French Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Edouard Guillaud salutes as he reviews the troops during a ceremony at the Mont Valerien memorial in Suresnes, outside of Paris, June 18, 2013 to mark the 73rd anniversary of General Charles de Gaulle's appeal of June 18, 1940. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) - French troops should be allowed to hunt down al Qaeda-linked militants beyond Mali's borders, French army chief Admiral Edouard Guillaud said in a rare interview on Thursday.
Nine months after they were scattered across the Sahara by waves of French air strikes, Islamists in Mali are making a comeback - naming new leaders, attacking U.N. peacekeepers and killing two French journalists.
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