#Barkhane

1. Interesting debate going on now in France over Barkhane. Predictably I find myself somewhere in the middle.https://www.publicsenat.fr/emission/allons-plus-loin/operation-barkhane-l-heure-du-bilan-au-senat-186583 2. On one side, folks say
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"More than 40 percent of Barkhane’s air strikes are now conducted by drones." @RikeFranke . https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2021C05_OperationBarkhane.pdf "The post-Pau year has not fundamenta
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This is a must-read article from @MichaelShurkin for anyone interested in the evolution of French thinking regarding counterinsurgency and military interventions.https://tnsr.org/2020/11/frances-war-in-the-sahel-and-the-evolution-of-counter
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Un thread sur l'affaire de #Bounti, ce village du centre du #Mali où des dizaines d'hommes sont morts suite à une frappe aérienne des forces françaises dimanche dernier, dans l'après-midi
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Thread] #Sahel | French President @EmmanuelMacron has just given a press conference following the N'Djamena Summit. The main announcements below https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1361640564953874433?s=20 1/ French President bega
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#Thread Barkhane, élément clé de l’impérialisme français en Afrique L’armée française utilisée par l’Etat pour garantir les intérêts d’Orano (ex Areva), Total, BNP, ou encore Bolloré.50 soldats français sont morts
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[Thread] President Macron just addressed the Armed Forces on the occasion of his New Year's greetings. This speech was an opportunity to review the priorities of defense policy.
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