Reports: Mali Islamists 60KM from capital! French 'assault' fails.

Time to call in the French Foreign Legion.

They allready did

[link to www.phantomreport.com]

That's what happens when you send frenchmen to do the job of warriors.

There is a media black out on this. If the french assault failed one wonders how many body bags have already been filled.

Maybe not that much. it seems that they ran into the trap of multiple enemy objectives, because they went in ons short notice without deep planning.
they stopped them in Konna, the insurgeants attack from the west in diabaly.
they sends troops to Diabaly, the enemy appears in their Back. attacking another town.

Get the picture? they don´´t have a clue what the operational objectives of the enemy really are.

....and the Dogon tribe, one of the last who know the REAL history of mankind will be "collateral damage"...oops.

Remember, that Western MSM media reports are 12-24 hours behind what's actually happening on the ground and are heavily sanitized by official French and NATO auspices to keep the public calm. Not that the other side's reports are entirely true, either - so figure somewhere in the middle - meaning, the Islamists aren't being wiped out and run over and France is getting something of an ass kicking.

That France is rushing more troops into theater ahead of when they may have wanted to says a lot about what's going down. More than likely, we'll see calls for more NATO members to send troops in as the abyss opens wide and more are sucked in.

The French foreign legion is one of the best military forces in the world.

That and, Napoleon fucked the world.

Then a bunch of skinnies weilding ratty ak47s will be no problem, as we see in mali.

Napoleon killed off his army in russia due to his own obama-like hubris.

They froze and starved. When they turned to flee they were slaughtered by the russians. Napoleon fucked himself and his soldiers.

Go read a book.


I'll wait here for a french victory.

You'll be the only one here waiting...and waiting...and waiting...and waiting...and....

waiting...

true that. i won't be holding me breath, that's for sure.

This is fucking hilarious actually.

Epic facepalm.

François Hollande = MEGA FAIL

Now what?...Beg the U.N..peacekeepers to ENMASS AND DESTROY THE MALI UPRISING?

Peacekeepers?..wtf.

This

The French failed?

Warriors, like those school shootings you mean?

I'd rather be in a fire fight with French Legionnaires on my side than over equipped under skilled yanks any day..

and before you start on the Irish jokes I'm a Brit served in Falklands and Gulf one

The UN Peacerapers will "save" the children first.

err..pot kettle black

Gonna be one epic fail after another. Facepalming Picard picture requested.

this seems like a reputable source and not any kind of propaganda at all

...as opposed to truth telling media outlets like BBC, CNN, FOX, SKY, ABC, and AP...

You're drunk, Micky.

Close but you mispelled "the United States"

Guess they should have brushed up on fighting insurgents by helping us in Iraq or Afghanistan. They don't deserve ANY help from us. Where is all the international outcry btw? I don't recall them asking the global overlords at The U.N for permission?

they don't need un permission -- the malian government invited them

Time to debug.
Source of article: The Press Office of Ansar al-Din

[link to en.wikipedia.org]
Ansar Dine (Arabic: أنصار الدين‎ ʾAnṣār ad-Dīn, also transliterated Ançar Deen[2]) means "helpers of the (Islamic) religion" or "defenders of the faith" in Arabic. Ansar Dine remains the title of two separate Islamic organizations. The first, is an Islamist group led by Iyad Ag Ghaly, one of the most prominent leaders of the Tuareg rebellion in the 1990s. He is suspected to have ties with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb as well as other splinter Islamist groups which is led by his cousin Hamada Ag Hama. Ansar Dine wants the imposition of strict Sharia law across Mali.[3][4] The group's first action was in March 2012.


A war always has 2 sides, if you only show the story of 1 side you are likely failing to show your audience a balanced story of what actually is going on.

Ah, my mistake. Haven't been paying much attention to anything other than this gun scare lately...