Despite Pledges, Obama Put U.S. Troops in Mali

Without obtaining permission from Congress and despite repeatedly vowing not to put U.S. boots on the ground in Mali, the Obama administration has already deployed a small contingent of American troops to help international forces prop up the ruling regime in the capital city of Bamako, which seized power in a coup.

According to a report in the Washington Post, the president sent the U.S. soldiers to provide supposed "liaison support" to French and African troops battling separatist rebels in the north as part of a deeply controversial United Nations-backed operation. There are strong indications that American Special Forces are on the ground as well .... http://uruknet.info