Published On: Fri, Jan 25th, 2013

Mali Crisis: US Admits Mistakes In Training Local Troops

BBC :    The US military commander in Africa says the Pentagon made mistakes in its training of Malian troops now trying to oust Islamist rebels from the north.

Gen Carter Ham of United States Africa Command (Africom) said its forces had failed to train Malian troops on “values, ethics and a military ethos”.

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