US Senator: US To Play Active Military Role In Mali

US to play active military role in Mali: US Senator (PressTV, Feb 18, 2013):

An American Senator says the United States is likely to play a more active military role in Mali, where a French-led war is raging, after the West African country holds elections.

“There is the hope that there will be additional support from the United States in these and other areas, but… American law prohibits direct assistance to the Malian military following the coup,” Senator Christopher Coons, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on Africa, told journalists in the Malian capital, Bamako, on Monday.

Read moreUS Senator: US To Play Active Military Role In Mali