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700 EU-Trained Soldiers Head for Northern Mali
[An Nahar] Around 700 EU-trained soldiers have been deployed to war-torn Mali's desert north, a military source told Agence La Belle France Presse on Tuesday.The contingent -- the first from the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... Training Mission in Mali -- left the capital Bamako on Monday for the northeastern city of Gao, a Malian defense ministry official said on condition of anonymity. The French army's chief of staff, General Edouard Guillaud, was also in northern Mali Tuesday "for a field trip", said a Malian military source. The European Union began a top-to-toe overhaul of Mali's weak, ragtag army in April to help soldiers in the west African nation take over from foreign troops defending it against Islamist bad turbans. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-26 |
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