On the road between Segou and Bamako on Tuesday, a CNN crew saw a large column of French mechanized infantry barreling toward northern Mali.

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Mr. MICHAEL EISENSTAT (Washington Institute for Near East Policy): It has to be a much larger, a much more capable force and it probably has to include light and mechanized infantry, armor, light artillery, as well as special forces who are capable of conducting a counterinsurgency and counterterrorist type operations.

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