In heavy fighting
Saturday, Mali government forces with French air support partly regained
the strategic town of Konna, gateway to the Mali capital of Bamako. The
al Qaeda-led Islamist alliance which captured Konna appeared to be
retreating. In Washington, a US official told Reuters the Pentagon was
weighing options in the west African desert nation, including
intelligence-sharing with France and logistics support. French Foreign
Minister Laurent Fabius confirmed France had carried out air strikes
against the rebels to prevent them overruning the whole of Mali.
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