it will stepup in somalia in response to request form of the african union. 2000 somali troops are currently being trained in uganda while we have already trained 5600 men. everybody must understand that some mollah, yemen, pakistan, afghanistan -- that somalia, yemen, pakistan, and afghanistan have major challenges. a territory as large as europe, how can they do this alone? for the first time, in july, the terrorists were dealt a severe blow with france's support. that day marked a major turning point. the only strategy cannot be to pay ransoms and to free prisoners in exchange for hostages. this cannot be a sustainable strategy. france plans a full support to the governments that as the to train come equipped, and it buys the forces they need to destroy the groups that threaten to -- and advise the forces they need to destroy the groups that threaten stability. their security cannot be separated from ours. [unintelligible] at the heart of this crescent of crisis lies iran. the most appalling types of execution dating from the middle ages, stoning, mrs. small hammadi is now being threatene