Mujahideen storm and capture Malian city.

The command of the military junta in Bamako and the French invaders were forced to admit that the Mujahideen units, who attacked the city of Diabaly in the central Mali on Monday night, captured this settlement, reports AP.

The city was captured, the troops of the military junta of Bamako fled, despite the massive French airstrikes and participation in the battles, according to some sources, of special forces units of France.

Thus Malian Mujahideen moved more closely to the capital Bamako.

Mujahideen seized a large number of trophies. Paris said the city was handed over "after fierce and bloody fighting".

This success of Mujahideen against the background of French invasion, and the formation of African puppet regimes plunged the military junta in Bamako into confusion.

According to Western intelligence services, reinforcements are being transferred from the Muslim neighbors to support the Mujahideen of Mali.

France's attempt to block the Mujahideen forces in the narrow neck in the center of Mali has failed, despite the ongoing massive bombardments of almost the entire territory of northern Mali.
Now the forces of Mujahideen of Ansar al-Din and the forces of Islamic Coalition allied with them are 250 miles from the capital Bamako.

France has urged the African Union to send troops to Mali "to stop the Islamists". Paris believes that if the Mujahideen capture Bamako it will be the biggest threat for both Africa and Europe.

Meanwhile, sources in the military junta said that the Mujahideen have also taken over the town of Alatona.

The first units of the Mujahideen of Ansar al-Din and their ally forces of the Islamic Coalition attacked Diabaly on Monday night. According to witnesses the Mujahideen began to infiltrate the city by mobile units across the river.

Since morning the city of Diabaly was subjected to massive bombardments by the French aircraft, which tried to stop the Mujahideen. However, they cannot managed to do that. Military junta troops fled the city, leaving their arsenals.

In an interview with a French radio one of the leaders of the Mujahideen Oumar Ould Hamaha said thet office France to send ground troops, and not limit themselves with just air strikes on hospitals, mosques and homes, killing civilians, women and children. "Then we will see what the men they are", said the commander of the Mujahideen.

It is to be recalled that Paris has convened an emergency meeting on Mali in the UN Security Council.

Speaking to French media, the Foreign Minister of the country Fabius rejected any parallel with the protracted war in Mali like in Afghanistan.

"Later on, we can come as back-up, but we have no intention of staying forever", he said.

Fabius promised that the war would be over in a few weeks.

He also argued that if France would not intervene in the war, there was a real risk that the "Islamists" could reach the capital of Mali, Bamako, which in turn could lead to "disastrous consequences".

Department of Monitoring
Kavkaz Center