(MintPress) - When French Foreign minister Laurent Fabius stated on Jan. 13 that the duration of his country’s military operations in Mali was “a question of weeks,” there were doubts that French troops could wrest northern Mali from Islamist rebel hands that quickly. But on Wednesday, French troops took control of the airport in the northeast
Mali 101: Spotlight On African Extremist Movements
A sign on the northern road exiting the town of Gao, Northern Mali, Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013, reads «welcome to the islamic state of Gao». Islamist extremists fled the city Saturday after French, Chadian and Nigerien troops arrived, ending 10 months of radical islamic control over the city. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (MintPress) – When French […]