PARIS — France carried out new airstrikes against Islamist fighters in central Mali, as Paris pledged Tuesday to commit more troops to a potentially protracted campaign against extremists pressing south from a jihadist state they have forged in the desert north of the country.
The assessment that the conflict could be long and perilous appeared to be reflected in a call by France on Tuesday for Arab support to bolster an African force to fight the insurgents.
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OUCH! He said those words "...only a matter of weeks". Not a good sign. Imagine if we had rid Iraq of Hussein with an actual after-plan. We wouldn't have spent 10 years losing lives and money. We'd be right there with France with real alliance pounding these mysoginist savages into the sand. And yes... I just dehumanised my enemy.
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