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| French forces 'neutralize' 40 militants in Burkina Faso |
| 2022-02-13 |
| [DW] The French army on Saturday said it killed 40 faceless myrmidons in 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... . According to a statement posted on Twitter, the faceless myrmidons were "neutralized" during a joint operation with Burkinabe armed forces. The statement went on to say that the armed "terrorist group" was responsible for two attacks in neighboring Benin. Probably Al Qaeda. Some from the 2% of the population that is Tuareg joined forces with the Tuareg-linked branch of Al Qaeda in the Maghreb in Mali (JNIM), allowed safe haven in Burkina Faso by then-president Blaise Compaoré in exchange for keeping kinetic action across the border, but when he left office they expanded activities into the provinces along the Mali border. ISIS in the Greater Sahel, formed from a faction of AQIM’s al Mourabitoun, is much less active, while Nigeria’s Boko Haram/ISWAP mostly pursues money and weapons to take back home. GROUP BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BENIN ATTACKSThe French army said on Tuesday and Wednesday that an gang operating in the area of the W National Park led attacks on a ranger patrol and members of Benin's armed forces. Nine people were killed, including five park rangers and a French national. According to the French military's statement, aerial intelligence was used to locate the group after the alarm was raised. On Thursday, a column of "terrorists" traveling on cycle of violences was targeted by a drone as they crossed the border of Burkina Faso. Twelve were killed in that engagement. Shortly after that, warplanes carried out three strikes targeting more holy warriors. "During this action more than 30 In January, French armed forces reported that dozens of Islamist faceless myrmidons were killed in a number of engagements in northern Burkina Faso. OPERATION BARKHANE La Belle France is leading Operation Barkhane, a multinational force battling Islamist groups in the Sahel region ... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas... . Around 5,000 French troops are joined by soldiers from Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad. Last year, La Belle France's President Emmanuel Macron said his country's involvement in the operation would end in the first quarter of 2022. The insurgency has plunged the region into chaos with a number of states experiencing political turmoil. In January, Burkina Faso became the latest country to fall under military control, joining Mali, Guinea and Chad, where militaries toppled their countries' governments in 2021. One of the reasons cited by the military for seizing control was growing frustration with the government's inability to contain the insurgency. |
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