“I wasn’t home when the bombing began. I started praying when I learned my house was under attack.
They ruined everything I had – my family and my livelihood.
- My children were 11, 10, and 6.
They all died,” Idrís Meiga, a farmer from Konna, told RT.
And while Hollande maintains that French military intervention in Mali will be short lived, the consequences of this war will affect the lives of these innocent civilians for a lifetime.
*
According to a report by Human Rights Watch, Malian government forces executed at least 13 suspected Islamist supporters and “forcibly disappeared” five others from the towns of Sévaré and Konna last month.
Om inte du kommer till demokrati så kommer demokrati till dig...
SvaraRaderahttp://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/17512/a/218241
<---- olja, gas eller vad har dom? :)
DU BETALAR!
--France to buy American drones for Mali operation--
SvaraRaderaMay 18, 2013
Two of America’s medium-altitude Reaper drones will be sold to France as backup for the country’s operations against Islamist rebels in Mali.
The news comes from the ‘Air et Cosmos’ specialist magazine, which reported online that a deal had been reached between France and the United States for the sale of two non-armed MQ-9 units.
The French air force had already deployed a European-made Harfang drone to Mali, with the country now wishing to acquire more modern models quickly, although any purchase of the US Reapers directly from the manufacturer (as was done with Harfang) is expected to delay delivery by seven months.
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is presently on a visit to the US, where he is expected to make the announcement, according to Air et Cosmos. The defense ministry has declined to comment.
http://rt.com/news/us-france-drones-mali-459/