Three Irish Army Rangers lightly wounded in Mali roadside blast

mission in Mali have been hit by roadside devices, while others have been killed in fire-fights or accidents.

However, this explosion was the first time Irish troops serving in the country were caught up in any such incident. “While conducting a patrol east of their base in Gao, three of our soldiers sustained minor injuries when an improvised explosive device exploded close to their convoy,” a“Our personnel have received medical treatment and are safe and well and their next-of-kin and families have been contacted.

Ireland’s commitment to the mission was not expected to be affected by Tuesday’s events, as a robust and dangerous mission was expected and the troops prepared accordingly. The UN mission in Mali is aimed at stabilising the country, but is controversial in that it is the first UN mission that involves international troops helping the Mali authorities to take back some of their territory from terror groups.

The crisis has its origins in the events of 2012, when Islamists took advantage of a Tuareg separatist uprising and took over much of remote northern Mali. There they imposed sharia law and threatened to sweep south towards the capital,. A French military intervention stopped them in their tracks, but the Islamists adapted as an insurgent force and the UN was deployed.

I have no doubt they will all get home safe and in one piece. To Well trained and Irish lol. They'll be home for their mas💙😂🇮🇪

They trade as (t/a) Oglaigh na h'Eireann (Onh'E)/Volunteers of Ireland. Which presumably means something. They're not Oglaighi na Timbuctu!

They receive minor injuries, are lightly wounded, then it gets put in a national newspaper and they get massively mortified. 😁

Hope they’re ok ❤️

Get them out of there. Irish soldiers safety at risk to defend French interests in gold and uranium mining in the region.

Irish imperialism

Fighting terrorism, cross border organised crime and human trafficking along with French and German contingent.....👍👍👍

I wish the solders well/ My prayers.

Get Our Neutral noses out of there

Bring them home,we have no business being in Mali.

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