Op PRESENCE/Mali (Cdn mission/s, sitreps, etc. - merged)

[Kilo_302]

I should clarify, media outlets are now reporting that it will probably be a longer mission.

 

[Edward Campbell]

Without further comment:

Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/welcome-to-quaqmirestan/article6790889/?from=7637939
Gable in the Globe and Mail

 

[The Bread Guy]

Without further comment:

Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/welcome-to-quaqmirestan/article6790889/?from=7637939
Gable in the Globe and Mail

Good catch - there's a t-shirt right there.

 

[tomahawk6]

A bit overstated. Op Serval is going quite well. Its not a quigmire more like a graveyard for the jihadists.

 

[JRH93]

Can I ask what Canadas contribution to mali is?

 

[tomahawk6]

Evidently a CC-17. Air transport is in short supply so its an important contribution.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadian-c-17-completes-first-cargo-drop-to-mali-in-support-of-france/article7464333/?cmpid=rss1

 

[The Bread Guy]

Can I ask what Canadas contribution to mali is?

9 pages full of the latest on that just before your post (moved to the correct thread here)

 

[JRH93]

thanks tomahawk, suppose any assistance is better then no assistance

 

[tomahawk6]

Funny how we initially talked about Mali being a wasted effort or possibly a quagmire. I saw the operation as having the potential for success. Now Canada and the US are providing support to the French and the French and Mali forces have the jihadists on the run. ;D

 

[Journeyman]

...... the French and Mali forces have the jihadists on the run. ;D

A bit overstated. Op Serval is going quite well. Its not a quigmire more like a graveyard for the jihadists.

I believe you have it partially correct -- "a bit overstated." 

You may wish to hold off on your victory declaration for a little while longer...the jihadists also get a say.

 

[cupper]

As long as the situation in Libya is unsettled, the jihadies will always have a place to retreat to and regroup.

This is not going to be settled quickly.

 

[The Bread Guy]

The latest here from the "a journalist is NEVER off duty" file....

Photographs of a French soldier apparently mimicking a character from the popular and violent video game Call of Duty are causing a stir around the world.

In the photos, the unidentified soldier can be seen wearing a skeleton mask and a bandana, making him look eerily similar to the popular character Ghost from Call of Duty.

The pics were snapped by Agence France-Presse photographer Issouf Sanogo and Yann Foreix of Le Parisien, a French daily newspaper.

“This is unacceptable behavior,” Col. Thierry Burkhard told the French paper Liberation in Paris. “This image is not representative of action by France in Mali.” ....

Photo credit:  ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images

Photo credit:  ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP

 

[kevincanada]

The PM was just asked this live while talking about jobs in Ontario.  He gave a fairly long answer, but in short.  No change to the present commitment.

 

[Jed]

That will help sales for more 'Shooter games'

 

[The Bread Guy]

The PM was just asked this live while talking about jobs in Ontario.  He gave a fairly long answer, but in short.  No change to the present commitment.

A bit of "Twitter triangulation" from different reporters writing about the same comments....

• Sun Media:  "@pmharper says gov't is looking at "whether & how" to extend help to FR in mission to fight Islamists in Mali. No specifics about C-17."
• Toronto Star:  "PM (Harper) says gov't "considering" future participation in military mission in Mali. Says he is talking to oppostion ldrs ...."
• CBC.ca:  "... the PM is indeed consulting opposition parties on how to proceed in Mali re: further "technical support." ..."
• The Canadian Press:  "PM (Harper) looking for a broad national consensus on what the next steps might be when it comes to the unfolding crisis in Mali ...."

 

[Eye In The Sky]

apparently from this video that C-17 was full of surplus 1980's molitia rounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NBUiA3Tjs

LOL, literally. 

 

[medicineman]

apparently from this video that C-17 was full of surplus 1980's molitia rounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NBUiA3Tjs

So basically empty magazines then?

MM

 

[PanaEng]

apparently from this video that C-17 was full of surplus 1980's molitia rounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NBUiA3Tjs

Heck, we used those same lot numbers in the late 80's early 90's in the reg force some times...

 

[Colin Parkinson]

I made my gun crews shout "Boom, rumble, rumble" to add realism.......

 

[GK .Dundas]

apparently from this video that C-17 was full of surplus 1980's molitia rounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NBUiA3Tjs

Am now waiting  with bated breath for Messrs. Staples et al and the gang at Rabble.ca to outraged at our acting as "Merchants of Death" in providing above to Malian troops! :