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Anita Datar is the only known American killed in Mali. She was there to help.
washingtonpost.com ^ | November 20, 2015 | Joe Heim and Matt Zapotosky

Posted on 11/21/2015 12:17:36 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

When she was in her early 20s, Anita Datar spent two years in Africa, serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal.

She was on the continent again, this time in Mali, on Friday, when gunmen seized a luxury hotel and killed at least 20 people. Datar, a 41-year-old international development worker from Takoma Park, Md., is the only American known to have died in the attack.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mali; terror
RIP
1 posted on 11/21/2015 12:17:36 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

RIP.


2 posted on 11/21/2015 12:50:17 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Condolences to family and friends of Anita Datar.


3 posted on 11/21/2015 2:53:19 AM PST by PGalt
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Some places just need saturation bombing with incendiaries or nukes before we go in to help.


4 posted on 11/21/2015 3:16:15 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. .)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sounds like she will get a gold star on the wall at Langley.


5 posted on 11/21/2015 6:34:21 AM PST by PAR35
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Passing out condoms and birth control pills.


6 posted on 11/21/2015 7:01:13 AM PST by Arthur McGowan (Beau Biden's funeral, attended by Bp. Malooly, Card. McCarrick, and Papal Nuncio, Abp. Vigano.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Condolences to her family...especially the young son. She was into “social justice”..according to article.


7 posted on 11/21/2015 8:29:08 AM PST by goodnesswins (hey..Wussie Americans....ISIS is coming. Are you ready?)
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