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French operations in Mali put 30 militants ‘out of action,’ as Barkhane builds Sahel Coalition coordination
Hattip badanov, with thanks.
[TheDefensePost] Barkhane commando operations and Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s targeted Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 and al-Qaeda linked fighters in the tri-border area.
Posted by: trailing wife 2020-02-11
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=563237