French fighter jets pounded an Islamist rebel stronghold in northern Mali yesterday as Paris poured more troops into the capital, Bamako, awaiting a West African force to dislodge al Qaeda-linked insurgents from the country's north.
French fighter jets pounded an Islamist rebel stronghold in northern Mali yesterday as Paris poured more troops into the capital, Bamako, awaiting a West African force to dislodge al Qaeda-linked insurgents from the country's north.
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France's defence ministry confirmed four Rafale fighter jets flew from France for the third day of air strikes and hit rebel training camps, depots and infrastructure.
The attack on Gao, the largest city in the vast territory seized by Islamist rebels in April, marked a decisive drive northwards.
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