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AFP/Getty 516910725 A French Army sniper watches with his FR 12/7 PGM rifle the area around Timbuktu airport two days after French-led forces recaptured the northern Malian desert city. French troops on January 30 entered Kidal, the last Islamist bastion in Mali's north after a whirlwind Paris-led offensive, as France urged peace talks to douse ethnic tensions targeting Arabs and Tuaregs. (Eric Feferberg/Getty Images) AFP/Getty Images

French military intervention in Mali expands

PARIS — Mirage 2000D fighter-bombers struck Islamist targets in northern Mali on Sunday, expanding the reach of a French military intervention, and more French ground troops flew into Bamako, the capital, for what increasingly looked like the beginning of a long campaign. French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the Obama administration has promised to aid the antiterrorism operation in Mali by providing logistics help, satellite intelligence and in-flight refueling for French warplanes in what he qualified as a show of “total solidarity from the United States.” Read More HERE

Good luck to the French forces in their battle against the biggest threat to world peace since Adolf Hitler Islamic Extremists. Viva La France!

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David Cameron leaves the Falklands at risk of a fresh invasion

A group of former Royal Navy chiefs have urged the Government to reverse its decision to scrap the aircraft carrier Ark Royal and the fleet of Harrier jets. In a letter published on Wednesday, the commanders said the recently-announced defence cuts would leave the oil-rich Falkland Islands open to a fresh Argentinean attack from which British prestige...might never recover". The signatories, who include former Navy boss Lord West, also said Prime Minister David Cameron was badly advised before agreeing to the measures.

You don’t need the brains of an Archbishop to realise that scrapping of our naval air assets is extremely foolhardy and downright dangerous. This could be the biggest mistake any UK government has made in recent times. It seems Cameron can `ring fence` foreign aid but when it comes to defending a British overseas territory that is rich in gas & oil reserves, he is willing to take a huge gamble on the Islands defences. Perhaps the French have worked this potentially lucrative oil & gas in their defence pact with the UK? Defending the Falkland Islands will come at a very high price with a French / UK task force.

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