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TERROR IN MALI: US special forces storm hotel and free six American hostages
UK Daily Mail ^ | 11/20/2015 | Tom Wyke and Jay Akbar

Posted on 11/20/2015 7:26:26 AM PST by EBH

Armed jihadists have killed at least three people in a deadly shooting rampage after taking 170 hostages at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali.

Automatic weapons fire was heard on the seventh floor of the 190-room hotel, where it was thought as many as 10 militants roamed through the building, looking for guests and members of staff. 80 hostages have since been freed as special forces entered the building.

Six American nationals have been rescued alive but several other American remain inside with the other 125 guests and 13 employees trapped inside the besieged hotel. The Pentagon revealed that US Special Forces have been assisting the rescue operation in a bid to save the remaining hostages.

Three of the gunmen have been killed and the remaining terrorists have been seen heading to the roof as special forces make their way through the building. The al-Qaeda affiliated group Al-Mourabitoun, based in northern Mali, have claimed responsibility for the hotel attack.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3326708/Jihadists-gunmen-launch-grenade-shooting-rampage-hotel-Mali.html#ixzz3s2uPmFjF Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: bamako; hotel; mali; peterdorrie; radisson; radissonblu; radissonbluhotel; specialforces; usspecialforces; warisboring
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To: Grampa Dave

We have SF in Mali training their Army. It is highly likely that they have some people staying at that hotel.


21 posted on 11/20/2015 7:45:01 AM PST by Oldexpat
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To: Dilbert San Diego
not all Muslims are terrorists.

As Jay Severin frequently stated on his rasio show; "Not all Muslims are terrorists. But all terrorists are Muslims."

22 posted on 11/20/2015 7:47:39 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
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To: LS; Grampa Dave

The total collapse of the Malian army in the face of a Tuareg rebellion in 2011—and a subsequent coup by junior officers against the democratically-elected government—proves an important point.

That U.S. military cooperation with Mali up to 2011—specifically, efforts by U.S. Army Special Forces to train Malian troops—was an overall failure.

What’s been missing until now is a thorough analysis of exactly what went wrong. Army Maj. Simon Powelson’ new master’s thesis at the Naval Postgraduate School is the most insightful account of U.S.-Malian military cooperation prior to the crisis, which escalated into the capture of half the country by militant groups affiliated with Al Qaeda.

The author, a former Special Operations Forces trainer in Mali, teases lessons from the disaster and argues, quite convincingly, that not everything the Americans did in Mali was a complete bust. Just most of it.
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/u-s-special-operations-forces-screwed-up-in-mali-643bc779751c#.g0drynwe1


23 posted on 11/20/2015 7:48:53 AM PST by EBH ( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.)
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To: EBH

Whenever I want detailed news about world events or US politics I go to dailymail.co.uk. The US media is worthless except for bird cages.


24 posted on 11/20/2015 7:50:23 AM PST by bravo whiskey (we shouldn't fear the government. the government should fear us.)
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To: EBH

Very odd how on the day of the Paris attacks, Dufus Butt says ISIS is contained...They embarassed Gilligan!


25 posted on 11/20/2015 7:51:39 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: LS

I suspect they werent ‘just there’. This was all about moving heaven/earth to resurect Chairman O’s waining reputation, to make him look competent, polished, statesman-like etc etc. The guys who did the op likely had quite the flight to get there in record time. He used these guys for nothing more than a crude attempt to elevated himself. This guy never passes a mirror without admiring the wonderful guy he sees in it. Its all about him all the time....


26 posted on 11/20/2015 7:52:34 AM PST by 556x45
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To: 556x45

No we have SF already there training the Mali Army. BUT...O would still need to order them to get involved. (?)


27 posted on 11/20/2015 7:54:39 AM PST by EBH ( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.)
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To: EBH

28 posted on 11/20/2015 7:55:35 AM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
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To: EBH

Seems al qaeda picked the wrong location. It’s all over...

http://news.sky.com/watch-live


29 posted on 11/20/2015 7:56:04 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: EBH

Thanks for your quick and excellent reply.

This appears to be another Obama/Clinton failure.


30 posted on 11/20/2015 7:58:58 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Trump/Palin 2016. Cruz Attorney General 2017. Bolton SoS 2017. Watch liberal & GOPe heads implode!)
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To: EBH
EBH wrote: "Uh? Glad they were there and ordered to take action."


31 posted on 11/20/2015 7:59:58 AM PST by wtd
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To: EBH; Travis McGee
Special Forces there...but not for Stevens? Weird?

Travis McGee has been telling us the simple and clear answer to that question since Stevens and others were slaughtered by Islamic Jihadists.

32 posted on 11/20/2015 8:02:16 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Trump/Palin 2016. Cruz Attorney General 2017. Bolton SoS 2017. Watch liberal & GOPe heads implode!)
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To: Oldexpat
Thanks for your info: We have SF in Mali training their Army. It is highly likely that they have some people staying at that hotel.
33 posted on 11/20/2015 8:03:44 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Trump/Palin 2016. Cruz Attorney General 2017. Bolton SoS 2017. Watch liberal & GOPe heads implode!)
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To: wtd

See my post #19,

You are not the only one starting to notice these coincidences.

Either they are telegraphing actions to the terror related groups or the terrorists are just making sure 0bama looks like a fool...


34 posted on 11/20/2015 8:04:22 AM PST by EBH ( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.)
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To: EBH

Special Forces there...but not for Stevens? Weird.


Spec Forces have been in Africa for months, if not years. Not a ton of them, but they have been helping against Boco Harum and the other idiots running around in old French territory.


35 posted on 11/20/2015 8:04:49 AM PST by Vermont Lt (I had student debt. It came from a bank. Not from the Govt.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Yup! Another failure by a patriotic American’s standard.

But darn it they sure managed to turn over half of Mali to al-queda?


36 posted on 11/20/2015 8:06:46 AM PST by EBH ( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.)
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To: skeeter

Probably black or muslim or he REALLY wants the Syrian terrorists here so did this to mitigate anger over that. It is so far from his norml behavior, I wonder if someone else decided to do?


37 posted on 11/20/2015 8:11:20 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Hmm wouldn’t have anything to do with the fact Mali is in Africa? Naw that would be “Racist” on Obama’s part.


38 posted on 11/20/2015 8:13:16 AM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: Grampa Dave

And WHO is “speaking English” and asking people to recite the Koran?


39 posted on 11/20/2015 8:13:49 AM PST by browniexyz
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To: MNJohnnie

see post and link at #23

Mali collapsed ...half the country is al-queda now.


40 posted on 11/20/2015 8:15:08 AM PST by EBH ( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.)
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