Kuddos to the French!

COL Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:53:12 -0500

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/12/us_wanted_malian_jih.php

French troops kill MUJAO founder during raid in Mali | The Long War Journal

Map of al Qaeda-linked attacks in Mali and Niger for 2014. Map made by Caleb Weiss for The Long War Journal. The French military killed Ahmed el Tilemsi, the co-founder of the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Tawhid and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO, during a special operations raid in Gao in northern Mali today. Tilemsi, who was a senior leader in al-Murabitoon, was one of two leaders of the group who were listed by the US government as...

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 11 at 2014 7:03 PM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:03:03 -0500

Yes, sir. We often kid about the French, but on the whole they are a good alliy. And this story is proof of that. Kudos, indeed.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 11 at 2014 7:05 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:05:04 -0500

The French are actually pretty active at policing the area. They see it as their backyard and an area where threats to continental France grow. We just haven't paid all that much attention to their operations there.