![French soldiers of the 21st Marine Infantry Regiment board a plane for Bamako, the Mali capital, at N'Djamena's airport in Chad on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. The battle to retake Mali's north from the al-Qaeda-linked groups controlling it began in earnest Saturday, after hundreds of French forces deployed to the country and began aerial bombardments to drive back the Islamic extremists from a town seized earlier this week. (AP Photo/ R.Nicolas-Nelson, French Army Communications Audiovisual Office [ECPAD])](https://twt-thumbs-staging.washtimes.com/media-staging.washtimes.com/media/image/2013/01/13/france-mali-fighting_lea_s878x584.jpg?a5b1e2118ef4a71690f5f70f063a3a2547c0a191)
French soldiers of the 21st Marine Infantry Regiment board a plane for Bamako, the Mali capital, at N'Djamena's airport in Chad on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. The battle to retake Mali's north from the al-Qaeda-linked groups controlling it began in earnest Saturday, after hundreds of French forces deployed to the country and began aerial bombardments to drive back the Islamic extremists from a town seized earlier this week. (AP Photo/ R.Nicolas-Nelson, French Army Communications Audiovisual Office [ECPAD])
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