Malian forces patrol Diabaly to buttress their presence Mali's army chief Tuesday said his French-backed forces could reclaim the northern towns of Gao and fabled Timbuktu from Islamists in a month, as the United States began airlifting French troops to Mali. Malian forces patrolled Diabaly, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Bamako, to buttress their presence after rolling into the central town on Monday along with French forces and getting a red carpet welcome by locals. Images and soundbites of Colonel Frederic, chief of operations in the sector of Diabaly*ATTENTION- CONTAINING IMAGES OF A DEAD BODY*