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 incident at Bamako Airport.
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 troops from the 2nd Regiment of the Marines in the capital of Mali, Bamako, to protect the security of French and other EU nationals, 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 unit with strong combat effectiveness and 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, Therefore, the French army that sent troops to Mali set up various levels of command to coordinate and command the various units.
The headquarters of the French Army command is located in Bamako, the capital of Mali. The forward command post was in Mopti, the "fishing capital" northwest of Bamako and close to the front line, and the main forces of the French army were 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 seized by the Malian side at Bamako International Airport, Major General Perrin, commander of the French Army, who received the news, said that the French garrison strongly condemned the Malian side's act of detaining French soldiers by force and decided to send someone 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 and called for the immediate release of the arrested personnel and the guarantee of the rights of the French garrison. In view of the current situation, he did not rule out sending troops to rescue the detained soldiers.
Minister of Overseas Chinese Affairs, Te'o, who studied in Côte d'Ivoire and France, was originally an independent member of Malian politics, served as a government minister, and is now one of the 12 members of the Central Committee of the Development Party. Our party has a big plan. In line with President He's original policy, we will strive to change our country's economic, scientific, and cultural backwardness in a few decades' time, and rapidly change the status quo of our country as a least developed country in the world. The Bamako airport incident is a sabotage activity carried out by the French side in collusion with our Malian traitors, these people are businessmen with international influence that we have brought in with great difficulty from all over the world, and the French want to sabotage their investment. ”
Since taking office, President Madu-Abdul has pursued policies of economic liberalization and privatization and has made efforts to improve the investment climate. The Malaysian economy has made significant progress and growth in the early stage. 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 it has been unable to develop it due to war and various reasons. France's return to Mali is clearly not indifferent to these abundant raw materials. Even if France finally helped the Malian government army to achieve the final victory, it was only at the military level, and the plundering of energy and raw material resources in another war was a long-term task, and the fewer foreign investors for the French, the better.
It was a small meeting of the top of Mali's political parties, attended by representatives of the Justice Party, the Democratic 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 receiving 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, and we seem to be independent but still feel mentally constrained, and we have not yet achieved real liberation and independence in this regard, but the more this is the case, the more independent we must be, and if the French garrison so blatantly interferes with our country's normal economic activities, we will lodge a solemn protest." ”
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 now a member of Parliament, Jadenyeh Konamant knew that the Bishop of Bamako of the Kinwu Sect had also been there, but the report did not show that downplaying religious overtones was not the same as flouting the role of religious forces. Moreover, the proposal issued by the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Overseas Chinese Affairs, which is controlled by the Development Party, is to seriously deal with their own staff and deport French officers who are inclined to emigrate, and the French want to emigrate to Mali? Whether anyone believes this reason or not, I believe it, who told you that France has 6,000 expatriates in my Mali, and there is no tendency to immigrate is up to our Malian government, 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 are not only immigrating tendencies, but also suspected of armed confrontation, which is their fault. We'll take matters into account. ”
The "matter on the facts" put aside the suspicion of interfering in the internal affairs of Mali by the French soldiers present, and only mentioned the crime of immigrant tendencies and armed confrontation, thus lowering the height and heat of the incident, and the thorough investigation of the Bamako airport incident proposed by the Development Party is the attitude of 'judging the facts', and as for whether the French soldiers present are suspected of interfering in the internal affairs of Mali, it is a trick to go on the platform and open their mouths to open their mouths to frighten the conditions, and I don't know where they learned the tricks. Maybe it's international practice or a strong ministry.
Song Chutian nodded his head in gratitude to Councilor Yadenye and said, "Bamako Airport has 500,000 passengers every year, and a plane takes off and lands every half an hour. Drug smugglers, drug traffickers, illegal immigrants, and all sorts of people have left traces there, and the number of illegal immigrants from abroad has increased, so it is necessary to strengthen preventive measures. ”
Since the full withdrawal of Chadian troops from Mali last month, the non-Madian regiments have been stretched thin. The officers of the 2nd Parachute Regiment of the French Foreign Legion deployed at Bamako International Airport have such an immigration incident at the airport, and they must stop the defense of the airport. Bamako International Airport is located in the capital. The 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 begin to turn.
Minister Dicbins said without scruples, "The troops of the government 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 live under the guns of former President Joseph day and night, 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 stolen by the militants, and the stationing of the gendarmerie was looted by the militants. (To be continued......)