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| Dutch UN attack helicopters strike Mali rebels in north |
| 2015-01-21 |
| [Ynet] Dutch United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... attack helicopters carried out air strikes on Tuareg rebel forces in northern Mali on Tuesday, the first such engagement by Dutch forces serving in the UN mission in Mali. The UN mission, known as MINUSMA, said it was responding to heavy weapons fire directed at its peacekeepers in the town of Tabankort. It said the helicopters only destroyed a rebel vehicle after firing warning shots that were ignored. A front man for the MNLA Tuareg separatist rebels, who are involved in peace talks with the Malian government in Algeria, denied warning shots had been fired and said five fighters had been killed and several others maimed. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Yes, but they really, really, really had to be forced to. And they felt really bad about it afterwards. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-01-21 15:32 |
| #1 The Dutch??? Wow everyone in the EU is growing a pair these days. The Dutch are/were bigger pussies than we are. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2015-01-21 11:53 |