I need some fairly detailed colour reference photos of modern (say in
the last 10 years) Malian soldiers for example infantry, tank troops,
artillery, helicopter troops.  Perhaps a Malian policeman or a
gendarme too.  If you any reference on Malian railroad personnel that
would also be good. Re pricing it is not just a question of money, I
can pay $200 but only if you can get me the above results.  If the
results are good then I can reclaim the money easily.  If not I don't
want to spend $200 which I will not be able to reclaim.

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Request for Question Clarification by journalist-ga on 17 Jul 2003 08:32 PDT

Just checking in to see if any of the images I located (below in
Comments) were of value.  Any clarification is appreciated.

Best regards,
journalist-ga

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Clarification of Question by daryl57-ga on 17 Jul 2003 09:46 PDT

Thank you for what you've done thus far.  I knew it wouldn't be an
easy task.  I tried myself to find the info!!  I still need some clear
photos of these military guys.  It's for a movie that features some
Nigerian military guys but mainly Malian.  I have to source the
uniforms and equipment and thus the request for clarity so that what
they are wearing is fairly easily identifiable.  I've tried to contact
the US Embasy's military attache in Bamako (Mali).  Thus far I've had
no reply.  To be honest I don't want to spend another $200 unless I
know I'm gonna get the goods.  However if you do happen across some
clearer reference material I'd be grateful to see it.  Regards Daryl
Bristow

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Request for Question Clarification by journalist-ga on 17 Jul 2003 11:50 PDT

Daryl:

I understand completely and I wish I could have located more varied
images - I spent an additional two hours researching (seven total) but
no luck.  As a wardrobe consultant, you do have to present accurate
costuming for the actors and, unfortunately, Mali's policies seem to
be standing firmly in the way of your goal.  Should I run across
anything else, I'll post it here for your consideration.

Best regards,
journalist-ga

Greetings Daryl57:

Well, I've been at it for approximately 5 hours and I have only
discovered 15 images.  The taking of photographs of military persons
and objects is forbidden by the Mali government and where I did find
references, the photos seemed to have been removed or I saw "Page Not
Found."

I hope another researcher will be able to assist you - I wish I could
have found more of the military photos you seek.

WHAT I FOUND:

About halfway down the page at
http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/May1998/r19980507_update.html is a
photograph of a Mali soldier in uniform being taught firing techniques
by a soldier from the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group
(Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.  The photo was taken by Maj. T. McCollum.

Another of the series is located at
http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/Apr1998/r19980413_update.html

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4 photos of Mali policeman, Donson
http://www.mymudhut.com/culture/journal/001103.htm

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I examined 146 news stories from the BBC beginning at 
http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?tab=news&start=1&q=Mali&scope=newsifs
and located 8 photos there.

Rebel photo
Commander Kone photo
Prefect Kone photo
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/2373377.stm

Malian soldiers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3023957.stm

Amadou Toumani Toure
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1021454.stm

Mali Police with police van
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1621251.stm

Colin Powell with Malian troops
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1349573.stm

Madeline Albright with malian troops
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/479414.stm

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Google Image seach

Small pic of Mali soldier, link goes to Page Not Found
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Mali+soldier




OTHER LINKS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST:

Bangui Road Block
http://www.angelfire.com/in2/anotheradventure2/centralafrica2.html

Abijan soldier photo, might be Malian
http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/943.cfm

Mali fact file - contains military information and a chart of militia
count
http://www.iss.co.za/AF/profiles/Mali/mali1.html#politics_Anchor

USNI Military Database (a paid subscription service that may or may
not have photographs)
http://www.periscope1.com/demo/nations/africa/mali/organzn/

generate a graph of Mali military (and other) statistics 
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ml

CIA factbook Mali
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ml.html

SEARCH STRATEGY:

Malian army
Malian soldiers
Malian infantry
Malian tank troops
Malian artillery
Malian helicopter troops
Malian policeman
Malian gendarme
Malian railroad personnel 
Mali army
Mali soldier
Mali infantry
Mali tank troops
Mali artillery
Mali helicopter troops
Mali policeman
Mali gendarme
Mali railroad personnel
Mali Gendarmerie
Malian Gendarmerie
Mali Air Force
Malian Air Force 
Mali Republican Guard
Malian Republican Guard
Mali National Guard
Malian National Guard
Mali National Police
Malian National Police
Mali Surete Nationale
Malian Surete Nationale
Mali Armed Forces
Malian Armed Forces
Mali Security Force
Malian Security Force
Mali conflict
Malian conflict
Mopti military pictures
Segou military pictures
Sikasso military pictures
Bamako military pictures
Koulikoro military pictures
Kayes military pictures
Gao military pictures
Kidal military pictures
Tombouctou military pictures
Taoudenni military pictures
Mali military training
Malian military training

Ditto for me...there doesn't appear to be a great deal out there, but
there's certainly some material that may be interest.  In addition to
the good job that journalist-ga did, I think you'll find some other
items here:


http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&q=%28mali+OR+malian%29+%28police+OR+soldier+OR+army+OR+military%29

which is the results of a search on Google Images for:  (mali OR
malian) (police OR soldier OR army OR military)


A similar search for images on Altavista also turned up:


http://www.af.mil/photos/Jan1998/0120lift.jpg
 Mali Army Troops board a USAF C-130E assigned to the 86th Airlift
Wing at Bamako/Senou Airport in Mali.


http://markspark.com/africa99/mali/14.htm
Weird police-headquarters in Keyes


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/1272522.stm
Sikasso's police chief has records of many missing children

Hope these are of some help, and can lead one of the Researchers here
into some more fruitful territory in order to answer your question.