A map of the Sahel region showing where Al Qaeda operates (AFP/Graphic)
Posted on 12/31/2012 6:54:51 AM PST by Libloather
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The catalyst for the Islamic fighters was a military coup nine months ago that transformed Mali from a once-stable nation to the failed state it is today. On March 21, disgruntled soldiers invaded the presidential palace. The fall of the nation's democratically elected government at the hands of junior officers destroyed the military's command-and-control structure, creating the vacuum which allowed a mix of rebel groups to move in.
With no clear instructions from their higher-ups, the humiliated soldiers left to defend those towns tore off their uniforms, piled into trucks and beat a retreat as far as Mopti, roughly in the center of Mali. They abandoned everything north of this town to the advancing rebels, handing them an area that stretches over more than 240,000 square miles. It's a territory larger than Texas or France - and it's almost exactly the size of Afghanistan.
Turbaned fighters now control all the major towns in the north, carrying out amputations in public squares like the Taliban did. Just as in Afghanistan, they are flogging women for not covering up. Since taking control of Timbuktu, they have destroyed seven of the 16 mausoleums listed as world heritage sites.
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So I’m confused; based on a wide variety of threads last week, I thought Obama was supposed to be bashed for sending troops to Africa; is he now supposed to be bashed for not sending enough troops to Africa?
Obozo and his retinue should vacation in Mali. They’d fit right in.
Got to hand it to Al Qaeda, they keep coming back! They are a resilient group of fanatics. Cut off there funding (Iran) and see how long they last. Maybe this is something the Islamic people must take care of themselves. I believe we will see American troops in Africa soon. Unlike the middle East that has oil—there is little in Africa we can use. Where are the Europeans in this fight? Where are the French Foreign Legion in this battle?
Sounds like a target magnet. Just wait until it is full of islamotrash and start bombing. I’m sure we have some old stock of munitions that need renewed.
I believe this is basically a tribal/ethnic/racial war with a Mooslim overlay. I think the Tuearag (spelling?)tribe wants to be free of the south and they are using the Islamists as a tool. So honestly I wouldn’t be suprised that our moron elite will be beating the “race card” and turn this into a holy war for black supremacy and diversity at the same time (only a lib could try and reconcile that kind of nonsensical cognitive dissonance)
The catalyst for the Islamic fighters was a military coup nine months ago that transformed Mali from a once-stable nation to the failed state it is today. On March 21... The fall of the nation's democratically elected government at the hands of junior officers destroyed the military's command-and-control structure, creating the vacuum which allowed a mix of rebel groups to move in. With no clear instructions from their higher-ups, the humiliated soldiers left to defend those towns tore off their uniforms, piled into trucks and beat a retreat as far as Mopti, roughly in the center of Mali. They abandoned everything north of this town to the advancing rebels... almost exactly the size of Afghanistan... carrying out amputations in public squares like the Taliban did... flogging women for not covering up... destroyed seven of the 16 mausoleums listed as world heritage sites....and the murders at Benghazi, and simultaneous riots in Egypt? That was due to a six minute YT video. The fact that the Islamofascists were already advancing in Mali, that's just a weird coincidence. The coup? That wasn't due to "the nation's democratically elected government" having done nothing about the advance.
A map of the Sahel region showing where Al Qaeda operates (AFP/Graphic)
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