THE OFFICIAL LINE from government that Irish troops are engaged in a “training mission” in Mali is increasingly looking like yet another strained military euphemism. Currently described as the UN’s “most dangerous mission”, conflict in the region is highly volatile with local and multinational forces failing to contain Islamist factions and the widespread breakdown of… Read more »
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