On Oct. 19, French forces captured three men and seized an arms cache in a raid in the town of Kidal in northern Mali. The suspects are believed to be tied to a rocket attack on a UN base there on Oct. 7. The following day, French counterterrorism forces “issued a firm warning to the terrorist groups active in northern Mali, declaring that their criminal acts thwarting people’s freedom and claiming the lives of peacekeepers shall not go unpunished.”
