__________________________.Niger, Burkina Faso and Senegal all pledged Saturday to send troops, one day after France started airstrikes against the militants. Officials said Saturday French forces pushed rebels from Konna with airstrikes and ground forces. A reporter in Mali tells VOA that dozens of Islamist fighters were killed in the Konna action. French troops sustained their first losses, after launching a military offensive against the radicals and a failed hostage rescue attempt in Somalia. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris on France's new muscular reaction to the Islamist threat in Africa.周六,尼日尔、布基纳法索和塞加内尔皆承诺派遣部队,周日,法军空袭了伊斯兰武装部队.官方表示周六法军的空袭和地面攻击,将武装分子迫退至孔纳,据一名在马里的记者称,数十名伊斯兰武装分子在孔纳阵亡,尽管如此,法军在初期遭受了主要军事装备的损失,而之前,法军在索马里军事攻击极端分子及解救人质行动也曾遭遇失败.关于法军对抗非洲伊斯兰主义威胁的其他行动,丽莎`布莱恩特将陆续为您报道.
