US ‘to Deploy Drones to Launch Air Strikes Against al-Qaeda in Mali’
Thursday, 04 October 2012 10:10
Posted by David Icke
'It would be the first known use of the unmanned aircraft in north Africa, where the US is considering how to halt the advance of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
This armed movement, once considered one of the weaker branches of al-Qaeda, seized de facto control over 300,000 square miles of northern Mali earlier this year. The territory dominated by AQIM includes airports, military bases, training facilities and arms dumps.
White House officials have met their counterparts from the CIA, the Pentagon and the State Department to discuss how to confront AQIM. The talks began several months ago, but discussions of American drone strikes have become more urgent since AQIM was linked to last month’s attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.'
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