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Clashes in Mali: UK sends transport aircraft to support operations against the rebels

London, United Kingdom - British drones on stand-by for deployment

Sources of the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom communicated that, between Sunday 13 and Monday 14 January 2013, a C-17 transport aircraft took of from RAF Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire bound for Mali, in order to provide support to Malian and French troops which are fighting against the al-Qaeda affiliated rebels who are trying to reach Bamako, the capital of the African country. The...

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Rome, Italy, 01/14/2013 12:05
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