Human Rights Watch calls for Mali probe

January 31st, 2013

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

On Thursday, the African office of the rights group, based in Johannesburg, also called on French troopers to minimize atrocities committed on civilians.

The group’s director for Africa, Tiseke Kasambala issued a statement, saying that French troops should “minimize civilian atrocities and deaths.”

This comes as battalions of troops from neighboring Niger and from Togo have arrived in the Malian city of Gao to reinforce the French war. The city was controlled by anti-government fighters for nearly 10 months, but was seized by the French military last week. The fighters have fled the city but are believed to be waiting outside.

The UN Security Council is considering plans to deploy peacekeepers to assist the French.

On January 11, France launched its war on Mali under the pretext of halting the advance of the fighters, who control the northern part of the African country. Nearly 2,300 French troops have so far been deployed to the country.

The United States, Canada, Britain, Belgium, Germany, and Denmark have voiced support for the French war.

Analysts believe motives to exploit untapped resources including oil, gold as well as uranium in the region are behind the multinational military campaign in Mali.

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