Mali: Two djihadist leaders killed by French troops.

Posted on May 20, 2015 by bill

Deux chefs djihadistes tués au Mali par l’armée française

par Rédaction de France Info mercredi 20 mai 2015 17:40

C’est lors d’une opération menée dans la nuit du 17 au 18 mai que l’armée française a tué quatre terroristes dans le Nord du Mali © MaxPPP

L’armée française annonce ce mercredi qu’elle a abattu quatre terroristes dans la nuit du 17 au 18 mai lors d’une opération dans le Nord du Mali, dont deux importants chefs djihadistes.

The French army announced on Wednesday that it cut down four terrorists overnight on Sunday-Monday the 17 and 18 May during one of it’s operations in Northern Mali, including two major djihadist leaders.

Deux des principaux chefs djihadistes au Sahel ont été abattus par l’armée française, indique ce mercredi le ministère de la Défense dans un communiqué. En tout, quatre terroristes sont morts lors d’une opération menée par les troupes françaises dans la nuit du 17 au 18 mai dans le Nord du Mali.

The ministry of Defence announced the felling of the Sahel djihadists in a communiqué. In all four terrorists are dead in the operation by the French troops in the north of Mali.

 Parmi eux figurent Amada Ag Hama alias “Abdelkrim le Touareg” et Ibrahim Ag Inawalen, deux des principaux chefs d’Al Qaïda au Maghreb Islamique (Aqmi) et d’Ansar Dine. Ces deux groupes sont “responsables de nombreuses attaques terroristes contre les forces internationales, ainsi que d’exactions répétées à l’encontre des populations maliennes,” précise le ministère de la Défense dans le communiqué.
Notable among the dead are  Amada Ag Hama alias “Abdelkrim le Touareg” and Ibrahim Ag Inawalen, two principles of Al Qaida Maghreb Islamists (Aqmi) and Ansar Dine. These two groups are “responsible for many terrorist attacks against international forces, and repeated violent encounters with the Malien people”, said the minister of defence in the communiqué.

“Abdelkrim le Touareg” est notamment lié à l’enlèvement et au meurtre des journalistes Ghislaine Dupont et Claude Verlon à Kidal, en 2013.

Abdelkrim le Touareg is thought to be responsible for the kidnapping and murder of the journalists Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon à Kidal, in 2013.

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Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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