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  • Originally posted by Rhodes View Post
    The French troops based in Mali could offer a better rapid reaction force than a Battlegroup on standby and they have said they would support the UN mission if needed.
    The French troops based in Mali have launched an operation to support the UN and Malian government after the killing of two UN Peacekeepers on Wednesday.

    French President François Hollande said on Friday that French, Malian and UN forces had launched a large-scale military operation in Mali to combat terrorism and restore stability in the country ahead…

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    • The Netherlands is to commit four Boeing AH-64D Apache attack helicopters, unmanned air vehicles and 90 commandos to the UN mission in Mali until the end of 2015.

      To perform operations in the African nation's northern region, the Dutch contingent will be tasked with providing intelligence and reconnaissance services on behalf of the commanding officer of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). To be based at an airfield in Gao, the Apaches will also provide close air support for ground troops, including providing strike cover against rebel forces if required.

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      The Dutch government says its military participation in Mali is expected to cost approximately €51 million ($69 million) per year.

      With a total personnel strength of 380, the Netherlands' detachment will be the second-largest European contribution to MINUSMA after France. The UN says its mission in Mali currently comprises around 5,200 troops from almost 30 nations, but will more than double in size by mid-2014.

      http://http://www.flightglobal.com/n...ission-392624/

      interesting....

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      • perhaps our new policy of 'Overseas Prevention and Intervention' will increase our role and numbers there also when we switch fire from Afghan.
        RGJ

        ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

        The Rifles

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        • Originally posted by RoyalGreenJacket View Post
          perhaps our new policy of 'Overseas Prevention and Intervention' will increase our role and numbers there also when we switch fire from Afghan.
          bank on it - LAND is desperate to get boots on the ground and to form a joint partnership with FCO and DFID so as to fend off the RN and the Crabs come the next SDSR. being strictly fair to LAND, they are also deeply worried about skill-fade and moralé, and SIS have been honking off about Saharan Africa for years.

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          • Originally posted by ropebag View Post
            bank on it - LAND is desperate to get boots on the ground and to form a joint partnership with FCO and DFID so as to fend off the RN and the Crabs come the next SDSR. being strictly fair to LAND, they are also deeply worried about skill-fade and moralé, and SIS have been honking off about Saharan Africa for years.
            A British led Battalion with an Irish Coy as part of it would be lovely...

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            • Originally posted by Fridge Magnet View Post
              A British led Battalion with an Irish Coy as part of it would be lovely...
              Trying to give Bandit an aneurysm?
              "It is a general popular error to imagine that loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for it's welfare" Edmund Burke

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              • Originally posted by Fridge Magnet View Post
                A British led Battalion with an Irish Coy as part of it would be lovely...
                Surely an Irish led Battalion, with a British Coy, would be better...
                Last edited by ias; 26 November 2013, 17:33.

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                • Originally posted by ias View Post
                  Surely an Irish led Battalion, with a British Coy, would be better...
                  how would we all get there?
                  RGJ

                  ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

                  The Rifles

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                  • Originally posted by ias View Post
                    Surely an Irish led Battalion, with a British Coy, would be better...
                    I'm sure it would but it'll never happen.

                    It'd be far easier to piggy back on the back of the BA, then try run the show.

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                    • Originally posted by RoyalGreenJacket View Post
                      how would we all get there?
                      Irish C17s and Hovertanks out of abbeyshrule airforce base!
                      "He is an enemy officer taken in battle and entitled to fair treatment."
                      "No, sir. He's a sergeant, and they don't deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They're cunning and artful, if they're any good. I wouldn't mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever."

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                      • Originally posted by morpheus View Post
                        Irish C17s and Hovertanks out of abbeyshrule airforce base!
                        Sounds good, I'm in.

                        On a more serious note, I'd be happy to serve with and under most so long as we retained our baseline Rules of Engagement.
                        RGJ

                        ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

                        The Rifles

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                        • Originally posted by RoyalGreenJacket View Post
                          Sounds good, I'm in.

                          On a more serious note, I'd be happy to serve with and under most so long as we retained our baseline Rules of Engagement.
                          Promise you won't run out on us if there be Germans about
                          Last edited by sofa; 26 November 2013, 22:23.

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                          • Err topic gentlemen, if you all don't mind.
                            "We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
                            Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
                            Illegitimi non carborundum

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                            • Riflemen from 1RIFLES mentoring Malian soldiers:

                              RGJ

                              ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

                              The Rifles

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