(NEW YORK) MintPress - The United States has officially entered the fray in Mali, with the military acknowledging on Tuesday that it had begun airlifting French troops and equipment from a base in southern France to the Malian capital of Bamako. According to Tom Saunders, a spokesman for the U.S. Africa Command at its headquarters in Stuttgart,
US Giving Logistical Support To French Troops In Mali
A convoy of French soldiers drives north as they pass through Segou, central Mali, some 240kms (140 miles) from Bamako Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (NEW YORK) MintPress – The United States has officially entered the fray in Mali, with the military acknowledging on Tuesday that it had begun airlifting French troops and […]