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Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:45 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Rick Rozoff" rwrozoff
http://rt.com/news/mali-ground
RT
January 18, 2013
US will provide France airlift help, 'training' for Mali operation - reports
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Germany sent two military Transall transport airplanes from the 63rd Luftwaffe squadron to join the mission in Mali.
France at the moment has 1,400 troops of the ground in Mali, with 1,100 more – including French Foreign Legionnaires – expected to be deployed over the next few days.
Algeria was intended to be the next domino to fall, but when the insurgency began spreading to southern Mali, France kicked off its campaign “to bomb the rebels back into Algeria.”
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Washington has agreed to provide France with airlifts to help move troops and equipment in the country's operation in Mali, an official told Reuters. Meanwhile, a group of US military trainers are expected to arrive in the region by the weekend.
The decision to boost Washington's contribution to the French-led military operation against Islamist rebels in Mali comes after a formal review of the French request by the Obama administration.
In addition to reports that Washington will help French and Malian forces by way of airlift support for getting troops and equipment to the battlefield, CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that US military trainers “will be on the ground by this weekend.”
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The trainers are not expected to land in Mali itself, and will most likely train troops in neighboring African countries included in the UN-authorized ECOWAS intervention force.
The West African bloc has already sent reinforcements to help Malian and French troops battling the rebels. A contingent of 100 Togolese soldiers was the first to arrive, followed by several hundred Nigerian troops reinforced by war planes.
Germany sent two military Transall transport airplanes from the 63rd Luftwaffe squadron to join the mission in Mali. German crews are expected to set up an aerial transport hub in nearby Senegal, and help with logistics for both African and French troops.
France at the moment has 1,400 troops of the ground in Mali, with 1,100 more – including French Foreign Legionnaires – expected to be deployed over the next few days.
he French intervention in Mali “is going to be a long, drawn out war,” UK-based political analyst Dan Glazebrook told RT.
“This is a ground invasion of Africa, and they’re hoping – France, Britain and the US – are hoping to establish a permanent military presence; an occupation of Africa. And this is one way they’re going to be able to do it,” he explained.
Glazebrook said the hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant which was sparked by France’s intervention in Mali is an intended consequence of France’s ground invasion.
“Spillover is part of the program...the aim of the strategy of intervention in Mali. What happened since the execution of Gaddafi and the destruction of Libya is that the West armed, funded and equipped these death squads effectively in Libya. The flow of weapons and fighters spread then across the region, which was again, playing into the program of the West to destabilize the region, and they ended up in Northern Mali,” Glazebrook argues.
Glazebrook says Algeria was intended to be the next domino to fall, but when the insurgency began spreading to southern Mali, France kicked off its campaign “to bomb the rebels back into Algeria.”
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RT
January 18, 2013
US will provide France airlift help, 'training' for Mali operation - reports
====
Germany sent two military Transall transport airplanes from the 63rd Luftwaffe squadron to join the mission in Mali.
France at the moment has 1,400 troops of the ground in Mali, with 1,100 more – including French Foreign Legionnaires – expected to be deployed over the next few days.
Algeria was intended to be the next domino to fall, but when the insurgency began spreading to southern Mali, France kicked off its campaign “to bomb the rebels back into Algeria.”
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Washington has agreed to provide France with airlifts to help move troops and equipment in the country's operation in Mali, an official told Reuters. Meanwhile, a group of US military trainers are expected to arrive in the region by the weekend.
The decision to boost Washington's contribution to the French-led military operation against Islamist rebels in Mali comes after a formal review of the French request by the Obama administration.
In addition to reports that Washington will help French and Malian forces by way of airlift support for getting troops and equipment to the battlefield, CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that US military trainers “will be on the ground by this weekend.”
...
The trainers are not expected to land in Mali itself, and will most likely train troops in neighboring African countries included in the UN-authorized ECOWAS intervention force.
The West African bloc has already sent reinforcements to help Malian and French troops battling the rebels. A contingent of 100 Togolese soldiers was the first to arrive, followed by several hundred Nigerian troops reinforced by war planes.
Germany sent two military Transall transport airplanes from the 63rd Luftwaffe squadron to join the mission in Mali. German crews are expected to set up an aerial transport hub in nearby Senegal, and help with logistics for both African and French troops.
France at the moment has 1,400 troops of the ground in Mali, with 1,100 more – including French Foreign Legionnaires – expected to be deployed over the next few days.
he French intervention in Mali “is going to be a long, drawn out war,” UK-based political analyst Dan Glazebrook told RT.
“This is a ground invasion of Africa, and they’re hoping – France, Britain and the US – are hoping to establish a permanent military presence; an occupation of Africa. And this is one way they’re going to be able to do it,” he explained.
Glazebrook said the hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant which was sparked by France’s intervention in Mali is an intended consequence of France’s ground invasion.
“Spillover is part of the program...the aim of the strategy of intervention in Mali. What happened since the execution of Gaddafi and the destruction of Libya is that the West armed, funded and equipped these death squads effectively in Libya. The flow of weapons and fighters spread then across the region, which was again, playing into the program of the West to destabilize the region, and they ended up in Northern Mali,” Glazebrook argues.
Glazebrook says Algeria was intended to be the next domino to fall, but when the insurgency began spreading to southern Mali, France kicked off its campaign “to bomb the rebels back into Algeria.”
