killing ten "militants" in the process.
"French special forces backed by helicopters led a pre-dawn operation in northern Mail Thursday and freed five humanitarian aid workers who had been held captive by a "terrorist group" — killing about 10 of the alleged militants, officials said.
Working off intelligence tips, the French forces intercepted two pickup trucks carrying the hostage-takers and their captives north of the historic city of Timbuktu, one of three major towns in a vast region on the Sahara's southern rim where the five went missing Feb. 8, said Col. Gilles Jaron, a French military spokesman.
In a joint statement earlier Thursday, the presidents of France and Mali said the five Malian aid workers — including four with the International Committee for the Red Cross —were in good health. Jaron said that two of the aid workers had sustained minor injuries…"
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So, the French are fighting there…
Amicalement
Armand
with some 'babes', and she did the rest...
