US administration brace for a military intervention in Northern Mali

US officials start thinking about the possibility to conduct military operations using aerial strikes with drones on Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb targets based in Northern Mali, provided that Algeria and other neigboring countries take part in them, the Washington post has yesterday revealed.

Army Gen. Carter F. Ham, chief of U.S. Africa Command, said Sunday during a visit to Algeria that there “are no plans for U.S. direct military intervention” in Mali.

This declaration has astonished many experts, knowing that Algeria has already expressed its refusal of a military intervention in the tormented North African country.

The White House counterterrorism adviser John O. Brennan and top officials from the CIA, State Department and Pentagon are exploring the possibility of direct U.S. intervention if the terrorist group continues unchecked.

The Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson has declared that “ There should be anyway a military intervention” against the extremists of AQIM that hold sway on Northern Mali”.

Carson went on saying that the likely military deployment should be monitored by the United Nations and led by the Malian troops backed by all the neigboring countries including Algeria and Mauritania.