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| French minister visits troops in Mali |
| 2013-03-08 |
| [News24] French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was in northeastern Mali on Thursday to meet French troops fighting Salafist tough guys, the ministry said. He was to visit several cities, including the capital Bamako, and was due in the northern city of Gao at mid-day. "I wanted to salute our soldiers... because it is here that fighting has been at its hardest," Le Drian said on La Belle France 24 television at the start of his visit. Noting that two French soldiers had been killed in Mali's northern mountains in recent days, Le Drian said: "I want to pay homage to them and salute their comrades. I wanted to tell them that La Belle France is proud of its soldiers." "The mission is not over," he said. "It is later that we will progressively withdraw to hand over to the African mission under the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... ." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Can you imagine Obambi saying this kind of stuff? The Fucking French, geez louise, the FRENCH are now talking like George Bush and Ronnie Reagan. Who would have thought. And I bet you a dollar will get you a doughnut, he left the press pool cooling their heels at the airport. Fuck em, the media is a cancer on modern democracy, they are just completely leftists. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-03-08 12:57 |