War Escalates as French Troops Arrive in Mali
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French soldiers stand at the 101 military airbase near Bamako, Mali. France is using air and ground power in a joint offensive with Malian soldiers against hardline Islamist groups controlling northern Mali.
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Malian soldiers, helped by the French, push a broken helicopter out of a hangar to make room for more incoming troops at Bamako's airport.
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Two French fighter jets are seen at Bamako's airport after French forces led an all-night aerial bombing of a small Malian town of armed Islamist extremists who seized the area, including its strategic military camp.
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Malian soldiers, helped by the French, push a broken helicopter out of a hangar to make room for more incoming troops at Bamako's airport.
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French soldiers sit aboard a Malian military armed car at the 101 military airbase near Bamako, Mali. France is using air and ground power in a joint offensive with Malian soldiers against hardline Islamist groups controlling northern Mali.
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French troops based in N'Djamena, Chad, carry ammunition onto the 101 military airbase near Bamako, Mali, before their deployment in the north of Mali. France is using air and ground power in a joint offensive with Malian soldiers against hardline Islamist groups controlling northern Mali.
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French soldiers prepare material to be loaded into a British army Boeing C-17 cargo aircraft arriving from British Brize Norton base en route to Bamako, Mali.
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Soldiers guard a checkpoint at a bridge in Markala, Mali, on the road to central Mali.
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Malian people wave a French national flag on a scooter in Bamako after France sent troops to help Malian forces hold back an advance by Islamist rebels.
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Malian police patrol Bamako after French jets attacked the Islamist strongholds of Gao and Kidal in northern Mali.
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