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Sweden offers support in Mali to free up French troops to fight Islamic State
2015-12-17
Is this odd? It seems odd.
[Ynet] Sweden said on Wednesday it would send a transport plane and logistical support to Mali and other parts of Africa to free up French forces stationed there and let them join the fight against Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
Ministers said the help could be expanded later - a significant offer for a country that has joined peacekeeping missions but not fought an actual war for more than 200 years.
It will be interesting to see how they respond to those trying hard to harm them.
The move was Stockholm's response to a French request for help from EU member states following the Nov. 13 attacks on Gay Paree.

Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom told news hounds La Belle France had not asked Sweden directly for air surveillance support.

"What they immediately ... named was what is called 'back fill' - that is you add to support, mainly in Africa: the Central African Republic, Mali because it frees up soldiers and resources for them."
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