French Officials Say Success in Mali Won't End Islamist Threat
Don't want expectations too high
Don't want expectations too high
Fighting still ongoing in France's former colony
The Al Qaeda commander organized the attack on an Algerian gas plant in January
Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was one of the leaders of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
French lending a hand in their previous colony will only last so long
Fighting Islamic militants in mountains
Left list that highlights 22 ways they can try to avoid detection
Wants an end to the violence
French and Malian soldiers still battling Islamic militants
Despite recent clashes and allegations of abuses committed by government forces
Good news has been left wanting recently
There have been reports of torture and killing
Exposes disagreements within the movement over how strictly to impose Shariah
Also shows divisions from within over applying Islamic law
Fighting in north Africa changing into guerrilla war
Using helicopters, with assistance from French and Nigerian forces
French government says they're on their way out even as hostilities continue
The same militants the French are now fighting in Mali
Trying to say triomphe
Complicating matters for the French, who are looking to hand over the operation to an African force
Malian forces are suspected of arming militias to hunt down Tuaregs and Arabs
The Obama administration sets its sights on deeper involvement in Mali.
Intervention can breed the cause for even more