In Mali in pre-election climate, vast operations against Islamic radicals

With the approach of elections in Mali , scheduled for the end of November, are intensifying the terror attacks by fundamentalist groups linked to Al Qaeda. The area between the north-east of Mali , the northern part of Niger, southern Algeria and southern Libya , continues to be a haven for various Islamic groups , who survive on various illegal activities such as smuggling arms and drug smuggling and trafficking in human beings. Despite many successful attacks against these formations by UN troops and French armies , terrorist groups , even resized, continue to pose a danger , especially for the weaker country : Mali, which is preparing to create a new government with elections scheduled . This consultation is opposed by fundamentalist movements , that with the establishment of a new government in the country of Mali , they would see fill the power vacuum that has helped bring about much . The main opponents of the institutional process of Mali are two forces that reflect and are linked to Al Qaeda Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and the Movement for the uniqueness and Jihad in West Africa. These groups were the authors of some attacks through the traditional form , which involve the use of car bombs , the Islamic terrorist groups . In this situation of instability , aimed at electoral boycott , is part of the intervention of more than 1,500 soldiers belonging to the French armed forces , the UN troops and the army in Mali , which have been the subject of an operation in northern Mali , just to avoid new activities of terrorists, they can create disturbance to the appointment election . In addition, the theater of operations has widened also in the northern part of Niger, another region where is recorded the presence of armed groups. According to sources in the French army is the first time a coordinated action between forces belonging to different commands , with a flow so great. This operation was called Hydra and aims to hit the nerve centers of terrorist organizations , through increasing pressure to reduce as much as possible the activities . It is also a preventive action to prevent them from being affected the nascent institutions of Mali and thus give the most possible degree of stability to the country. However, these actions are performed with the knowledge that there is always a presence, albeit reduced , of belonging to terrorist groups are able to single out attacks and wreak havoc in the country, at a delicate stage such as that election . These attacks are much more difficult to counter than chase the armed gangs in their territories, however, it is considered essential to decimate these movements as much as possible to reduce the influence in urban areas, potentially more at risk of attack . With this presence in person the field of operations , France confirms its role as a regional power in an area where it has primary interests related to the energy sector , which were often targets of attacks. For Paris is essential that Mali is equipped with a government capable of giving stability to the country and at the same time would protect the French investments , including through substantial aid from France , which is not working only on the military front , but that is the protagonist also on the diplomat , having sent their emissaries in Niger and the Sahel in order to obtain the release of hostages , of French nationality , in the area.