A moonless night in the Sahel, a patrol on the trail of jihadi insurgents and two helicopters that collide. Thirteen killed, France's worst single-day casualty toll since 1983. In the southeastern French garrisson town of Gap, mountain rangers sing the Marseillaise to honor their fallen comrades with similar tributes in the southwestern city of Pau where the helicopter regiment is based. Critics of the French operation claim it is a scramble for newfound oil and other raw materials.
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