Mali Conflict: France Has Opened Gates Of Hell, Say Rebels -- The Guardian
Islamist militant leader warns French government as fighter jets continue assault on rebel camps and convoys in central Mali
Islamist fighters in Mali captured a central town on Monday as a ferocious campaign of air strikes by French warplanes aimed at halting their advance entered its fourth day.
Despite intensive bombardments, the fundamentalist insurgents pushing south towards the capital, Bamako, overran the central town of Diabaly, just 250 miles to the north.
An Islamist militant leader warned the French government its intervention in Mali had opened the "gates of hell".
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