No UK troops would be deployed in a combat role.

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Ade_Osman (e2 Member)

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13 Jan 2013 - 6:19 PM

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Being in the so say economic climate the government would have us believe we're in, I'm surprised we can afford the fuel.........Just hope to high heaven the militants in Mali haven't hold of any SAM missiles or there will be some very red faces at the MOD when a C17 gets shot down!

Ade

ChrisStyles

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13 Jan 2013 - 6:25 PM

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Quote: Whats it got to do with me??




Your a EPZ moderator and were let to believe that you know everything

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13 Jan 2013 - 6:31 PM

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Quote:
Your a EPZ moderator and were let to believe that you know everything

oh well in that case..


Depends how well the French get on, between me and you I hear that the French were planning on going in later than this but because militants were getting close to a strategic military airport they had to go in sooner, hence the help from the UK.

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13 Jan 2013 - 6:33 PM

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Oil, might be, they've been rigorously exploring..

brian1208 (e2 Member)

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13 Jan 2013 - 7:23 PM

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I'll give it 6 months by which time our troops will be in the thick of it and the French will be back home.


Quote: Now where have we heard that before.......Answers on a postcard please.

Reminds me of John Reid in his speech to Parliament before sending the troops into Afghanistan;

"This is not a warfighting mission and if one shot is fired I will have failed"

I guess he would argue that since not one but many thousands of shot have been fired he didn't fail?

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13 Jan 2013 - 11:16 PM

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Defence and Security Cooperation Treaty
The purpose of this is to develop co-operation between British and French Armed Forces, the sharing and pooling of materials and equipment including through mutual interdependence, the building of joint facilities.
Britain and France signed the treaty in 2010

chris.maddock

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14 Jan 2013 - 9:37 AM

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Quote: We barely have the heavy lift capability as it is, so if one aircraft goes unserviceable it strains the rest of the fleet. Diverting a couple to help the French will have goodness knows what effect on our existing commitments.

The BBC are reporting that the C17 has broken down in France and is not now expected to depart until tomorrow. That's encouraging - not