By Hinsley Njila – Intro by Innocent Chia
It
is not only the secrecy with which the French are fighting the “rebels
and AlQaeda” in Mali that is raising eyebrows. The Committee to Protect
Journalists is decrying a 21st century war that is being fought “without images and without facts”. Observers are also befuddled by the amount of pledge of €50 million ($67 million)
to support a contingent of African-led troops by a visibly
beleaguered European Union (EU). Not only is this amount paltry when
compared to the cost per day for either wars in Afghanistan or Iraq that
the American tax payers are footing, the amount underscores the type of
commitment of the International Community and the results aimed at.
Another frightening thought is that Nationalists who are not on the
coattails of American and European powers will be branded by their
opponents in government as AlQaeda cells… As one who has been to the
theater of war and actually fought for something much bigger than his
life, Hinsley Njila brings unique perspective to the unfolding drama in
Mali.
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