Analysis: French early strike shakes up Mali intervention plan

2013/01/13 20:09:10 @Reuters: World News

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - France has rushed to help Mali block a push south by Islamist rebels from its desert north but a U.N.-backed intervention plan to dislodge al Qaeda and its allies faces a tough enemy and terrain and could still take months - if it succeeds at all.
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