Last Sunday in Mali town high heart, islamic militants launched a raid, in France and local troops, hit the efforts to ensure that Mali back north.
Local residents hid in his home or squat in the wall behind the crack from sand streets and the ancient Niger river town mud brick house, islamic rebels from last month to recapture the French led the attack from running street fighting.
The French helicopter clattered spending and "base" organization allied rebels, hand AK - 47 rifle and rocket-propelled grenade has penetrated into the central market area and was holed up in a police shot, Mali and French officials said.
High in the improvement of combat must be determined in the pocket of the islamists escaped lightning four weeks old French intervention in Mali counterattack guerrilla attacks and suicide bomb attack in fear.
Most of the militants from the northern town such as timbuktu and high drive, the French army tried to find the remote control and strong adela's DES Ifoghas mountain base, disappeared in the northeast.
But Mali and weak army cannot, ensure recapture area, and a large African security forces after the slowdown in the French forward delay and packet shortage, the area of the deployment, now looks fragile guerrilla activities.
"They penetration town river through. We believe that one of the 10%. They are sure of the population and them to the police station," said Bernard · fernando varela, France in Mali ground operations commander.
He told a reporter, in the high, the French helicopter stepped in to help Mali army dragged from the roof of the rebels, throwing grenades.
Mali's military police colonel's Sally plum and told Reuters, intend to carry out suicide attacks in the town of the rebels.
Suicide bombers
Temporarily no casualties are immediately available. But in high Reuters reporter saw a corpse crumpled a motorcycle. Mali soldiers said, some may have to ride a motorcycle to the strategy.
In the high outbreak of gunfire hours later, France and Mali to strengthen the forces within two days the second attack by a suicide bomber in the northern suburb of a checkpoint.
High,, Mali Congressman abdul · abdullah and · west dibeier said, the rebels held until the permeability, the French army liberated from the end of last month MUJWA group.
MUJWA is a separatist "base" organization of the islamic maghreb north African wing al-qaeda, loose alliance with local malian islamic organization Ann sall dinner, held in the northern city of Mali main area ten months, until the French attack and drive them out.
On Saturday night, high northern suburb of a military checkpoint attacked islamic insurgents who is open Bourem, 80 km (fifty miles) from the desert shrub distance of the Niger river north of the roads and Bridges, by a group of.
"Our soldiers was violent jihad fire from the bridge...... at the same time, another on both sides of the circle and the wall, he is to be able to foil his suicide belt", west dickie diarra Mali captain told reporters.
He added that the bomber killed, a Mali soldiers suffered minor injuries. In Friday's motorcycle suicide bomb attack, Mali soldier was wounded.
Lassana diarra Saturday bomber as a full beard Arab.
Due to the high and the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization of the world heritage city of timbuktu back last month, Mali soldiers were killed in the mine led to a major road north.
France and Mali officials say, pocket rebels are still in the jungle and desert between the town and the main threat hit-and-run guerrilla attacks and bombings.
"We are in a dangerous area, we can't everywhere," a French officer told reporters that requirements will not be named.
A local residents reported saw a group of ten armed islamic militants Batel, only 10 km (6 miles) high.
Northeast area business
France, there are about 4000 troops in Mali, now they attack focused on looking for islamic militants north of hundreds of kilometers (miles) high.
Last Friday, the French special forces paratroopers occupied track and Tessalit town, close to the Algerian border.
Start from here, France, aid about 1000 Chad's army in the northeast base dall areas, predicts adela's DES Ifoghas mountain patrol to fight.
The rest of the islamists in a firm, the sun exposure range of ditch and cave rock and is considered to have a hiding place and supply station, is also believed to be in sahelian pocket before seized at least seven Frenchman hostage.
The United States and European government back to France dominant action, against the islamic jihad threat to a wider range of attack defense, but send out their forces.
To accompany military attack, France and its Allies, urged authorities to open a national reconciliation and dialog, solve the northern tuareg people community, such as for autonomy, and with a democratic election.
, in the middle of last year's military coup, make the west African country into chaos, leading to the north of the islamic occupation, chairman of the appointed to no one but celine dion from Kuhn TeLaAoLei said, he is going to hold elections on July 31.
But he is faced with internal division, the division, the army, the opponent's units still deadlock.



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