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May 15th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The EU has pledged half a billion euro to rebuild Mali as fighting against Islamist militants continues in the north. France intervened in Mali in January and has 1,000 troops stationed there, raising fears of a drawn-out battle against insurgency.
EU leaders plan to channel 520 million euro (US$73 million) into
the impoverished country between 2013 and 2014 at an international
aid donors’ conference in Brussels on Wednesday. The Union has said
that the total amount of aid could increase in coming months.
The funds will be invested into the “total relaunch” of the
country, a 4.3-billion-euro initiative that includes organizing the
elections for July. However, doubts have been raised over the
viability of holding elections so soon given the tens of thousands
of Malians displaced by the conflict and taking refuge in
neighboring countries.
The EU money will also go towards installing basic infrastructure
in Mali’s north, the lack of which has undermined public support
for the interim government.
In spite of the ongoing presence of 1,000 French soldiers in the
embattled nation, European Commission Leader Jose Manuel Barroso
told press the donation “is essential to establish a Mali that
is stable, democratic and prosperous.”
The French government has made repeated statements during the
conflict that they are close to eradicating insurgency.
“We are winning this war, now we have to win back the
country,” said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on
Tuesday. When France originally intervened back in January, Fabius
insisted the French military presence would stay for
“a matter
of weeks” until regional forces could take over.
The French military presence has thus far served to push back
Islamist militant forces advancing on the country’s capital Bamako
four months after they intervened. However, pockets of resistance
still remain deeply entrenched in Mali’s northern mountainous zone
which they use as a base from which to launch attacks.
Concerns have been voiced that a prolonged campaign against
insurgency could lead to a spill-over into other African nations.
Independent journalist Robert Harneis told RT that Libya would be
an
“ideal place” for the Malian immigrants to take refuge as
it is in a
“state of chaos” following NATO intervention.
“They disperse, they conceal their weapons, their assets, they
merge with the population and they wait because they know that
sooner or later the intervention forces will go home,” said
Harneis.
Of the 4,500-odd French troops that were initially deployed the
majority have been withdrawn, but the 1,000 that remain are
expected to stay until the end of the year until regional forces
are ready to take on full security responsibilities.
The Malian government called on its former colonial ruler, France,
to intervene in January when northern militants took control of key
cities in the center of the country. Islamist extremists took
control of the North African nation last year following a coup. The
Islamists forced extreme Sharia law on the inhabitants of the
northern territories.
Source Article from http://rt.com/news/mali-eu-money-france-289/
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