The Mali Conflict and France's Military Operation
After the Mali situation became aggravated, quite a number of researchers focused on the conflict's geopolitical and ethnic aspects, whereas the military side was largely neglected. However, the French operation offers a ...
... Amadou Toure was quite prophetic saying “
Paris is more dangerous than Timbuktu
”. Hollande’s declarations that France sent troops to Africa to defend democracy, and not for gain, are nothing more than political courtesies capable of impressing ... ... attacks on shops owned by supporters of Sharia rule. The
small victorious war
was over.
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Tuaregs
Who did the French, then, actually defeat? During the discussions that preceded deployment, the French political elite ...