End Of Days News
Defense Secretary Leon 
Panetta has approved the request from Paris to provide French warplanes 
with mid-air refueling as French-led forces in Mali advance on the key 
northern city of Timbuktu. Saturday, they captured the key town of Gao 
and other towns from Al Qaeda and rebel forces. Many Islamists fled into
 desert hideouts and will be hard to hunt down. The Pentagon is also 
discussing widening US involvement in the French-led campaign to 
liberate northern Mali from Islamist extremist rule by helping to 
transport troops from other African countries including Chad and Togo. 
The French are preparing to hand over securing Gao to forces from Niger 
and Chad.
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