Mali: Britain Sends Planes To Help French

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Britain will provide transport planes to assist the French military operation in Mali, Downing Street has confirmed.

David Cameron spoke with Francois Hollande yesterday evening as France attempted to contain al Qaeda-linked rebels in the north of the West African country.

French military strikes on the country have already claimed the lives of at least 100 rebels in a fight over the strategic town of Konna.

Eleven Malian soldiers are reported to have been killed and a further 60 wounded in the recent fighting.

Mr Hollande has raised his country's terror threat level amid fears of retaliatory attacks in France.

He said that France "has to take all necessary precautions" in the face of a terrorist threat, including "surveillance of our public buildings and our transport network".

A Downing Street spokesman said: "The Prime Minister spoke to President Hollande this evening to discuss the deteriorating situation in Mali and how the UK can support French military assistance provided to the Malian government to contain rebel and extremist groups in the north of the country.

"The Prime Minister has agreed that the UK will provide logistical military assistance to help transport foreign troops and equipment quickly to Mali.

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Govt have stopped child benefit, cut in benefits and they working out a budget because we have no money, but we do have money available to join conflicts around the world, when are we ever going to learn to just keep out of it and let them kill each other?..

[GastonJ]

That's because the French will be too busy surrendering to do anything useful anyway they invented white flags y'know

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Govt have stopped child benefit, cut in benefits and they working out a budget because we have no money, but we do have money available to join conflicts around the world, when are we ever going to learn to just keep out of it and let them kill each other***8230;..

yeah and pakidstan us BRITISH have paid for a bridge somewhere

sent the Guy an email asking them why.

think the minsieter for wars should be Mike Dailly he will be able to sort the lot of them out.

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Come to think about lets drag all 3 continent together and weld it with mig welder or stick them with super glue and rule 1 continent as a British Empire that way there will be no dispute and no fighting no passport control take it as a thought thou??.

[GastonJ]

Hate to remind you, but for the Suez Canal (which only cuts so deep between them), Africa, Europe and Asia are joined together. I know it's a minor point, but it is a point all the same. British Empire? been there, done that, and people still complained that we let immigrants in, no pleasing some people. Anyway we gave the empire back as part of the deal with America to support us during WW1 and 2 - capitalism eh? Seems they thought we ought to give up our monopoly on rubber, bananas, tea and the like.

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Nice 1 GastonJ I am getting worried if you had to run our world!!!!!

[Meat-Head]

Hate to remind you, but for the Suez Canal (which only cuts so deep between them), Africa, Europe and Asia are joined together. I know it's a minor point,

can you explain for thick people what you mean please

[PremierD]

Its the same planet .. and we are all Jok Tompsons wains ..

[Meat-Head]

Its the same planet .. and we are all Jok Tompsons wains ..

can't see him in the DK members list

[GastonJ]

It was in reply to "Come to think about lets drag all 3 continent together and weld it with mig welder or stick them with super glue", the continents are already together, waste of superglue. As Prem eluded to, it's no coincidence that the most populated continents are joined together, and the remaining ones are the "new world"