And joint ALI EX’s like Royal Blackhawk have been successful etc.It may well be but l see this cooperation on a weekly basis. Politicians have to pamper to a crowd and give the impression they don't give an inch.
Meanwhile, UK support to Op in the Sahel has been maintained (Chinook) and then increased (MINUSMA)
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It's a wonderful thing.
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The inability of Jihadists to co-operate in Syria is of note, and I see that the battlelines are literally drawn between the Al-Qaeda orientated (Nusrat al-Islam, and otehrs, who appear better at assimilating local and ethnic groups) and the Islamic State (IS-Greater Sahara) lot.
Plus the other complexities, which we overlay our concerns on top of.
But the UK could have stayed as a third nation. Many countries take part in the various EUTMs without belonging to the EU
Pictures of the Groupement commando during a night time operation on 12-13 February near Ansango which ended in a firefight during which several terrorists were neutralized and weapons recovered.
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