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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

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War Criminal Tony Blair backs British support for Mali effort

The west’s fight against al Qaida is like the battle against revolutionary communism, former prime minister Tony Blair has claimed.He said Britain was right to send troops to support the French effort in Mali to put down a terrorist plot to overthrow the government.Read More HERE

Britain's Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) 600 jobs to be axed.

Britain's Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) is to lose 600 roles, prompting fears that it will hamper the fighting capability of elite units such as the SAS.The Ministry of Defence has drawn up plans to restructure the SFSG which was expanded to cope with the demands of the the war on terror, reports the Sun.The SFSG provide logistical and intelligence support to elite units and the MoD believe there is no longer the demand as troops are gradually withdrawn from Afghanistan. Read More HERE

We may very well be withdrawing the bulk of our troops from Afghanistan next year, but a significant number of UK Special Forces will remain in a Country that will be reoccupied by the Taliban if not even more off shoots of Al Qaeda  Government will not comment on Special Forces , and rightly so, but you can guarantee that there will be a significant SF force in Mali.The War on terror is not a computer game and we switch the `Lets come home` button , job done on Global Jihad.This Government is already masacreing the British Army and wasting millions on a second aircraft carrier that will be mothballed as soon as its built, to be fair this is a result of a Labour Government  spending money they never had. We need Special Forces now more than ever as we seem to want to fight Wars on a budget with part timers, its a shame we cant sack 600 MPs and replace them with sane and uncoruptable people, its Ironic that when Cameron is waltzing around Africa dishing out foreign aid and our `military advisers` that its the SAS that's watching his back.


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Royal Irish 'to be sent to Mali'

British troops could be in Mali for longer than a year if they are not sacked

British troops could be in Mali for more than a year, Downing Street has suggested, in a further deepening of the UK’s military commitment to the conflict.Up to 40 military personnel will take part in a European Union mission to train Malian government soldiers, which will last for up to 15 months, a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. A further 200 British troops have been earmarked to take part in a separate training mission to support the Malian government organised by West African states, which will take place outside Mali. The details of the two training programmes are expected to be agreed early next month, Downing Street said. The disclosure came as MPs called for a vote on what they fear could be a long and drawn-out deployment of British troops to fight against al Qaeda in North Africa. Up to 330 UK troops are to be deployed to the region under existing plans.Read More HERE


 Its not the first time British troops have been sent to a War zone and then been given their P45.

UK special forces active in Mali

Small team is providing non-combat support during French military action against jihadi groups in country, says source A small number of UK special forces soldiers are already on the ground in Mali helping to co-ordinate and advise the French military effort against the jihadi groups in the north.They are part of a team of British military and MI6 personnel in the country who are providing support to French commanders. None of the special forces soldiers are being deployed in a combat role, sources insisted.The UK is also preparing to answer a call from the French for extra help with reconnaissance aircraft, which is expected to include RAF Sentinels, which were used during the Libya campaign. Read More HERE

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French Soldier's Skeleton Scarf Goes Viral, Military Launches Investigation

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Agence France Press photographer Issouf Sanogo writes that when he was with French soldiers in central Mali on Sunday, "a helicopter was coming in to land and churning up tremendous dust clouds. Instinctively, all the soldiers grabbed their scarfs to avoid getting a mouthful of sand."
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Britain sends more aid to Mali

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Britain is to consider giving France more transport and surveillance assets to help with the operation in Mali, Prime Minister David Cameron has said Read More HERE

Britain is ill-prepared for this deadly new world

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David Cameron must ensure our Armed Forces have the resources and manpower to deny Islamic terrorists their safe havens
David Cameron was supposed to have spent yesterday morning delivering his much-delayed speech on the future of Britain’s relationship with Europe. Instead, he had to make his way to the House of Commons for an emergency statement on the Algerian hostage crisis. Having started the week by offering to provide France with two C-17 transport planes to assist with its intervention in Mali, Mr Cameron ended it anxiously trying to discover the fate of the British hostages taken captive after the attack by Islamist terrorists on BP’s In Amenas gas field.Read More HERE


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UK plane grounded on Mali mission.

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A British military aircraft bound for Mali loaded with military equipment and foreign troops has been grounded due to a technical fault as David Cameron hailed it as "our most advanced and capable transport plane".The C-17 is the first of two aircraft being sent to the west African country to support French efforts to halt an advance by rebels as insurgents affiliated with al Qaida push south from their northern base against the Mali government. Read More HERE

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!

Mali: RAF C17 cargo plane to help French operation




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