Islamic position near the ancient desert, in the north's largest city of timbuktu and high trading city attacks, marks a decisive to the French delegation during the third day, strike insurgents in the April seized vast regions of the heart.
France was identified as the northern Mali, a lot of people fear as western attack base and "base" organization in yemen, somalia, and north Africa, the end of the islamic rule.
Defense minister let - yves le Drian said France Friday's suddenly intervention to stop the advance of the rebels catch Bamako. He confirmed that air will continue.
"The President is fully decided we must destroy the terrorist, Mali, our own country and European security threats," he told French television.
Residents and the rebel leader report says, air strikes as early as in last Sunday's thunder and Douentza Mali was the central town, forcing the islamists exit. As time progress, France plane attack target further north, including base dall insurgency, near the epicenter of town.
In the Niger river islamists applied a kind of extreme forms of islamic law of the high bank, one of the dust float in the sky of town, residents said, France jet pound airport and rebel positions. Black smoke rose to a huge cloud militant camp, in the north of the city and trucks carrying the dead and injured to the hospital.
"The plane in the sky, you can only hear their voice is so fast," residents Sue Myra may add said by telephone. "We are very happy, even if it is terrible. Soon after, we will deliver."
Paris said, four "wind" jet from France to fly to strike rebels around the camp, high logistics warehouse and infrastructure, the purpose is to weaken the rebels, and stop them return to the south.
"We to prevent terrorists from early, starting today, we have begun to do is to destroy the terrorist base behind the front line," the French foreign minister method than youse tell LCI television.
France "operation serval" - name of African wild cats - between the Bamako division and mopti town, 500 km (300 miles) north has deployed about 550 soldiers to Mali.
In Bamako, Reuters photographer saw more than 100 the French army, landing on Sunday in the capital international airport, the suburb of a military transport.
The streets of the city is quiet, the sun streaking as seasonal ha Malawi jotham wind dust float in the sky of air blowing from the Sahara desert. Many cars have French sign in the window decoration celebrate Paris intervention.
People's maria · west dibeier said: "we thank France to help us," said. "We wanted it to continue until the north is free."
African troops expected
More than twenty years of peace bastion of democracy election of reputation, won the Mali, but within a week left after the power vacuum in March, the islamic rebel military coup, the image.
The French Monday at a UN security council meeting to discuss and Mali. French President francois Mr Lande intervention, in Europe, Africa and the United States won the applause of the leaders, but it is not without risk.
Improve the threat level, eight French hostage "base" organization ally, in the Sahara and 30000 French foreign nationals living in neighbouring countries, mainly Muslim country.
Pay attention to revenge, France has to strengthen the public buildings and public transportation safety. To 6000 citizens from Mali, the spokesman of the saar delicacies and "base" organization north Africa wing islamic maghreb base organizational commitment of revenge.
In the movement of the first victim, Paris, a French pilots were killed last Friday, when insurgents shot down the helicopter.
A few hours ago, a French intelligence officer in somalia held hostage by the youth, the party and the "base" organization is a failure of the commando raid that killed radical save him out.
Mr Lande said France for the purpose of simple support 12 months of the United Nations security council resolution as stipulated in the task, west Africa group economic community of west African states to retake north,.
Paris press the west African country quickly put their forces, ivory coast, the President in Lhasa · WaDaLa, the economic community of west African states rotating chairman, kick-off to act, the deployment of 3300 African soldiers.
WaDaLa, installation in power in 2011 with the support of the military, France on Saturday at the group of 15 summit in ivory coast, discussion of the mission.
The troops will begin to arrived in Bamako today and tomorrow, "ali KuLiBaLi said, the ivory coast African integration minister. "They will be escorted to the front."
The United States to provide transportation and communications support islamic rebels of the push, a U.S. officials told Reuters, not to be named speech.
The United States support includes information sharing, the official said, without elaborating. Earlier Sunday, another U.S. officials say Washington is considering sending a few unarmed spy plane.
Britain and Canada has promised logistics support.
Former French colony Senegal, Niger and burkina faso commitment in a few days the deployment of 500 troops. In contrast, the district country Nigeria, due to the west African country to common economic strength, it needs some time to training and equipment for the troops.
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However, France, seems to have assumed in the ground operation control. It allows the head of the army of the air Mali islamists, because they have been briefly caught this week in them into the south of the town Konna strategy.
Restored calm Konna three nights after the battle, Mali army to suppress any remaining rebels. A senior military official said, has killed more than 100 rebels.
"The soldiers patrolling the streets, and surround city", KuLiBaLi lady, a resident told Reuters telephone. "They are looking for a house weapons or hidden islamists."
Analysts are skeptical, but, African countries will be able to install rapid action to recapture north Mali - a harsh, sparsely populated terrain, the area is a French - because it equipment, also does not have the ground forces.



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