Today, the French Army launched a video showing the legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) of the French Foreign Legion preparing for an airdrop in Mali to join the French troops already operating in this country.
French Foreign Legion in Mali – 2e REP jumped on Timbuktu
On January 28, about two hundred legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) jumped north of Timbuktu, the ancient trading city in Mali and an important point controlled by Islamists.
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French Foreign Legion in Mali
French forces are preparing for a possible ground assault in Mali against al-Qaida-linked rebels who have continued to push south despite of French aerial bombardments. France has put more than 700 soldiers including the legionnaires on the ground in Mali since it began its rapid deployment January 11, 2013 at the request of the Malian government.