Mali : c’est bien parti pour la « longue guerre », avec essentiellement les Français au sol et les drones étasuniens dans les airs.
Terror Leader Emerges, Then Vanishes, in Sahara
▻http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323511804578296170934762536.html
The U.S. is employing the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Joint Special Operations Command in a manhunt that underscores how quickly Washington is eyeing an expansion of its counterterrorism actions in northwestern Africa following the gas-plant attack. Senior U.S. officials are pressing to add Mr. Belmokhtar to a list of U.S. targets for capture or killing.
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In recent days, France has dispatched attack helicopters and fighter jets on bombing runs, so far without result. The U.S. has sent surveillance planes and is considering a drone base in neighboring Niger.
Even with its 21st-century hardware and intelligence assistance from the U.S., France is finding it must send in troops.
“You can’t see anything from the air,” said a French colonel and spokesman at the French air base in Sevare, Mali. “You’ve got to have troops on the ground, with intelligence.”
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