Malian Army counter-punches

Remember this report here at CompHyp?

Well, it seems that the Army of Mali is not taking too kindly to having one of its best officers killed in his home by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)insurgents...

It was the first killing of a high-ranking Malian officer by the group, and another Malian officer at the time called it an "act of war" and vowed to avenge the death.

Mali army attacks Al-Qaeda base.

The operation was believed to be the first such attack by Malian troops against Islamist militants in the country's north, observers said.

"We have attacked a group of armed Islamists, members of Al-Qaeda, in the desert," one of the sources told AFP. "There were several dead on their side and we seized ammunition, destroyed vehicles."

Vengeance in part, done. Bravo. Now to get on with hunting down the rest of them. That is, after all, the job at hand.