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Three Peacekeepers Killed in Northern Mali Attack
[Asharq al-Aswat] Three United Nations...an idea whose time has gone... peacekeepers were killed and eight others maimed in an attack in Mali’s northern city of Kidal, the UN said Friday. The camp "came under heavy rocket/mortar fire" on Thursday and "a little later a position nearby was attacked" outside the base, the UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, said in a statement. The three peacekeepers were killed outside the camp. Nationalities were not given. The attack is just the latest to target the 12,000-strong force in the west African nation. Guinean and Chadian soldiers make the majority of those at the Kidal camp. It also came days after La Belle France circulated a UN Security Council resolution that would authorize military action by five countries in Africa’s vast Sahel region ... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas... against turban groups. The countries are Niger, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... and Mauritania. The joint force is expected to comprise up to 5,000 personnel, with headquarters in Mali. The European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... is providing 50 million euros in support. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-10 |
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