Mali says West should limit fight against AQIM

Published November 17, 2014

A Mali army official says Western countries should limit their participation in military operations against al-Qaida's North African offshoot.

Col. Yamoussa Camara said Wednesday that foreign forces should remain in the background — providing training and equipment — so Mali's armed forces can keep the support of their population.

Camara spoke during a G8 meeting in Mali on how to counter al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM.

An AQIM faction is currently holding 7 hostages in northern Mali — 5 French, a man from Togo and another from Madagascar — and the French government said recently it had information that the group may be planning attacks in Europe.

In July, French forces participated in a raid with Mauritanian troops against AQIM on Malian soil.

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