A convoy of French army vehicules patrol on February 4, 2013 between Timbuktu and Douentza. French fighter jets pounded Islamist supply bases in northern Mali to flush the insurgents out of hiding as Paris pushed on February 4 for African troops to quickly take over the offensive. Dozens of French warplanes carried out massive air strikes on rebel training and logistics centres in the area around their last stronghold of Kidal over the weekend in the mountainous northeast of the landlocked county. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOTPASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images
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