{"id":7893,"date":"2019-06-09T06:27:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T10:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7893"},"modified":"2019-06-11T07:28:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T11:28:19","slug":"government-considers-deploying-army-rangers-to-mali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7893","title":{"rendered":"Government Considers Deploying Army Rangers to Mali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/idf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/idf.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/idf-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>More than a dozen Army Rangers are to be sent to war-torn Mali under a new proposal from Defense Minister Paul Kehoe.<\/p>\n<p>The UN peacekeeping mission to the African country is considered one of the most dangerous in the world, with 125 killed since 2013 and 18 so far this year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Sunday Independent, a decision on sending the unit is expected to be approved by Cabinet next week.<\/p>\n<p>If given the green light, the two-year deployment will begin in late summer or early autumn, and will be the first time the Rangers will be deployed overseas since operations in Chad in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, there are more than 15,000 uniformed peacekeepers in the MINUSMA (Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali) force, mainly from African countries and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>Mali has seen a recent increase in attacks by militant groups affiliated with al-Qaeda who have carried out ambushes and planted Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-7893\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7893&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-7893\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7893&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-7893\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7893&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7893\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a dozen Army Rangers are to be sent to war-torn Mali under a new proposal from Defense Minister Paul Kehoe. 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