q1MzdFNkUw] [quote:insertfunnyusername:MV8yMDI0NTkwXzM0NDA4NDc1X0UzMDY3REND] Hello everyone, hope all is well!:hf: [i]Europe to send 400 special forces to Mali[/i] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/9670274/Europe-to-send-400-special-forces-to-Mali.html [i]List: Nations potentially sending troops to Mali[/i] http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/57806/World/International/Nations-potentially-sending-troops-to-Mali-List.aspx [/quote] Troops counts from IFUNs links & prior posts - TROOPS ON GROUND: 5,000 Malian forces plus 3,300 from ECOWAS members and 2,200 from non-ECOWAS African nations.. ECOWAS - - Burkina Faso will send around 150 troops. - Niger will contribute 500 soldiers. - Ivory Coast & Senegal will not participate - Nigeria will contribute 700 forces OTHER AFRICAN STATES (Non-ECOWAS) - Mauritania and Algeria will not send troops - Libya, Chad & South Africa may contribute troops - Morocco's involvement is unknown (invited to planning) WESTERN POWERS SUPPORT: 400 European soldiers in non-combat roles. A French military source said that soldiers drawn from the special forces of France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain. AERIAL RESOURCES, LOGISTICS & INTELLIGENCE - The United States and/or France (multiple sources say US but they want to minimize public role) [/quote] >>>Libya, Chad & South Africa may contribute troops I doubt that South Africa will contribute troops but will keep an eye out on local news [/quote]
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Background - About a year ago, I stumbled on a website run by a group of students in France. They represented an organization called the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA is its initials in French).
I kept up with their movement to establish an independent Taureg state in Northern Mali. As I followed their statements and the occasional MSM article, it became apparent that something was not quite right. These kids were being set up. I came to believe that I was watching Western intelligence operation to create the pretext for Western intervention in Africa (in other words, I was watching a "false flag" war in the making)...
By early October, the yellow journalism building the case for war was undeniable...So, I decided to create this thread. Using MSM news sources (with occasional commentary posts) I tried to give the background on what is happening in Mali & why it might be happening....
Thanks for reading - Here is my original post...
Who do I root for?
Foreign jihadists from Sudan and Western Sahara pour into northern Mali
HUNDREDS of jihadist fighters, mainly from Sudan and Western Sahara, arrived in northern Mali over the weekend to support the Islamist groups ahead of a threatened regional intervention, witnesses and a security source say.
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link to www.theaustralian.com.au
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