Part III: Rising Africa Section 46 The gendarmerie and the gendarmerie are not the same
France, known as the "African gendarme", surprised the outside world with the speed with which it intervened in Mali. According to media reports, when the United States said it was only willing to provide logistical and intelligence support and refused to send ground troops, and when the reinforcements of the Economic Community of West African States remained on paper, the French army was already involved in the operation against the extremist forces in Mali. The reason why France sent troops so quickly and decisively was because West Africa was one of the regions where French interests were most concentrated in Africa, and interests were the fundamental driving force behind their intervention.
In the afternoon of the same day, the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Overseas Chinese Affairs jointly sent a letter to the Ministry of Internal Security and Civil Protection, demanding a thorough investigation into the Bamako Airport incident.
The total number of French officers and soldiers involved in the military operation in Mali is 6,000, including an armored unit of more than 40 armoured vehicles of the former French "Licorne" force in Côte d'Ivoire, deployed in Motido. France has deployed 1,200 soldiers from the 2nd Marine Regiment of the French mainland in Bamako, the capital of Mali, to ensure the safety of nationals in the country and other EU countries, as well as the security of Bamako. At present, the French ground forces are advancing towards the north of Mali are soldiers and armored vehicles of the French 92nd Infantry Regiment, and the main force of the army coming from the direction of Chad is the "Sparrowhawk" unit of the army stationed in Chad, which showed its skills in the Chad-Libya war that year, and also intervened in the coup d'état in Central Africa. The 2nd Parachute Regiment of the French Foreign Legion deployed at Bamako International Airport, it also has a detachment stationed in the important town of Timbuktu in central Mali, like in the French Foreign Legion, the combat effectiveness is very strong, and the unit that is often talked about is the 2nd Parachute Regiment, which can reach any designated place in the world within 24 hours, and is known for its ability to "fight on hand", and is commanded by the French 11th Airborne Division in wartime, and the unified command of these various troops in Mali has become a big problem, so the law of sending troops to Mali ** The team has set up headquarters at all levels to coordinate and command the various units.
The command headquarters of the French Army is located in Bamako, the capital of Mali, and the forward command post is in Mopti, the "fishing capital" northwest of Bamako, close to the front line, and the main forces of the French army are deployed on the Bamako-Mopti line. Later, due to the killing of northern Mali by the Black Coats, the French frontline troops continued to advance into the desert, and a detachment of the 2nd Parachute Regiment of the Foreign Legion and the army "Sparrowhawk" unit from Chad took control of the central town of Timbuktu.
When several young officers of the 2nd Parachute Regiment of the Foreign Legion were detained by the Malian side at the Bamako International Airport, Major General Perrin, commander of the French Army, who received the news, said that the French garrison severely condemned the Malian side's act of detaining French ** people by force and decided to send people to thoroughly investigate this serious incident of insulting servicemen. On the same day, Major General Perrin also expressed grave concern over the development of the Malian side's detention of officers of the 2nd Parachute Regiment, called for the immediate release of the arrested personnel, and guaranteed the rights of the French garrison.
The Minister of Overseas Chinese Affairs, Te'o, who studied in Côte d'Ivoire and France, was originally a member of the Malian political arena, served as a political axe minister, and is now one of the 12 central committee members of the Development Party. Our party has a far-sighted plan, in line with the original policy of President He, to strive to change the backward state of our country economically, scientifically, and culturally in a few decades, and to rapidly change the status quo of our country as the least developed countries in the world, and the Bamako airport incident is a sabotage activity carried out by the French side in collusion with our Malian internal annihilation, and these people are businessmen with international influence that we have brought with great difficulty from all over the world, and the French want to sabotage their investment. ”
After President Madur-Abdul took office, he implemented the policy of economic industrialization and privatization, and made efforts to improve the investment environment. Due to factors such as the decline in cotton and gold prices in the international market and the rise in oil prices, economic growth has slowed down in recent years. Mali has abundant raw material resources, but due to war and various reasons, it has been delayed in development, and France will obviously not be indifferent to these rich raw material resources when it returns to Mali. Even if France finally helped the Malian political axe army to achieve the final victory, it was only at the military level, and the plundering of energy and raw material resources in another battle is a long-term task, and the fewer foreign investors for the French, the better, just a pool of water, I slowly scooped it up myself, without the help of others.
It was a small meeting of the top of the Malian political parties, attended by representatives of the Justice Party, the ** Party, the Development Party and the Academic Party, and it is not known whether it was accidentally omitted or deliberate, and the Development Party, as the organizer and inviter, ignored the Communist Party.