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Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:45 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Rick Rozoff" rwrozoff
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/na
Jiji Press
January 18, 2012
Envoy hands Abe's letter to NATO chief
BRUSSELS: An envoy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has handed a letter from the leader to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
In the letter, Abe discusses the changing strategic environment in the Asia-Pacific region, mainly Japan-China tensions over the Senkaku Islands and threats from North Korea.
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http://www.nato.int/cps/en/nat
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
January 15, 2013
Visit to NATO by the Chairman of the Japanese Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs
The Chairman of the Japanese Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Katsuyuki Kawai, will visit NATO Headquarters on Wednesday, 16 January 2013. He will meet with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
There will be no media opportunity.
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Jiji Press
January 18, 2012
Envoy hands Abe's letter to NATO chief
BRUSSELS: An envoy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has handed a letter from the leader to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
In the letter, Abe discusses the changing strategic environment in the Asia-Pacific region, mainly Japan-China tensions over the Senkaku Islands and threats from North Korea.
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http://www.nato.int/cps/en/nat
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
January 15, 2013
Visit to NATO by the Chairman of the Japanese Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs
The Chairman of the Japanese Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Katsuyuki Kawai, will visit NATO Headquarters on Wednesday, 16 January 2013. He will meet with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
There will be no media opportunity.
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Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:45 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Rick Rozoff" rwrozoff
http://english.peopledaily.com
China Military Online
January 17, 2013
Commentary: Soldiers should prepare for war
By Guo Jianyue
The recent escalating situation in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, the new Japanese Abe administration's drawing of Vietnam, Philippines and other East Asian countries to its side in order to contain China, as well as the letter they wrote to NATO leaders for the purpose of smearing China, have formed layers of pressure to counterbalance China.
Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) have held very frequent drills focused on the Diaoyu Islands for the past days, and boasted of firing warning shots at China's marine surveillance ships. This confrontation between China and Japan, which has been so rare since World War II, has escalated from the original air force mutual monitoring over the waters around the Diaoyu Islands to the verge of war.
China will not frivolously wage a war, but "if we are attacked, we will certainly counterattack." This is absolutely our bottom line. Therefore, we should prepare ourselves to fight a battle as soon as possible.
Then, what kind of war are we preparing to fight? Don't be so naive to take it for granted that maritime issues can be resolved in maritime ways and the Diaoyu Islands conflict is merely a confrontation between the two navies and the two air forces. For the soldiers, there is no difference among arms, and no difference between the front and the rear in a war, even just in a local conflict.
Prof. Jin Yi'nan once made an intriguing statement: "You can only prepare yourselves for a large-scale war in order to control a local war. According to Western risk control and warfare control theories, by upgrading the war scale to cause greater damage to the other side, the other side thus decides not to upgrade but stick to the local scale. Without this capability, the scale of the war is very likely to grow out of control." Therefore, soldiers should be mentally prepared that "the war cannot be fought without me."
We also need to figure out why we should be prepared to fight and what kind of war we are going to fight. We should prepare ourselves according to our positions and responsibilities. What kind of war are we able to fight? We can no longer shout for war preparation as a slogan. Therefore, soldiers must be well-prepared that "there's always a plan ready for the war".
It is the duty and value of the military and soldiers to be able to fight and to win the war. The concept should be prevalently rooted in the minds of the officers and men that soldiers are meant to fight in war, troops are led to fight in war, and military training is conducted for war. We should be ready to fight a war at any time so that once the order is given, victory is to be won.
China Military Online
January 17, 2013
Commentary: Soldiers should prepare for war
By Guo Jianyue
The recent escalating situation in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, the new Japanese Abe administration's drawing of Vietnam, Philippines and other East Asian countries to its side in order to contain China, as well as the letter they wrote to NATO leaders for the purpose of smearing China, have formed layers of pressure to counterbalance China.
Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) have held very frequent drills focused on the Diaoyu Islands for the past days, and boasted of firing warning shots at China's marine surveillance ships. This confrontation between China and Japan, which has been so rare since World War II, has escalated from the original air force mutual monitoring over the waters around the Diaoyu Islands to the verge of war.
China will not frivolously wage a war, but "if we are attacked, we will certainly counterattack." This is absolutely our bottom line. Therefore, we should prepare ourselves to fight a battle as soon as possible.
Then, what kind of war are we preparing to fight? Don't be so naive to take it for granted that maritime issues can be resolved in maritime ways and the Diaoyu Islands conflict is merely a confrontation between the two navies and the two air forces. For the soldiers, there is no difference among arms, and no difference between the front and the rear in a war, even just in a local conflict.
Prof. Jin Yi'nan once made an intriguing statement: "You can only prepare yourselves for a large-scale war in order to control a local war. According to Western risk control and warfare control theories, by upgrading the war scale to cause greater damage to the other side, the other side thus decides not to upgrade but stick to the local scale. Without this capability, the scale of the war is very likely to grow out of control." Therefore, soldiers should be mentally prepared that "the war cannot be fought without me."
We also need to figure out why we should be prepared to fight and what kind of war we are going to fight. We should prepare ourselves according to our positions and responsibilities. What kind of war are we able to fight? We can no longer shout for war preparation as a slogan. Therefore, soldiers must be well-prepared that "there's always a plan ready for the war".
It is the duty and value of the military and soldiers to be able to fight and to win the war. The concept should be prevalently rooted in the minds of the officers and men that soldiers are meant to fight in war, troops are led to fight in war, and military training is conducted for war. We should be ready to fight a war at any time so that once the order is given, victory is to be won.
