Editor, Something smells fishy about this report. A group of multi-nations military trainers are out for a mission to rescue Mali by training four battalions? What kind of successful training have we seen in Iraq and Afghanistan where they have been before?When it comes to Mali, the prime task should have been to make sure that an army captain would never again be able to overthrow a government, and give orders to generals (more senior officers).AbdulRahman Ntaganda, Kigali,RwandaReaction to the story, "Turning Mali’s army into a fighting force”, (The New Times, May 4)