The War in Mali: the Road to Nowhere

... attacks on shops owned by supporters of Sharia rule. The small victorious war was over. Photo: schoolpress.cdn.whipplehill.net Tuaregs Who did the French, then, actually defeat? During the discussions that preceded deployment, the French political elite ... ... improper. After the bombing raids on the country’s northern cities, the Tuareg were forgotten and replaced by terrorists and Islamists. The civilian losses have still to be calculated but over 100 people are known to have been killed in the French air ...