COnfermo i problemi nel nord del Mali, ieri un amico mi ha telefonato sconsigliando il transito sul confine algerino.
Inoltre dal sito di CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/13/Mali.USplane.ap/index.html"BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Machine-gun fire hit a U.S. military airplane flying food to Malian troops fighting rebels in the far north of the country but no one was wounded and the plane landed safely, officials said Thursday.
Malian troops patrol a village in the northern part of the country, where Tuareg rebels are active.
The C-130 was hit late Tuesday or early Wednesday over Tin-Zawatine, a desert village on Mali's border with Algeria, said Air Force Maj. Pam Cook, a spokeswoman for the Stuttgart, Germany-based U.S. military command for Africa.
Cook said the plane suffered "minor damage."
Officials from Mali said the gunmen, who used Kalashnikov rifles, were "armed bandits," a common government phrase for Tuareg rebels active in the far north.
The U.S. provides military training and support to Mali, which is often called one of the most stable countries in West Africa but is battling Tuareg rebels who say their semi-nomadic people, part of the Berber ethnic group, suffer discrimination at the hands of the Bambara-speaking majority.
The U.S. worries that al Qaeda-linked terror groups could use northwest Africa's lawless deserts to train and plan attacks.
Cook said the American aircraft was carrying about 14,000 pounds of food from the Malian government to troops that were "pinned down" in Tin-Zawatine. It was not clear if their movements were restricted by rebel fire or because the area is heavily mined"
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