Author of
Sahelian Mirage.
France at war in Africa.
Serval, Barkhane and after?
(La Découverte), Rémi Carayol returns for
Le Figaro
to a decade of French military presence in Mali which led to the relative failure of operations in this part of the world.
LE FIGARO.- We are coming to the 10th anniversary of Operation Serval in Mali. According to you, even if you do not criticize the decision itself, it is initially based on a lie…
Rémi CARAYOL.-
Let's say rather that it is based on an arrangement with the truth.
The great justification, at the time, is to say that the jihadists are descending on Bamako where we have 6,000 French nationals.
And that we must also come to the aid of the Malian State which has asked us for it.
On this point, there is nothing to say.
At the time, the interim president actually asked for help from France.
On the other hand, there is absolutely no evidence that the jihadists planned to take Bamako.
He even had several testimonials…
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