Operation Mansio: British troops (pictured) provide counter-terrorism training to Nigerian, Cameroonian and Moroccan forces in Senegal. Some 30 troops are stationed around these soldiers and in a huge exercise last week, UK forces guided the African soldiers as they attacked and detained members of a terrorist cell
BBC: UK military gears up for deployment in Mali
Britain is significantly stepping up its military support in West Africa to help combat the world's fastest growing Islamist-led insurgency.
Over the past month, British troops have been helping train local forces to fight extremism in the Sahel.
The region, a semi-arid stretch of land just south of the Sahara Desert, has been a frontline in the war against Islamist militancy for almost a decade.
Later this year, 250 British soldiers will join a UN mission in Mali.
It has been described as the most dangerous peacekeeping operation in the world.
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Update #1: Operation Stop ISIS: British troops are sent to Senegal to provide counter-terrorism training as new jihadi danger rises in West Africa (Daily Mail)
Update #2: ISIS threat: British troops deployed to Senegal as terrorism threat in West Africa rises (Express)
WNU Editor: Sending a few dozen soldiers is going to make no difference in this conflict.
3 comments:
A few dozen more than cheapskate Mr. Merkel sent.
Speaking of Der Merkel, is Herr Merkel going to invite those 'refugees' at the Greek border, when they might be carrying corona virus?
Or put another way does she love herself more than she hates Germany?
Recently she refused to shake hands due to fear of catching corona virus.
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