Prime Minister Demba glanced at Teore, and after getting the hint, the academic leader immediately stood up and said, "Our country's economic backwardness and weak material foundation have made us still in a passive state, it seems that we are reading independently, but we still feel mentally constrained, in this regard we have not yet been truly liberated and read, but the more this is the case, the more we must read independently, if the French garrison so blatantly interferes with the normal economic activities of our country, we will put forward a solemn **." ”
History has proved that the economy is the foundation, and in the final analysis, the solution to all Mali's problems depends on economic development; in this sense, concentrating forces to boost the economy and realize Mali's modernization and national strength is itself the biggest politics.
"France's dispatch of troops to Mali is not only in line with the political interests of the French ruling party, but also in the national interests of France, and the attention of the French people has successfully shifted from the problems in France to the struggle in the far north of our country, but now with the calm in the north, France is trying to promote the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Mali." It is clearly hoped that France will be able to get out of Mali as soon as possible after achieving its goal. The French are also increasingly focusing on energy-rich regions, such as the Cay region, where new gold mines have been discovered, and where USAID has been harassed and driven away from an agricultural project. The ties between our country and France are obviously deep-rooted, and if there are fewer and fewer developers coming down in this way, we will have to hang on to the French tree. ”
The former Minister of Religious Affairs and Faith, and the current MP, Yadenye-Konamant, knew that the Bishop of Bamako of the Crow Sect had also been there, but it was not shown in the report, and that downplaying religious overtones did not mean despising the role of religious forces, not to mention that the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Overseas Chinese Affairs, which were in the hands of the Development Party, had a proposal to seriously deal with their own staff and deport judicial officials who were inclined to emigrate, and that the French should immigrate to Mali? Whether anyone believes this reason or not, I believe it, who called you France has 6,000 expatriates in my Mali, and there is no tendency to immigrate, it is our Malian political axe that has the final say, and now is not the colonial era. Councillor Yadenye does not mind supporting the Development Party in this regard, "According to the investigation, these young officers not only have immigrant tendencies, but also are suspected of armed confrontation, this is their fault, we will discuss the matter." ”
'On the facts' put aside the suspicion of interfering in the internal affairs of Mali by the French ** people present, and only mentioned the crime of immigrant tendencies and armed confrontation, so as to reduce the height and heat of the incident, the thorough investigation of the Bamako airport incident proposed by the Development Party is the attitude of 'talking about the facts', as for whether the legal ** people present are suspected of interfering in the internal affairs of Mali, it is the trick of going on the platform and opening up the conditions to frighten people, and I don't know where I learned the tricks, Maybe it's international practice or a strong ministry.
Song Chutian nodded his head thankfully to Councillor Yadenye and said, "Bamako Airport has 500,000 passengers every year, and a plane takes off and lands every half an hour. ”
Since the Chadian army withdrew from Mali last month, the strength of the non-Madian regiment has been stretched, and the officers of the 2nd Parachute Regiment of the French Foreign Legion deployed at Bamako International Airport have to stop the airport defense in the event of such an immigration incident at the airport. Bamako International Airport is in the capital, and troops that are not under their control cannot be arranged here, and they are not allowed to sleep soundly next to the couch, and the brains of everyone present are beginning to turn.
Minister Dibins said without scruples, "The troops of the Political Axe Army who have completed their training are all on the front line, or they are still in training, or the National Guard will come over, and the last time I heard that they successfully destroyed an attack by a terrorist organization at the Sansandine Dam station, the combat effectiveness is still okay." ”
"Black Lightning", this Republican Guard is the team of former President Joseph, knowing that your Development Party is now connected with Joseph, but you can't let us stay at the gun of former President Joseph all night like this, how worrying is this, and let people not sleep peacefully?
The former Minister of Internal Security and Civil Protection, now the Chief of Staff of the Malian Army, Colonel Finguba Raoré, despised the intention of developing the party in his heart, and said loudly, "It is better to transfer the 526th Battalion, which is about to end EU training and will have its own chain of command and be able to carry out tasks alone." ”
The 526 battalion is a unit trained by the European Union, and it is close to your Justice Party without thinking about it, and the speaker of the Maisi-Dongliu Parliament is not willing to do it now, so he should fight for his breath, and there is also a younger brother under the brother, and he also said loudly, "I think it is still the 215th battalion, the battalion has rich experience in actual combat, and it has been praised by all parties in the exercise at the beginning of the year." ”
Don't mention the military exercises at the beginning of the year, because of poverty, the exercises of the Malian army soldiers are non-bullet exercises to simulate the sound of shooting with their mouths, and they are all thrown to the United Nations, but this is also the current situation in Mali, I am poor, what can I do? Do you give money?
President Madur-Abdul looked at the people present, politics is the product of compromise, and in desperation, he can only mention this unit, "It's better to let the gendarmerie force go, anyway, it's just this period of time, and the endurance will be over." ”
The Malian gendarmerie was ambushed by militants of a terrorist organization, several off-road vehicles in which the gendarmes were riding were destroyed by the militants, the weapons of the gendarmerie were snatched by the militants, and the station of the gendarmerie was looted by the militants. (To be continued.) )